A Graveside Funeral service and Interment for Juanita Harris Mooney, 93, will be Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 3:00 PM at Roselawn Cemetery with Rev. Myron Mooney and Pastor T.C. Mooney officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. No visitation
Juanita Genene Harris was born to Porter and Daisy Harris on May 7, 1930. She had one brother, Donald. In 1949, she married Charles E. Mooney. They were married 58 years and had five sons – Mike, Kim, Brad, Tim and Jackie, eight grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
Jesus said that the greatest commandment is to Love God and Love Others. Juanita Mooney lived a life of loving God and loving others.
Juanita Harris accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior when she was 15 years old. She immediately began sharing her love of Jesus and it was only a short time until she was teaching Sunday School which she continued to do for most of her life – often with a baby in her arms or a toddler on her lap.
Juanita began teaching her five sons about Jesus and the Bible from the time they were born. She would stand in the hallway of their house at night and read the Bible so that all of the boys could hear her from their beds. Her greatest joy in this life was that all of her sons, daughter-in-laws and grandchildren accepted Jesus as their Savior.
Juanita fiercely loved her family. She was always quick to defend her boys, when needed, but just as quick to set them straight when they stepped over the line too far. She warmed her boy’s backsides on many occasions.
Juanita served her family in countless ways. She was an excellent cook, seamstress, costume maker, play write, and poet as well as a willing participant in the current adventure which included riding mopeds, skate boards, trolleys, and basketball. The local emergency room doctor can verify some of her escapades.
One of her greatest joys was her eight grandchildren. Juanita would travel hundreds of miles to be on hand to help, cook, hold, and sing original songs to the newborn babies. Later she would host cousin camp weeks so that the grandchildren could spend time together with Granny and Granddaddy in Alabama.
Prayer was her greatest gift to her children and grandchildren. We all knew that we could count on her to pray for any need we shared with her. She would faithfully pray, often on her knees or even her face before the Lord, during times of greatest need.
Juanita’s love of Others extended beyond her family. She was a faithful, loving, and giving member of the church for more than seventy years. Miss Juanita’s baked goods graced many a kitchen, nursing home and funeral gathering. She was a frequent visitor of those who were sick, troubled, or confined to home. She also provided counsel to many teenage girls in need of a loving and listening woman who welcomed them, loved them and prayed for them.
Juanita loved a full house – whether it was family, church groups, or just friends of her boys. Everyone was welcome at the Mooney house. Juanita said she always slept best when her house was full. She even bought extra Christmas presents each year for the inevitable drop-in Christmas morning visit of friends of the boys who knew that there would be a loving welcome for them.
What a legacy and example she has left to so many! A legacy of love, laughter, commitment, and compassion. An example of how to love God and others so very well!
Preceding her in death were her husband: Charles Edward Mooney, Sons: Kim Mooney and Jackie Mooney and her parents.
Pallbearers will be Ethan Norwood, Dawson Norwood, Jackson Wayan, Dustin Wayan, Brian Irwin and Alex Mooney.
Peck Funeral Home
