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LOCAL/OFF THE FRONT/MISSISSIPPI
artist?s style, spunk
Fans honor Moseley through art and music
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filB Son, others ??i eulogize noted
folk artist Alice Moseley.
By JEAN PRESCOTT
THE SUN HERALD
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i'BAY ST; LOUIS ? ? Rain wouldn?t have dared fall on Alice Latimer Moseley's outdoor memorial service here Saturday evening., Mother Nature would have had to deal .with lV0ssfAlii;e; arid?more than one person who spoke at the service affirmed her son Tim?s declaration that ?Alice is, still running the show,? ?
The tiny woman in the red beret died a week ago at age 94, leaving behind not only a remarkable collection of folk art paintings but, said Beth Carriere, one of the eulogists, ?She left us many invisible gifts in our hearts.? Carriere is director of tourism for Hancock County, and Moseley credited her with bringing the artist national recognition, but Carriere was having none of it?
TShe was'honest, unpretentious and1 she could strike a chord with anyone who walked through the d6on of that little, blue house.? ' *	?	1	'
The memorial began at 6:30 p.m. on the grounds of The D0pot, and one.after another, family, .friends and admirers elicited some tears but mostly laughter as they called up recollections of Miss Alice. ?...
?She was tenacious'in the face of adversity, according to son Tim, *. who .--said! during v hard, times, she went so far as to perform surgery on the only rdoster she had in a farmyard of
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN FTTZHUGH/THE SUN HERALO
Friends and fans of Alice Moseley gather Saturday beneath the oak tree at the historic Bay St. Louis Depot for her memorial service. Her son, Tim, was among the speakers who talked about her life and Impact on otherfe. At top, Alice Moseley?s signature on her painting, ?Until the day I thought I was folks.?
egg-laying hens.
,Good friend Sherry Ponder said that even in her last days, she got out of bed and put on her red beret for the chance to have some of her stories recorded.
Carriere, who polled coworkers for their impressions of Miss Alice* reported, ?a cool, grandmother type?, and ?a sit-? down comic.?
Former student Dennis Smith learned more than seventh-grad^ English from Moseley, who, he said, ?Could
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bring out the best in anyone.? Moseley was a teacher for years before moving* to the' Coast
She was feared for her paddlings but loved for her fairness, Smith said, ?And she was a yellow-dog Democrat. You know what that m??ns, don?t you? She?d even vote for a yellow dog if he was a Democrat?
He 1 learned ;his lesson the hard way, he said, by once criticizing* a Democrat in front of her.
? ?We agreed never again; to discuss politics.?
/There, were musical tributes by Rose Gen Pierce, accompa-nied by Joy Mehrtens, and fond farewells, including one from Janie O?Keefe, who created a,
video record of Miss Alice?s life.
Tim Moseley announced that the little, blue house would become The Alice Moseley Folk Art Museum, and. he shared one of his mother?s final tributes to her adopted home, the city she has said she fell in love with just seeing it from the Bay St Louis bridge.
When asked how she thought she would feel when St Peter welcomed her to heaven, Miss Alice said, ?What do you mean, Welcome to heaven?? I?ve been living in Bay St Louis for the past 15 years.?