Dr. Troy Nathan Moser

Services for Dr. Troy Nathan Moser, 93, of Whitehouse, will be held on Thursday, September 3, 2015, at 1:00 PM at First Baptist Church in Whitehouse with Rev. Sherman Mayfield and Dr. Ray Davis officiating. Burial will follow at Whitehouse Cemetery in Whitehouse under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. Dr. Moser passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2015 in Whitehouse. He was born April 19, 1922 in Chico to Walter Nathanial and Louella Adela Huggins Moser. Dr. Moser graduated from Chico High School in 1939. He joined CCC organization in 1940 and was sent to Patagonia, Arizona. He worked for S.H. Kress and Co. and married Ethel Doris Ellis on July 26, 1942. He joined the US Navy in 1942, as a Pharmacist Mate First Class and was active in the invasion of Attu , Kiska, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian, Leyte Gulf in the Philippine Islands and Manila Bay. He was honorably discharged in 1946. Dr. Moser started Texas Wesleyan College in 1948 and graduated from the University of Texas Dental Branch in 1954. He practiced dentistry for 35 years in Ozona, Tyler, Houston and Whitehouse. Dr. Moser was a founding member of Candle Light Bible Church in Houston. He was ordained as a deacon in White Oak Baptist in 1958. He was a former member of the Lions Club, Toastmasters, Harris County Dental Association, a lifetime member of Texas Dental Association and American Dental Association, former president of Northeast Texas Nursery Growers Association. After the passing of Ethel, he married Mary Ross Webb in 1976. Dr. Moser retired from dentistry and was co-owner of Whitehouse Gardens Wholesale Nursery. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife of 32 years Ethel D. Ellis Moser in 1974; son Zachary Ross Webb in 1995; siblings Frank, Lee, Carl Ray, Morris, Fred and Jenelle Stelding. He is survived by his loving family including his wife Mary Ross Webb Moser of Whitehouse; children Kenneth Moser and wife Donna of Brady, Zane Webb and wife Carolyn of Whitehouse, Delores Germany and husband Mike of Houston and Shanon Rocha and husband Daniel of Whitehouse; 11 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Visitation is scheduled from 6:00 – 8:00 PM on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway, in Tyler. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Whitehouse, 801 E. Main St. Whitehouse, Texas 75791 and note on memo line “building fund”.

Dr. Troy Nathan Moser

April 19, 1922 - September 1, 2015