JOAN COKER MOON
Joan Coker Moon, 88, went home to be with her heavenly father on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020.
Joan was born on April 27, 1932, in Asheville, North Carolina, to Granbery and Irene Ward. She graduated from Central High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Stephens College in Missouri, where her friends called her "Cokie." She worked as a buyer for Ivey's in Charlotte. She married Lloyd B. Moon in June 1956 in Charlotte. As a military spouse, Lloyd's career took them to Enid, Oklahoma; Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, where sons Lloyd and Ward were born; Harmon Air Force, Newfoundland, Canada; Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts; Charlotte, North Carolina; Columbus, Ohio; Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida; Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; Patrick Air Force Base, Florida; Mitchell Field, New York; and Glastonbury, Connecticut, before retiring in Sumter.
Joan loved Jesus, her family and serving her community. Joan was an avid painter and artist with many paintings and decoupage works shared with family and friends. She taught painting classes for years in Sumter. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). She was very much a social friend in groups such as Pilot Club, Red Hat Society, Sumter Newcomers, Swan Lake group and her Sunday school class groups at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Sumter and Shalimar United Methodist Church in Shalimar, Florida, and friends at the Destiny Worship Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
Joan was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd; son, Ward; parents, Granbery and Irene; brother, Dr. James Ward Jr.; sister, Judith; brother-in-law, Ed Moon and wife, Betsy.
She is survived by her son, Lloyd Jr. and his wife, Sandy; grandchildren, Katherine (Ethan) Jensen, David, Daniel and Cooper; brother-in-law, Charles (Carroll) Welch; her nieces, Elizabeth, Judith Cha, Katie (Roger) and Julie (Chad); and her nephews, Ed, Steve (Kathie), Jimmy and Rush (Stephanie).
The family would like to extend their gratitude to the CNAs, nurses, doctors and staff at Fort Walton Rehabilitation Center, Fort Walton Medical Center and Emerald Coast Hospice for their loving care these past few years.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the children's ministry at Shalimar United Methodist Church.
Expressions of love and sympathy may be placed and viewed online, will post a link on her Facebook account.
Joan's life will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 24, at Shalimar United Methodist Church.
The Emerald Coast Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements to inter Joan at Arlington National Cemetery with husband Lloyd.