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Moseley was a member of the Broadway United Methodist Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky, which licensed him to preach in 1946. He served as pastor for Methodist churches in Snellville, Georgia, and Hopkinsville, Park City, Highland, Old Zion, Russell Springs, Columbia, Albany, Munfordville, and Campbellsville, Kentucky. In 1960, Moseley was hired as a professor of religion at Lindsey Wilson College and also served as chair of the religion department and as an assistant to the president.<ref name=obit/>
 
Moseley was a member of the Broadway United Methodist Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky, which licensed him to preach in 1946. He served as pastor for Methodist churches in Snellville, Georgia, and Hopkinsville, Park City, Highland, Old Zion, Russell Springs, Columbia, Albany, Munfordville, and Campbellsville, Kentucky. In 1960, Moseley was hired as a professor of religion at Lindsey Wilson College and also served as chair of the religion department and as an assistant to the president.<ref name=obit/>
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In addition to his state senatorial service, Moseley served on the Kentucky State Parole and Probation Board, the State Personnel Board, and the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission. He was district superintendent of the Kentucky Department of Parks and was a drug and alcohol abuse counselor for the Lake Cumberland Area Development District.<ref name=obit/>
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In addition to his state senatorial service, Moseley served on the Kentucky State Parole and Probation Board, the State Personnel Board, and the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission. He was district superintendent of the Kentucky Department of Parks and was a drug and alcohol abuse counselor for the Lake Cumberland Area Development District.<ref name=obit/>During his Senate tenure, Moseley worked alongside state Representative Herman Rattliff (1926-2014) of Campbellsville. Moseley did not seek reelection to a fourth term in 1986, when he was succeeded by fellow Republican David L. Williams of Burkesville, later the state Senate President. At the time, Williams was an outgoing one-term member of the Kentucky House.
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After his retirement, Moseley published three books, '''There Is More to Preaching, Than Just Preaching,''' ''A Table Speaks,'' and From ''George W. to George W.," a reference to [[George Washington]] and [[George W. Bush]].<ref name=obit/>
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After his retirement, Moseley published three books, '''There Is More to Preaching, Than Just Preaching,''' ''A Table Speaks,'' and From ''George W. to George W.," a reference to [[George Washington]] and [[George W. Bush]] and their role as former presidents.<ref name=obit/>
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Moseley is survived by his wife of sixty-three years, the former Betty Jean Wyant Moseley, and three children, J Lewis Moseley (Sandra), Rebekah Ellen Bragg (Darrel), and Leslie M. Watkins (Chris). He is also survived by three grandchildren, Matthew Douglas Bragg, Andrew Jordan Bragg, and Haley Elizabeth Moseley, and seven great-grandchildren. A sister, Barbara Moseley Cockrum, of Owensboro, Kentucky, also survives.<ref name=obit/>
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In 1954, Moseley married the former Betty Jane Wyant, the daughter of a [[J.C. Penney]] manager originally from [[Indiana]] who was transferred to Glasgow, Kentucky. She survives him. Moseley is also survived by three children, J Lewis Moseley (Sandra), Rebekah Ellen Bragg (Darrel), and Leslie M. Watkins (Chris), and three grandchildren, Matthew Douglas Bragg, Andrew Jordan Bragg, and Haley Elizabeth Moseley. A sister, Barbara Moseley Cockrum, of Owensboro, also survives.<ref name=obit/>
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Moseley died of [[Alzheimer's disease]] in Bowling Green. His funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m. on November 11, 2017, at Broadway United Methodist Church.<ref name=obit/> 
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Moseley died of [[Alzheimer's disease]] in Bowling Green. His funeral is scheduled for 11 a. m. on November 11, 2017, at Broadway United Methodist Church.<ref name=obit/> 
    
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