Walter Joe Moon

Funeral services for Joe Moon, 96 of Belton, will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, September 10, 2026, at the Dossman Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Barho officiating. Burial will follow at the Holland Cemetery. The family will receive friends for visitation, Wednesday evening, September 9, 2026, from 5-7PM at the funeral home.

Joe died Sunday, September 6, 2026 in a Temple hospital.

He was born January 27, 1930, in Holland, the son of Price and Velma (Smith) Moon. He was a mechanic. He worked in Houston for several years before moving back to central Texas, where he had his own shop, C&J Garage in Academy. Later he worked for Fisher-Vincent Ford in Belton and retired in 2000.

Joe married Rozella (Petty) Butler in 1985 in Milano. He was a member of Victory Baptist Church in Salado. Mr. Moon could fix anything, he was a natural mechanic.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Kenneth Moon; one grandson Gerald Harrison; three brothers, James Elmer Moon, Dalton Moon, Wayne Moon; and two sisters Doris Petty and Geraldine McMillan.

Survivors include his wife of 41 years, Rozella (Shorty) Moon; two sons Glenn Moon (Nancy) and Price Moon (Jane) ; two daughters Cathy Jo Moon and Brenda Dean Huff; step-son, Donnie Butler and step-daughter Debbie Butler Shepperd; one brother Durwood Moon (Rita) and one sister Gloria Barho (Billy); ten grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be to St. Jude Children's Hospital or Victory Baptist Church in Salado, Texas.