Reba McSwain Moss age 92, died Wednesday August 7, 2013 at her home. Born in Cleveland County she was the daughter of the late Drury Rueben and Ollie Vera Putnam McSwain. After high school, Reba attended Blanton's Business College in Asheville. During WWII she worked at the U. S. Navy in Charleston as a typist. Later she transferred to the confidential section. Took short hand from the commandant of the Navy yard. When the war ended she resigned and came home. She went to work with the Cleveland County Schools as a teacher's secretary. From there she went to Shelby High School, and worked there until she retired. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Hoyt S. Moss; two brothers, Clifton McSwain, and Reuben McSwain Jr.; a sister, Rena McGinnis; and a brother-in-law, Bobby Simpson.

Reba is survived by two sisters, Evelyn Simpson and Martha Johnson both of Shelby; a sister-in-law, Willie Sue McSwain of Belmont; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 9, 2013 at 3:00pm at Buffalo Baptist Church, in Blacksburg, with Rev. Bruce Price officiating. The family will receive friends an hour before the service. Burial will follow in the Church cemetery.

Memorials can be made to Buffalo Baptist Church, 133 Bridges Road, Blacksburg SC 29702 or Hospice Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights drive, Shelby NC 28150,

Cecil M Burton Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family of Mrs. Moss.

Guest Registry is available at www.cecilmburtonfuneralhome.com