Elvis “Chip” Alexander Mooney Jr. son of the late Elvis A. Mooney Sr. and Edna Lois Mooney was born on August 8, 1957 in the Saint Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau and passed away on August 2, 2013 at the SoutheastHealth Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 55.

Elvis lived his whole life in the Bloomfield area.  He graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau with a B.S. degree in Business Administration and later a M.A. in community counseling.  He graduated from St. Louis University with a J.D. Law Degree.  He and his father owned and practiced in Mooney and Mooney Law Firm for many years.  Elvis became a community counselor at the end of his working career.  He was a member of the Bloomfield Masonic Lodge #153.  He was also a member of the American Seed Saver Association.

On August 31, 1985 he was united in marriage to Regena Suzette Waltrip at the Calvary General Baptist Church in Kennett.  Mrs. Mooney survives of the family residence.

Besides his wife he is survived by one sister, Kathryn Skelton of Bloomfield; by one nephew Robert “Alex” Barney and by one great-nephew, Oliver Barney.

There will be a public grave-side service conducted on Saturday, August 10, 2013 at 10:30 A.M. in the Walker Cemetery near Bloomfield with Rev. Sue Welborn officiating. 

In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be made to the Stoddard County Children’s Home %P.O. Box 164, Dexter, Missouri 63841 or the American Kidney Fund.