Moss Service Funeral Home Obituaries

Q: Where can I find Moss Service Funeral Home obituaries?

Official online obituary listings are available through Dignity Memorial. Search the obituary page filtered to the Moss Service Funeral Home location by name or date.

Q: How do I find the newest Moss Service obituary?

Open the official obituary search, sort by most recent, and open the individual obituary to confirm the latest service details.

Q: Can I search an obituary using only a last name?

Yes. A surname-only search can help when the first name, nickname, maiden name, or spelling is uncertain.

Q: Why can I not find a person who recently died?

The obituary may not be published yet, may use another form of the person's name, or may be handled by another funeral provider. Try name variations and broader dates.

Q: Do Moss Service obituaries include funeral times?

Many obituary pages include visitation, funeral, memorial, or graveside information when those details are made public by the family.

Q: Where is Moss Service Funeral Home located?

Moss Service Funeral Home is located at 1901 2nd Ave North West, Cullman, Alabama 35055-5827.

Q: Can an obituary help me find a grave?

Yes. An obituary may identify a cemetery or graveside-service location. A cemetery office can often provide the section, lot, row, plot, or grave number.

Q: Can I search older Moss Service Funeral Home obituaries?

Yes. Expand the obituary date range and search using surname variations, maiden names, nicknames, initials, and relatives' names.

Q: Is FindAGraves.com the official Moss Service Funeral Home website?

No. FindAGraves.com is an informational research resource. Current obituaries and service updates should be confirmed through the official Moss Service Funeral Home or Dignity Memorial website.

Cullman, Alabama obituary guide

Find Recent Moss Service Funeral Home Obituaries and Service Information

If you are looking for Moss Service Funeral Home obituaries, the most useful information is usually the deceased person’s full name, date of death, visitation time, funeral or memorial service location, burial details, and any instructions from the family. This guide brings those details together and explains exactly how to locate the current obituary you need.

Funeral home Moss Service Funeral Home

Location Cullman, Alabama

Official obituary provider Dignity Memorial

Recent Moss Service Funeral Home Obituaries

The official Dignity Memorial obituary system for the Moss Service/Cullman area is updated as new notices are published. Because obituary listings change frequently, use the names below as a recent-reference snapshot rather than a permanent list.

Recent name	Date of death	Area shown in the obituary listing
Patricia Eileen Grills	October 14, 2026	Cullman, Alabama
Roy Edward Richter	October 6, 2026	Cullman area
Ruth Eloise McCormick	October 4, 2026	Cullman, Alabama
Robert Noel Tidwell Sr.	October 4, 2026	Cullman area
Andruw Jacob Sims	October 4, 2026	Cullman, Alabama
William Howard Goddard	October 2, 2026	Cullman / Crane Hill area
Larry Thomas Hammons	October 1, 2026	Cullman-region listing
James Roger Lay	September 27, 2026	Cullman, Alabama

Important: Service dates can be close to the date an obituary is posted. If you are planning to attend a visitation, funeral, graveside service, or memorial, open the individual obituary and confirm the latest time and location before traveling.

How to Search Moss Service Funeral Home Obituaries by Name

You do not need to browse hundreds of notices manually. If you know even part of the person’s name, use the funeral home’s location-filtered obituary search.

Open the official Moss Service obituary results Use the Dignity Memorial obituary page filtered to the Moss Service Funeral Home location.

Enter the person’s first or last name Start with the surname if the first name may have been shortened, misspelled, or listed under a nickname.

Adjust the date filter If the death was recent, try the last 7 or 30 days. For an older obituary, expand the search to the last year or all available dates.

Check the date of birth and location Two people can have the same name. Compare age, birth date, residence, relatives, and Cullman-area location before assuming you found the right person.

Open the individual obituary Read the full notice for visitation, service, burial, memorial, charity, flower, and family instructions.

Open Official Obituary Search

Search tip: If “Robert Smith” gives too many results, try only “Smith,” then compare death year, age, spouse, children, or city. Obituaries sometimes use middle names, initials, maiden names, or familiar names rather than the name you expected.

What to Do If You Cannot Find the Obituary

A missing search result does not necessarily mean an obituary was never published. The notice may be new, indexed under another spelling, associated with another funeral provider, or published only after arrangements were completed.

Try name variations

First and last name only
Middle name or middle initial
Maiden and married surname
Nickname and legal first name
Alternative surname spelling
Initials instead of full given names

Use date and family clues

Approximate death month or year
Spouse’s name
Parent or child’s name
Cullman, Hanceville, Vinemont, Crane Hill, or nearby residence
Church or cemetery name
Known service or visitation date

If the death occurred very recently, check again later. Funeral arrangements can require time to confirm, especially when family members are traveling, a church or cemetery schedule is being coordinated, or the family is still preparing the obituary.

What Information Can a Moss Service Obituary Include?

A complete obituary can answer much more than the date of death. Depending on what the family chooses to publish, a notice may contain the following information.

Information	Why it matters
Full name and life dates	Helps confirm identity and distinguish people with similar names.
Age and residence	Useful when searching Cullman County and surrounding communities.
Family members	Can identify spouses, parents, children, siblings, and grandchildren.
Visitation information	Shows when and where family and friends may gather before the service.
Funeral or memorial service	Provides the date, time, venue, and sometimes officiant.
Burial or interment	May identify a cemetery, graveside service, or family burial location.
Memorial contributions	May request donations to a church, nonprofit, school, or other organization instead of flowers.
Photos and memories	Online memorials may allow relatives and friends to share photographs and remembrance messages.

How to Confirm Visitation, Funeral, and Burial Details

If your main reason for searching is to attend a service, concentrate on the service section of the individual obituary rather than relying only on the search-result preview.

Before leaving home, confirm these details

Date: Make sure you are looking at the correct day and year.
Time: Visitation and funeral times may be different.
Venue: A funeral may be held at Moss Service, a church, another chapel, or a graveside location.
Burial: Interment can take place at a cemetery separate from the funeral venue.
Public or private: Some services or family gatherings may be private.
Flowers or memorial gifts: Follow the family’s stated preference before ordering.

Traveling from outside Cullman? Recheck the obituary on the day you travel. Weather, family circumstances, cemetery conditions, or scheduling issues can occasionally affect service arrangements.

Moss Service Funeral Home Address and Contact Information

Moss Service Funeral Home serves Cullman and surrounding communities in north-central Alabama. The official funeral-home page states that the location has served families in the area for more than a century.

Address 1901 2nd Ave North West
Cullman, AL 35055-5827

Telephone 256-734-1821
The official page indicates phone assistance is available at any time.

Official Moss Service Funeral Home Page Call 256-734-1821

When calling about an obituary

Have the person’s full name and approximate date of death ready. If you are asking about a funeral or visitation, clearly state which event you need to confirm.

A simple question such as, “I am trying to confirm the service information for [full name]. Could you tell me the date, time, and location?” is usually more useful than asking generally whether the funeral home has an obituary.

About Moss Service Funeral Home

The Cullman funeral home’s roots date to 1882. The business later became associated with J. Grady Moss, and the Moss Service Funeral Home name was adopted in 1938. Today the location operates within the Dignity Memorial network.

The official funeral-home information lists services that can include funeral and cremation planning, online memorials, obituary creation assistance, death-certificate filing assistance, permits, grief-support resources, and help related to survivor-benefit information.

Why this matters for obituary searches: the obituary page may be only one part of the family’s arrangements. Service scheduling, death certificates, burial coordination, memorial planning, and online remembrance can all be handled separately.

How to Find an Older Moss Service Funeral Home Obituary

Older notices usually require a broader search than recent obituaries. Start with the official obituary database, but do not rely on one spelling or one date.

Search the surname by itself This catches notices that use a middle name, nickname, maiden name, or different first-name spelling.

Set the date range to All Time A narrow recent-date filter can hide older obituary results.

Add a Cullman-area clue Compare Cullman, Hanceville, Vinemont, Good Hope, Crane Hill, Baileyton, Bremen, and other nearby communities when relevant.

Search relatives if the person is still missing A spouse, parent, child, or sibling’s obituary may name the person and provide the cemetery or family connection you need.

Verify burial information separately If your real goal is to locate the grave, use the obituary as a clue and confirm the cemetery, section, lot, plot, or grave number through cemetery or burial records.

How to Go From an Obituary to a Grave Location

An obituary may identify the cemetery, but it does not always provide a precise grave location. If you are trying to visit the burial site, collect every cemetery clue from the obituary before starting a separate grave search.

Write down these details

Deceased person’s complete name
Date of birth and date of death
Cemetery name
City and county
Date of burial or graveside service
Spouse or close relatives
Funeral-home name
Military service, if mentioned

If the obituary gives a cemetery but not a plot, contact the cemetery office and ask for the section, lot, row, plot, or grave number. For broader grave-research methods, visit the FindAGraves.com grave and cemetery research guide.

If You Are a Family Member Arranging an Obituary

If your family is working with Moss Service Funeral Home, prepare the basic information before discussing the obituary. This helps reduce mistakes and makes the notice easier to review.

Personal information

Correct full legal name
Preferred name or nickname
Birth date and birthplace
Date and place of death
Residence
Education, career, service, and interests

Family and service information

Surviving relatives
Relatives who died previously
Visitation details
Funeral or memorial details
Burial information
Flower or donation preference

Before publication, confirm the spelling of every name, relationship, date, church, cemetery, charity, and service location. Small errors can spread quickly when an obituary is republished or shared.

Useful Internal Research Routes

If you need to continue from the obituary into burial research, these internal FindAGraves.com routes can help you narrow the next step.

Moss Service Funeral Home Obituaries FAQs

1. Where can I find Moss Service Funeral Home obituaries?

The official online obituary listings are available through Dignity Memorial. Use the obituary page filtered to the Moss Service Funeral Home location and search by name or date.

2. How do I find the newest Moss Service obituary?

Open the official obituary search and keep the results sorted by most recent. Check the individual’s page before relying on service information because arrangements can be updated.

3. Can I search an obituary using only a last name?

Yes. Searching the surname alone is often useful when you are unsure of a nickname, middle name, maiden name, or exact spelling of the first name.

4. Why can I not find a person who recently died?

The obituary may not have been published yet, may use another form of the person’s name, or may be handled by another funeral home. Try broader dates and name variations, then check again later.

5. Do Moss Service obituaries include funeral times?

Many individual notices include visitation, funeral, memorial, or graveside information when the family has made those details public. Always open the full obituary to confirm.

6. What is the Moss Service Funeral Home phone number?

The official Moss Service Funeral Home page lists the telephone number as 256-734-1821.

7. Where is Moss Service Funeral Home located?

The funeral home is located at 1901 2nd Ave North West, Cullman, Alabama 35055-5827.

8. Can an obituary help me find a grave?

Yes. An obituary may name the cemetery or graveside-service location. If it does not provide a plot number, contact the cemetery office using the deceased person’s name and burial date.

9. Can I search older Moss Service Funeral Home obituaries?

Yes. Select a broader date range or All Time in the obituary search, use surname-only searches, and try maiden names, nicknames, initials, and relatives’ names.

10. Is FindAGraves.com the official Moss Service Funeral Home website?

No. FindAGraves.com is an informational research resource. For a live obituary, current service schedule, funeral-home appointment, or family arrangement, use the official Moss Service Funeral Home/Dignity Memorial pages.

Final Takeaway

To find a Moss Service Funeral Home obituary quickly, start with the person’s surname, narrow the results by date, and confirm the full notice before attending a service. The obituary can also provide valuable family, cemetery, memorial, and burial clues that help with later grave or genealogy research.

If you need the most current notice or a live service update, the final step should be the official obituary listing:

View Current Moss Service Obituaries

Information checked October 18, 2026. Obituaries, service times, funeral arrangements, phone information, and online listings can change, so confirm time-sensitive details with the official funeral home before traveling.

Moss Service Funeral Home Obituaries: Recent Cullman Notices & Search Guide