[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 101 (Friday, June 9, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E537]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING THE LIFE OF MAJOR GENERAL TERRILL KAY ``T.K.'' MOFFETT

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                            HON. TRENT KELLY

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, June 9, 2023

  Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the 
life of Major General Terrill Kay ``T.K.'' Moffett. Major General 
Moffett passed away on Monday, June 5, 2023, at the age of 73. T.K. 
Moffett was born on a small farm near Becker, Mississippi, on July 11, 
1949. He was the youngest of nine children born to Elmer Carlos Moffett 
and Mary Ethel Meek Moffett.
  As a young man, he gave his life to Christ at Becker Baptist Church, 
where he also helped lead musical worship in his teenage years. He was 
an honor's graduate from Amory High School and received nominations to 
all three United States Service Academies. T.K. chose the United States 
Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated with a Bachelor of 
Science Degree. After the Academy, he served as an Airborne Infantry 
Officer and Armor Officer, and graduated from both the Infantry Officer 
Basic Course and the Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia. He would 
go on to earn a Master of Arts Degree in Political Science from the 
University of Hawaii, and a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of 
Mississippi. He is also an honor graduate of the Command and General 
Staff College at Fort Leavenworth; and he completed United States Army 
War College as a fellow at Harvard University, where he also studied 
Municipal Policing.
  While pursuing a career in the military, T.K. also practiced law for 
almost 45 years, earning bar admittance in Mississippi and Alabama. He 
was the owner of Moffett Law Firm, PLLC, with offices in both Tupelo 
and Amory. He served as Tupelo City Prosecutor from 1989 through 1999. 
In 2015, Governor Phil Bryant appointed T.K. as Chancery Judge in 
Northeast Mississippi's First Judicial District.
  Major General Moffett's military career spanned 40 years in the Army, 
Army Reserve, and the Mississippi Army National Guard. He commanded at 
every level from Platoon Leader to Tank Battalion Commander to Division 
Commander, having served in the 155th Armored Brigade, the 25th 
Infantry Division, the 4th Infantry Division, the 91st Division, and 
the 104th Division. He mobilized with the 155th Armored Brigade for 
Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm and with the 91st 
Division for Operation Enduring Freedom. T.K. was promoted to Brigadier 
General in 1999 and Major General in 2003. He was the Commanding 
General of the Troop Command Mississippi National Guard, the Deputy 
Commanding General of the 91st Division in California, and the 
Commanding General of the 104th Division in Vancouver, Washington. He 
retired from the military in 2007. His awards and decorations include 
the Global War on Terrorism Medal, the Army Distinguished Service 
Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army 
Commendation Medal, the Mississippi Magnolia Cross, the Mississippi 
Magnolia Medal, and the Mississippi Commendation Medal.
  Major General Moffett was also the founder and owner of Moffett 
Leadership Institute and conducted leadership and ethics training with 
numerous military forums throughout the United States, Nigeria, and 
Rwanda. Though all these accomplishments are incredible, his foremost 
joy was his family. He was married to his wife, Loreta Millsaps 
Moffett, for 51 years. He was always proud of his daughter, Tara, and 
he found great joy in his grandchildren.
  Major General Moffett is survived by his wife, Loreta Millsaps 
Moffett; daughter, Tara Leigh Moffett Dowden, and her husband, Dr. 
Landon Gene Dowden; four grandchildren, Arabella Leigh Dowden, Adalaide 
Mary Meek Dowden, Adoniram Landon Dowden, and Alastair Millsaps Moffett 
Dowden. He was preceded in death by his parents and his other siblings: 
Howard Donald Moffett, Jerry Kenneth Moffett, E.C. (Elmer Carlos) 
Moffett, Jr., and Walter Eldon Moffett. After serving with T.K. for 
many years in the 155th brigade combat team, I consider him a close 
friend and mentor.

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