Vickie Michelle Moriarity
Vickie Michelle Moriarity, 58, of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, died at her home Saturday, January 11, after a brief battle with ovarian cancer. Born in Seattle, Washington, to Douglas Marshall Hicks and Susan Rowena Pownceby Hicks, Vickie was a National Board Certified English Language Arts teacher at Williamstown Independent School District.
Vickie loved playing her saxophone, singing at church, journaling, and reading books, but her true passion was teaching. She was an exceptionally gifted teacher who taught in Arizona, Nebraska, Virginia, and finally, Kentucky, first at Bath County Middle School for 17 years and then one year at Williamstown Independent Middle School. She loved her students, expected the best from them, never gave up on them, and consistently advocated for them.
Vickie is preceded in death by her parents and is survived by her brother Brett Matthew Hicks of Seattle, WA; niece Megan Hicks of Bremerton, WA; stepmother Jules Harris-Downing of Phoenix, AZ; stepsister Nichole (Nathan) Moseley of Owasso, OK; and aunt Julie Pownceby Keegan of Sydney, Australia. Also surviving Vickie are her work families at Williamstown Independent Middle School and Bath County Middle School, as well as her church family at Bethesda Church.
A Celebration of Life will be held at Bethesda Church at 3339 Winchester Road, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, on Saturday, January 25, at 2:00 pm.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Bethesda Church, P O. Box 291, Mt. Sterling, KY 40353. Please specify the Vickie Moriarity Education Fund in the memo.
The funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Lusk-McFarland Funeral Home Chapel, 1120 Main St., Paris, KY. The online guestbook is at www.luskmcfarland.com and a 24-hour funeral information line can be reached by calling 859-987-4387.
