Article below courtesy of The News Star (Monroe, La.)
graphic courtesy of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)
The Grambling Athletic Department is mourning the loss of assistant sports information director Roderick Mosley this week.
Mosley, 38, died of a heart attack Wednesday night in his front yard, university spokeswoman Debra Johnson confirmed Thursday.
The Southern University alumnus, in his second stint with the Tigers, had suffered some health problems in the past.
Mosley served 15 years in sports information at three institutions in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. A native of Baton Rouge, Mosley was a 1996 graduate of Southern University with a bachelors of arts in mass communication-radio and television broadcasting.
He served Southern as both assistant director and interim director of sports information before leaving for Grambling in 1999, where he also twice served as interim director of sports information. After working as an assistant SID under both Doug Williams and successor Melvin Spears, Mosley departed for fellow SWAC institution Mississippi Valley State in 2005, where he was promoted to head of the sports information department.
MVSU athletics director Lonza Hardy Jr. once described Mosley as "a tireless worker," who possessed "a great rapport with both the media and the general public.”
Mosley returned to Grambling in 2009, where he eventually reunited with Williams -- coach of the Tiger football program during the bulk of Mosley's initial stint. He was serving as assistant director of athletic media relations at the time of his death.
NOTE: MOSLEY FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
Funeral services for Grambling sports information director Roderick Wayne Mosley have been set for Thursday, September 29, 2011 at the Elm Grove Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, La. The service is set for 11:00 a.m.
Elm Grove Baptist Church
1609 38th Street, Baton Rouge 70802
A viewing is set for Wednesday, September 28 from 5-8 p.m. at the church. Arrangements are being handled by Dessell Funeral Home, 263 Eddie Robinson, Sr. Drive, Baton Rouge, La. 70802.
Flowers can be sent directly to Dessell Funeral Home, while donations to the family can be sent to 2710 Laurel Street, Baton Rouge, La. 70802.