Obituary: John Moffat Pryor

John Moffat Pryor, aged 65, passed away peacefully at his home in Ocoee on Jan. 9, 2016. He was born on May 3, 1950, and was raised in Batesville, Mississippi, the youngest of four children. The family moved to Ahway, Iran, when John was 8 years old, where they spent the next two years before returning to the states.

He graduated from high school in Oxford, Mississippi, in 1969 and, afterward, completed a four-year tour abroad as a member of an aircraft-refueling unit in the United States Air Force. Upon returning to civilian life, John settled in Central Florida, where he earned a degree in journalism at the University of Central Florida and later met his future wife, Gayle. They were married in 1985. In 1987, they became Subway franchisees and since have continued to grow the family business, operating 10 Subway restaurants in Ocoee, Windermere and Winter Garden.

Survivors are his sister, Penny Pryor Pynkala, and brother, James Pryor, both of Oxford; as well as wife, Gayle, and sons, Arthur and Jean Legere and Stephen Pryor, all Central Florida residents.

His extended family and friends will sadly miss John, but he leaves behind many joyous memories in the lives of those he has touched. A Celebration of Life will be held at the DeGusipe Funeral Home, located at 1400 Matthew Paris Blvd., Ocoee, this Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in the memory of John M. Pryor to the Florida Hospital Foundation – The Bartch Transplant House – floridahospital.com/foundation-hosipital-transplant-house.