Utica Square Store Manager Michael Guillory, Moody’s President Tyler Jones, and Utica Square store employees Kim Montanes, Cindy Layman and Tony Wilson.
MOODY’S JEWELRY
Seven Store Locations (918) 834-3771 moodysjewelry.com
A broken clock led to the founding of Moody’s Jewelry. Young Ernest Moody Jr. took the clock to a watchmaker neighbor, who showed him how to fix it. This sparked Moody’s desire to become a watchmaker. In 1944, the young Tulsan opened a shop in Whittier Square, and then opened a small shop at East 12th Street and South Harvard Avenue. Moody then moved the business across the street to a larger building where the flagship store still remains.
Today, the business has seven stores in metro Tulsa, and is still owned and operated by members of the founder’s family. The company is also very involved within the Tulsa metro community. Moody’s store locations are: Harvard at 12th, Lewis at 71st, Sheridan at 51st, 68th at Memorial, Kenosha at 145th in Broken Arrow, Utica Square, and 71st Street at Highway 169.