Mrs. Eva Massey

MRS. EVA MASSEY, age 91, passed away Friday, January 29, 2016, in a Rome hospital.  She was born in the Oak Hill Community, Lyerly, Georgia on February 19, 1924, a daughter of the late Edwin Lumpkin and Lela Addie Holt Harrison.  She was a member of Menlo First Baptist Church.  Mrs. Massey, and her husband, operated a grocery and general merchandise store in Menlo for also most 50 years.  She especially enjoyed offering her customers quality flowers and shrubs for planting each spring, and stocked a selection of country cabinets; she also was a beekeeper and was known for providing sourwood honey in the store.  Mrs. Massey was a devoted wife, supporting her Husband in various endeavors including establishing a family farm.  She and her  Husband were staunch supporters of Menlo Elementary School.  She was a lifelong Democrat, encouraging numerous friends to take an active part in government at all levels; receiving the 1999 Democrat of the Year Award and was inducted into the Democratic Hall of Fame in 2011.  Mrs. Massey was preceded in death by her husband, of 64 years, the late LeRoy Massey on June 16, 2003 and a sister, the late Betty H. Smith on December 9, 2015, brothers, Herman “Shorty” Harrison and Henry Harrison.

            Surviving are daughter, Barbara Massey Reece and son, Charles Edwin Massey and Jerri, all of Menlo; grandchildren, Kelly Reece Floyd & Jeff, Vanessa Massey, Lee Massey, and C.E. Massey; great grandchildren, Leighanne Floyd, Grace Floyd, Sophia Floyd, Noah Floyd, Jesse Floyd, Zaidee Moore, and Sammy Moore; sister-in-law, Frances Seymore; brother-in-law, Leonard E. Smith; several Nieces and Nephews.

            Funeral services will be held Monday, February 1^st, at 2 P.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home, with Rev. Kenny Roach and Rev. Billy Dempsey officiating, interment in Ami Cemetery.  Active Pallbearers David Holt, Greg Harrison, Gary McConnell, James Thomas, Lee Massey, and C. E. Massey, Noah Floyd, and Jesse Floyd; Honorary Pallbearers Sammy Frashier, David Luther, Pete Denson, Wayne Pritchett, Mike Poole, Michael Larkins, Jewell Hall, Elizabeth Wofford, Madge Fox, and the Staff of North Georgia Home Health.  Visitation will be Sunday from 3 until 6 P.M. at the Funeral Home and Monday from 1 P.M. until the hour of service.  Flowers or contributions to the Eva and LeRoy Massey Scholarship Fund at United Community Bank are appreciated.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge.