Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Washington Avenue Christian Church with Pastor Jim Shelburne officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are by Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 S. Bell St.
Edith was born Dec. 12, 1918, in Floydada to Orville Clyde and Bertha Henry. She grew up and went to school in House, N.M. Edith married Burnice Massey on Jan. 20, 1940.
She was a longtime member of Washington Avenue Christian Church for more than 50 years, serving in many ministries and was involved in the Evening Circle program in the church. Edith enjoyed cooking and looking after her family. She was deeply loved and will be dearly missed.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Burnice Massey; and 10 siblings.
Survivors include a son, Harvey Massey and wife Kathy of Amarillo; two daughters, Wanda Erwin and husband Grady and Sandra Smith, all of Amarillo; a sister, Gene Terry and husband Merle of Clovis, N.M.; a sister-in-law, Jo Henry of Clovis; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 17, 2014)
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Washington Avenue Christian Church with Pastor Jim Shelburne officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are by Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 S. Bell St.
Edith was born Dec. 12, 1918, in Floydada to Orville Clyde and Bertha Henry. She grew up and went to school in House, N.M. Edith married Burnice Massey on Jan. 20, 1940.
She was a longtime member of Washington Avenue Christian Church for more than 50 years, serving in many ministries and was involved in the Evening Circle program in the church. Edith enjoyed cooking and looking after her family. She was deeply loved and will be dearly missed.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Burnice Massey; and 10 siblings.
Survivors include a son, Harvey Massey and wife Kathy of Amarillo; two daughters, Wanda Erwin and husband Grady and Sandra Smith, all of Amarillo; a sister, Gene Terry and husband Merle of Clovis, N.M.; a sister-in-law, Jo Henry of Clovis; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 17, 2014)
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement