Mrs. Alyne Queener Massey was a community leader and philanthropist who was infinitely generous with her time and talents, her intellect, her hospitality, her humor and her loving support of family and friends. Thought out her life, she was a champion of countless nonprofits. Her caring nature and proactive approach resulted in a lifetime of accomplishments benefiting numerous people and organizations. Sara Alyne was born in New Haven, Connecticut where her father, Millard E. Queener attended Yale Law School. After returning to Columbia, Tennessee, she was raised with her sisters Lucille Frierson and Elizabeth Myers Queener. She was educated at Ward-Belmont Preparatory School and Vanderbilt University (Class of 1948) where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority.
Alyne Queener married Leonard Hearne Armistead, Jr. of Franklin, editor and publisher of the Review-Appeal on July 16, 1949 at "Shadowlawn" the home of her parents in Columbia. To this union her two sons Leonard Hearne (Bill) Armistead III and Robert Hunter (Bob) Armistead were born. After the death of Mr. Armistead she became society reporter for the Nashville Banner and director of the Women's Division of Commerce Union Bank in Nashville.
Mrs. Alyne married Jack Carroll Massey an entrepreneur in Nashville on May 1, 1971 at Cox Chapel, Highland Park Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas. The Massey's lived at "Brook House" an early eighteenth century Georgian design built in 1931 of handmade brick of former Nashville Homes, second quarter of the nineteenth century on Tyne Boulevard in Belle Meade where she lived until her death. The Massey's also spent the winter at "Beach House" their Georgian Bermuda style home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Mr. Massey established the Alyne Queener Massey Law Library at Vanderbilt University in her honor. Vanderbilt Law School honored her with the 2014 Distinguished Service Award.
Mrs. Massey was the first woman to be elected to the board of trust of Third National Bank and served on the board of Volunteer Capital Corporation. She also served on the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust and on the boards of the Vanderbilt Heart Institute, the Kennedy Center at Vanderbilt, the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum of Art in Nashville, the Preservation Society of Palm Beach, the Society of Four Arts in Palm Beach and the Blair House in Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Massey was a founder of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, where Mr. Massey served as its first chairman. She was a avid supporter of Battle Ground Academy, Planned Parenthood and of the Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee where she established the Jack C. Massey Leadership Award dinner.
Mrs. Massey was also a member of the Colonial Dames of America, the Garden Club of America, the Garden Club of Nashville, the Belle Meade Country Club of Nashville, the Centennial Club of Nashville, the Bath and Tennis Club of Palm Beach, the Everglades Club of Palm Beach, the Meadow Club of Southampton, New York, the Bathing Club of Southampton and the Colony Club of New York.
Mrs. Massey and her sister Elizabeth M. Queener were founding members of the Tennessee Parks and Greenways foundation and the Maury County Heritage Land Trust placing a conservation easement on Century Farm, a 230 acre property in the family since 1807, when Dr. Thomas James Frierson purchased it in the Cross Bridges Community of Maury County.
Mrs. Alyne is the Grandmother of Stephanie Alyne (Aly) Armistead, Massey Frierson Armistead, Anne Parkes Armistead, and Lewis Addison Armistead V.
Mrs. Massey's funeral was held at First Presbyterian Church in Nashville. Burial was in the family mausoleum at historic Zion Presbyterian Church in Columbia, Tennessee, which was established by her family in 1805. She was the eighth generation of her family to be interred there. Her nephew the Reverend Robin Spencer Courtney, Jr. presided over the committal service at the Queener-Massey mausoleum.
A truly remarkable and giving woman of her generation.
Alyne Queener married Leonard Hearne Armistead, Jr. of Franklin, editor and publisher of the Review-Appeal on July 16, 1949 at "Shadowlawn" the home of her parents in Columbia. To this union her two sons Leonard Hearne (Bill) Armistead III and Robert Hunter (Bob) Armistead were born. After the death of Mr. Armistead she became society reporter for the Nashville Banner and director of the Women's Division of Commerce Union Bank in Nashville.
Mrs. Alyne married Jack Carroll Massey an entrepreneur in Nashville on May 1, 1971 at Cox Chapel, Highland Park Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas. The Massey's lived at "Brook House" an early eighteenth century Georgian design built in 1931 of handmade brick of former Nashville Homes, second quarter of the nineteenth century on Tyne Boulevard in Belle Meade where she lived until her death. The Massey's also spent the winter at "Beach House" their Georgian Bermuda style home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Mr. Massey established the Alyne Queener Massey Law Library at Vanderbilt University in her honor. Vanderbilt Law School honored her with the 2014 Distinguished Service Award.
Mrs. Massey was the first woman to be elected to the board of trust of Third National Bank and served on the board of Volunteer Capital Corporation. She also served on the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust and on the boards of the Vanderbilt Heart Institute, the Kennedy Center at Vanderbilt, the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum of Art in Nashville, the Preservation Society of Palm Beach, the Society of Four Arts in Palm Beach and the Blair House in Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Massey was a founder of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, where Mr. Massey served as its first chairman. She was a avid supporter of Battle Ground Academy, Planned Parenthood and of the Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee where she established the Jack C. Massey Leadership Award dinner.
Mrs. Massey was also a member of the Colonial Dames of America, the Garden Club of America, the Garden Club of Nashville, the Belle Meade Country Club of Nashville, the Centennial Club of Nashville, the Bath and Tennis Club of Palm Beach, the Everglades Club of Palm Beach, the Meadow Club of Southampton, New York, the Bathing Club of Southampton and the Colony Club of New York.
Mrs. Massey and her sister Elizabeth M. Queener were founding members of the Tennessee Parks and Greenways foundation and the Maury County Heritage Land Trust placing a conservation easement on Century Farm, a 230 acre property in the family since 1807, when Dr. Thomas James Frierson purchased it in the Cross Bridges Community of Maury County.
Mrs. Alyne is the Grandmother of Stephanie Alyne (Aly) Armistead, Massey Frierson Armistead, Anne Parkes Armistead, and Lewis Addison Armistead V.
Mrs. Massey's funeral was held at First Presbyterian Church in Nashville. Burial was in the family mausoleum at historic Zion Presbyterian Church in Columbia, Tennessee, which was established by her family in 1805. She was the eighth generation of her family to be interred there. Her nephew the Reverend Robin Spencer Courtney, Jr. presided over the committal service at the Queener-Massey mausoleum.
A truly remarkable and giving woman of her generation.
Mrs. Alyne Queener Massey was a community leader and philanthropist who was infinitely generous with her time and talents, her intellect, her hospitality, her humor and her loving support of family and friends. Thought out her life, she was a champion of countless nonprofits. Her caring nature and proactive approach resulted in a lifetime of accomplishments benefiting numerous people and organizations. Sara Alyne was born in New Haven, Connecticut where her father, Millard E. Queener attended Yale Law School. After returning to Columbia, Tennessee, she was raised with her sisters Lucille Frierson and Elizabeth Myers Queener. She was educated at Ward-Belmont Preparatory School and Vanderbilt University (Class of 1948) where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority.
Alyne Queener married Leonard Hearne Armistead, Jr. of Franklin, editor and publisher of the Review-Appeal on July 16, 1949 at "Shadowlawn" the home of her parents in Columbia. To this union her two sons Leonard Hearne (Bill) Armistead III and Robert Hunter (Bob) Armistead were born. After the death of Mr. Armistead she became society reporter for the Nashville Banner and director of the Women's Division of Commerce Union Bank in Nashville.
Mrs. Alyne married Jack Carroll Massey an entrepreneur in Nashville on May 1, 1971 at Cox Chapel, Highland Park Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas. The Massey's lived at "Brook House" an early eighteenth century Georgian design built in 1931 of handmade brick of former Nashville Homes, second quarter of the nineteenth century on Tyne Boulevard in Belle Meade where she lived until her death. The Massey's also spent the winter at "Beach House" their Georgian Bermuda style home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Mr. Massey established the Alyne Queener Massey Law Library at Vanderbilt University in her honor. Vanderbilt Law School honored her with the 2014 Distinguished Service Award.
Mrs. Massey was the first woman to be elected to the board of trust of Third National Bank and served on the board of Volunteer Capital Corporation. She also served on the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust and on the boards of the Vanderbilt Heart Institute, the Kennedy Center at Vanderbilt, the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum of Art in Nashville, the Preservation Society of Palm Beach, the Society of Four Arts in Palm Beach and the Blair House in Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Massey was a founder of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, where Mr. Massey served as its first chairman. She was a avid supporter of Battle Ground Academy, Planned Parenthood and of the Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee where she established the Jack C. Massey Leadership Award dinner.
Mrs. Massey was also a member of the Colonial Dames of America, the Garden Club of America, the Garden Club of Nashville, the Belle Meade Country Club of Nashville, the Centennial Club of Nashville, the Bath and Tennis Club of Palm Beach, the Everglades Club of Palm Beach, the Meadow Club of Southampton, New York, the Bathing Club of Southampton and the Colony Club of New York.
Mrs. Massey and her sister Elizabeth M. Queener were founding members of the Tennessee Parks and Greenways foundation and the Maury County Heritage Land Trust placing a conservation easement on Century Farm, a 230 acre property in the family since 1807, when Dr. Thomas James Frierson purchased it in the Cross Bridges Community of Maury County.
Mrs. Alyne is the Grandmother of Stephanie Alyne (Aly) Armistead, Massey Frierson Armistead, Anne Parkes Armistead, and Lewis Addison Armistead V.
Mrs. Massey's funeral was held at First Presbyterian Church in Nashville. Burial was in the family mausoleum at historic Zion Presbyterian Church in Columbia, Tennessee, which was established by her family in 1805. She was the eighth generation of her family to be interred there. Her nephew the Reverend Robin Spencer Courtney, Jr. presided over the committal service at the Queener-Massey mausoleum.
A truly remarkable and giving woman of her generation.
Alyne Queener married Leonard Hearne Armistead, Jr. of Franklin, editor and publisher of the Review-Appeal on July 16, 1949 at "Shadowlawn" the home of her parents in Columbia. To this union her two sons Leonard Hearne (Bill) Armistead III and Robert Hunter (Bob) Armistead were born. After the death of Mr. Armistead she became society reporter for the Nashville Banner and director of the Women's Division of Commerce Union Bank in Nashville.
Mrs. Alyne married Jack Carroll Massey an entrepreneur in Nashville on May 1, 1971 at Cox Chapel, Highland Park Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas. The Massey's lived at "Brook House" an early eighteenth century Georgian design built in 1931 of handmade brick of former Nashville Homes, second quarter of the nineteenth century on Tyne Boulevard in Belle Meade where she lived until her death. The Massey's also spent the winter at "Beach House" their Georgian Bermuda style home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Mr. Massey established the Alyne Queener Massey Law Library at Vanderbilt University in her honor. Vanderbilt Law School honored her with the 2014 Distinguished Service Award.
Mrs. Massey was the first woman to be elected to the board of trust of Third National Bank and served on the board of Volunteer Capital Corporation. She also served on the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust and on the boards of the Vanderbilt Heart Institute, the Kennedy Center at Vanderbilt, the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum of Art in Nashville, the Preservation Society of Palm Beach, the Society of Four Arts in Palm Beach and the Blair House in Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Massey was a founder of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, where Mr. Massey served as its first chairman. She was a avid supporter of Battle Ground Academy, Planned Parenthood and of the Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee where she established the Jack C. Massey Leadership Award dinner.
Mrs. Massey was also a member of the Colonial Dames of America, the Garden Club of America, the Garden Club of Nashville, the Belle Meade Country Club of Nashville, the Centennial Club of Nashville, the Bath and Tennis Club of Palm Beach, the Everglades Club of Palm Beach, the Meadow Club of Southampton, New York, the Bathing Club of Southampton and the Colony Club of New York.
Mrs. Massey and her sister Elizabeth M. Queener were founding members of the Tennessee Parks and Greenways foundation and the Maury County Heritage Land Trust placing a conservation easement on Century Farm, a 230 acre property in the family since 1807, when Dr. Thomas James Frierson purchased it in the Cross Bridges Community of Maury County.
Mrs. Alyne is the Grandmother of Stephanie Alyne (Aly) Armistead, Massey Frierson Armistead, Anne Parkes Armistead, and Lewis Addison Armistead V.
Mrs. Massey's funeral was held at First Presbyterian Church in Nashville. Burial was in the family mausoleum at historic Zion Presbyterian Church in Columbia, Tennessee, which was established by her family in 1805. She was the eighth generation of her family to be interred there. Her nephew the Reverend Robin Spencer Courtney, Jr. presided over the committal service at the Queener-Massey mausoleum.
A truly remarkable and giving woman of her generation.
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