Lenora was born on May 8, 1933, in Wellington, Texas to R.L. and Lenora (Smith) Tisdale. She graduated from Plainview High School in 1951. On December 6, 1950, she married Douglas Wayne Massey. Together, they raised five sons.
Her influence extended beyond her home. She taught Sunday school, worked in the schools, and taught in a business school for several years. She could talk to anyone. She often struck up conversations with complete strangers, much to the dismay of her teenage sons. She would say, "They aren't strangers, they're just friends I haven't met yet."
Lenora was twelfth in a family of thirteen children. Family and faith were most important to her. She loved all her children, siblings, nieces, and nephews, but her face would absolutely light up any time she held one of her grandbabies.
In their retirement years, she and Wayne enjoyed traveling, spending mornings with coffee group friends, and playing balloon volleyball at the Senior Center. They actively volunteered for Meals on Wheels and other community organizations.
Lenora was preceded in death by her husband, parents, three sisters, and eight brothers. She is survived by her sons, Billy and his wife, Debbie, Terry, and his wife, Karen, Lonnie, and his wife, Robin, Daryl, and Wren; brother, Johnny, and his wife, Mary; grandchildren, Chad, and his wife, Dawn, Zack, and his wife, Amanda, Laura, and her husband, Michael, Brady, Daniel, and Katie, and her husband, John, Ramon, Miguel, Valerie, and David; great-grandchildren, Brandon, Keelan, Logan, Corbin, Jerrica, and Jaycee; and numerous Massey and Tisdale loved ones. Services will be Saturday, September 7, at 1:30 p.m., at Rocky Creek Baptist Church near Lake Brownwood. Visitation will be at the church Saturday from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Interment at Rocky Creek Cemetery will follow.
Lenora was born on May 8, 1933, in Wellington, Texas to R.L. and Lenora (Smith) Tisdale. She graduated from Plainview High School in 1951. On December 6, 1950, she married Douglas Wayne Massey. Together, they raised five sons.
Her influence extended beyond her home. She taught Sunday school, worked in the schools, and taught in a business school for several years. She could talk to anyone. She often struck up conversations with complete strangers, much to the dismay of her teenage sons. She would say, "They aren't strangers, they're just friends I haven't met yet."
Lenora was twelfth in a family of thirteen children. Family and faith were most important to her. She loved all her children, siblings, nieces, and nephews, but her face would absolutely light up any time she held one of her grandbabies.
In their retirement years, she and Wayne enjoyed traveling, spending mornings with coffee group friends, and playing balloon volleyball at the Senior Center. They actively volunteered for Meals on Wheels and other community organizations.
Lenora was preceded in death by her husband, parents, three sisters, and eight brothers. She is survived by her sons, Billy and his wife, Debbie, Terry, and his wife, Karen, Lonnie, and his wife, Robin, Daryl, and Wren; brother, Johnny, and his wife, Mary; grandchildren, Chad, and his wife, Dawn, Zack, and his wife, Amanda, Laura, and her husband, Michael, Brady, Daniel, and Katie, and her husband, John, Ramon, Miguel, Valerie, and David; great-grandchildren, Brandon, Keelan, Logan, Corbin, Jerrica, and Jaycee; and numerous Massey and Tisdale loved ones. Services will be Saturday, September 7, at 1:30 p.m., at Rocky Creek Baptist Church near Lake Brownwood. Visitation will be at the church Saturday from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Interment at Rocky Creek Cemetery will follow.
Family Members
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Ellis Hillary Tisdale
1909–1981
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Loy Ola Tisdale Sherry
1910–2008
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Clyde Eugene Tisdale
1913–2005
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Ermon Aristotle Tisdale
1915–1952
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Alma Lee Tisdale
1917–1918
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Aubrey Jerrell Tisdale
1918–2009
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Robin Elmo "Bo" Tisdale
1921–1996
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Irma Leta Tisdale Box
1923–2011
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Eureta Estelle Tisdale Swanner
1925–2016
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Richmon Lycurgus Tisdale Jr
1927–2003
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Billie Rae Tisdale
1930–1979
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