Obituary of Ida Jane Massey, Independence Co, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Rosa Cline Date: 1 Aug 2007 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Batesville Guard June 2, 1949. Newport - Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Jane Massey, 71, of Tupelo, were held at Tupelo Tuesday with burial at Desha Cemetery. She died Monday in a Newport hospital. She was a member of the Methodist church. She is survived by four sons, W. F. and Dorr of Tupelo, Clint and Chester of Newport; two brothers, Weaver Stewart and Pierce of Olyphant and two half brothers, Ed and Andy Stewart of McHue, Tex.; five sisters, Mrs. Ed Bullard of Batesville, Mrs.Melvin Webb of Virginia, Mrs. Cecil Jones of Texas, Mrs. Virgil Cobb of Oklahoma and Mrs. Ed Plaster of Colorado.