MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GA - OBITS  William Edward (Bud) Massey

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Columbus Ledger,  Oct 18, 1952, page 2
 
Funeral Set Today For W. E. Massey At Striffler Chapel
 
  Funeral for William Edward (Bud) Massey, 64, 1407 18th Ave.,
who died in City Hospital at midnight Thursday after a heart
attack, will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon at Striffler Mortuary
Chapel.

  Dr. John L. Waldrop, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will
conduct the service.  Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery.

  A life-long resident of Columbus, Mr. Massey was the owner
of Massey Bait and Tackle Shop and a former partner in Pease
and Massey Company.

  Mr. Massey was born in Columbus, Jan. 14, 1888, son of the
late Edward E. Massey and Mrs. Ann Crane Massey.  He was
a member of St. Luke Methodist Church.

  And outstanding athlete in his youth, Mr Massey played on
the local YMCA's southeastern championship basketball team
from 1910-12.

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Audrey Skinner Massey; two
sons,  Lt. Jack Massey, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington,
D. C. and William D. Massey, Phenix City; three grandchildren,
Beverly, Janette, and William Massey, Jr., all of Phenix City.

  Pallbearers will be W. Roy Luttrell, Fred Haskins, Schley Gordy,
Russell Davidson, Jr., T. H. Mahone, Maj. C. A. Shamotulski,
J. Victor Hutchinson, and E. E. Thiele.

  Honorary Pallbearers will be W. T. Heard, D. Abbott Turner,
Henry Pease, Vivian Pease, Persons Dozier, Thomas Andrews,
Bob Manning, Cliff D. Smith, Chester C. Newman, Thomas
Phillips, and Leonard Pease.
 
Joan Hill
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