Obituaries:  Mrs. Melba Massey, Sabine Parish       M-200
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 25, 1989
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Melba Massey

  Funeral services for Mrs. Melba (Firmin) Massey, 72, of
Melville, were held Monday, Oct. 16, at 11 a.m., in the St. John
Catholic Church of Melville. Interment followed in the St. John
Catholic Cemetery. Officiating was the Rev. Stanley Gootee.

  Mrs. Massey passed away on Thursday, Oct. 12, at her residence
in Melville, following a lengthy illness.

  Mrs. Massey is survived by one son, William J. Massey Jr. of
Pleasanton, California; two daughters, Mrs. Jerry (Mary) Harrison
of Easton, Maryland, and Mrs. Rayford (Ruth Anne) Taylor of
Decatur, Georgia; three brothers, John E. Firmin Jr. of Baton
Rouge, Hanson Firmin of Hope, Arkansas, and Grimillion Firmin of
Luling; and one sister, Mrs. Joe (Ruth) Cannatella of Melville;
eleven grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.

  Mrs. Massey was a retired teacher. She taught in Avoyelles and
St. Landry parishes, Missouri, and Maryland. She is a native of
Plattenville, and was reared in Rosa. She received a B.A. degree
from Northwestern University, and did graduate work at the
University of Missouri, at Columbia. She was also a volunteer for
the Easton Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Massey was an auxiliary, and a
member of St. John's Ladies Alter Society of Melville, as well as
the La. Retired Teachers Assoc.