CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Ollie Massengill, 1 Feb 2005
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Ollie Massengill, age 100 years, 7 months, died in her sleep Tuesday, February
1, 2005, at the home of her daughter, Edith Coefer.

Mrs. Massengill was born June 28, 1904. She was a native and lifelong resident
of Carter County and the daughter of the late John and Mary Elizabeth
Richardson Shipley.

Mrs. Massengill retired in 1969 from Nichols Manufacturing as a seamstress. At
the time of her death, she was the oldest living member of Bunker Hill
Christian Church where she served for many years as a Sunday School teacher.

Mrs. Massengill was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Bill
Massengill, in 1976; two sons, William Massengill, in 1919, and Raymond
Massengill, in 1966; five daughters, Dollie Massengill Hardin, in 1981, and
her twin Dottie, in 1922, Mary Marie Massengill Ward, in 1996, Cora Lou
Massengill Murphy Hurst, in 1999, and Viola Massengill Miller Penix, in 2001;
two grandsons, Randy Murphy, in 1972, and David Robert Miller, in 2004; one
great-grandson, Michael Sochalski, in 2001; four brothers, Ernest Shipley,
Rudy Shipley, Fred Shipley and Eldreg Shipley; and four sisters, Rena Carr,
Ida Morris, Nellie Massengill and Ethel Malone.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Edith and Sam Coefer, Watauga;
one daughter-in-law, Mary Lou Massengill, Elizabethton; one son-in-law, James
Hurst, Independence, Ky.; eight granddaughters, Carol Ann Hyder and husband
Richard, Debbie Sochalski and husband Steve, and Bobbie Pierson, all of
Elizabethton, Loretta Ratti and husband Vince, Fairless Hills, Pa., Gayle Jean
Hurst, Independence, Ky., Sandra Simmons and husband Don, Verona, Ky., Patsy
Adams and husband Chuck, Mediah, Ill., and Susan Goodson and husband Darrell,
Speedway, Ind.; five grandsons, Sam Coefer Jr. and Jimmy Coefer, both of
Watauga, Billy Massengill, Bristol, Gary Murphy and wife Sandra, Franklin,
Tenn., and Kenny Murphy and wife Lona, Independence, Ky.; 36 great-
grandchildren and 23 great-great-grandchildren. Several nieces, nephews and
cousins and a multitude of "bingo buddies" also survive.

A Celebration of Life service will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Friday, February
4, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home with Mr. Ernie Depew,
minister, officiating. Music will be provided by a great-granddaughter,
Melinda Hyder. The graveside service and interment will be at 11 a.m.
Saturday, February 5, at Morrell Cemetery. Everyone will meet at the funeral
home at 10:15 a.m. Saturday to go in procession to the cemetery. The family
will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, prior to
the service, or at other times at the residence of her daughter, Edith Coefer,
2052 Bristol Highway. Active pallbearers will be grandsons and great-
grandsons. Honorary pallbearer will be a special friend, Dr. Rachel Monderer,
who was at her bedside when she died. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be
made to the Bunker Hill Christian Church Building Fund, 490 Bunker Hill Road,
Bluff City, TN 37618. Online condolences may be sent to the family through the
Tetrick web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com.

Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of
arrangements.

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