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Obits for Viola Massey:
Source: Giles County
Newspaper (July 22-29, 1920)
KILLS DAUGHTER-ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Mrs. L. C. Massey, wife of a
farmer living two miles south of Minor Hill, killed her eleven year
old little girl, Viola, last Wednesday by completely severing her head
from her body with a razor, after which she attempted to take her own
life the same way. She had enticed the little girl to the barn, and
her son Nick passing that way about a half hour later heard groans and
went in.
It is the belief of the
neighbors that Mrs. Massey became mentally unbalanced. She was
fervently religious and had been attending a meeting led by two
representatives of the holiness or Nazarene-Church of Huntsville.
She cut two gashes in her own
throat with the razor but not deep enough to reach the jugular vein
and it is expected that she will recover. She is still at her home.
The body of the little girl was
buried Thursday.
Source: Pulaski Citizen (July
29, 1920)
INSANE MOTHER MURDERS CHILD
Mrs. Crockett Massey who resides
two or three miles below Minor Hill on Friday of last week while
temporarily insane, killed her eleven year old daughter by cutting her
throat with a razor. The woman then slashed her own throat, inflicting
serious wounds but it is thought she will recover.
The Massey family it is said
came from Huntsville about six years ago.
According to our best
information some "holiness" or "holly roller"
people were holding a meeting in the neighborhood, and two of these
spent the night at the Massey home. Mrs. Massey's mind had been
unbalanced before. But that did not restrain the people from talking
with her and exhorting her to make sacrifices during the greater part
of the night. Even when Mr. Massey protested they did not desist.
Early Friday morning Mrs. Massey
is said to have taken the child to the barn and with a razor severed
the head almost completely from the body. She then slashed her own
throat on both sides. But it is though she will recover.
Sentiment in the community is
reported to have been very bitter toward the "holy roller"
people, but after the inquest and burial of the little girl, sympathy
for the unfortunate family is about the only sentiment that remains.
Source: Decatur Daily,
Decatur, AL.
Thomas Jefferson "T.J."
Massey
87, farmer
HARTSELLE -- Funeral for Thomas
"T.J." Massey, 87, of Summerford Nursing Home in Falkville
will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home with Tony Chaney
officiating.
Burial will be in New Hope
Cemetery at Crane Hill in Cullman County. The family will receive
friends today from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the funeral home and Sunday
from 9 a.m. until time of service.
Mr. Massey died Friday at the
nursing home. He was born Dec. 1, 1906 in Madison County to Little
Berry Crockett Massey and Mary Lou Campbell Massey.
He was a resident of Falkville
for 45 years, and was a farmer and a member of the Church of Christ.
He was married to the late Avis Middlebrooks Massey, who was his wife
of 54 years.
He is survived by three sons,
Thomas Edward Massey and Arthur Franklin Massey, both of Falkville,
and Clarence Gerald Massey of Somerville; three daughters, Mary Evelyn
Murphree of Cullman, Movlyn Margie Roberson of Falkville and Margaret
Ann Eddy of Hartselle; 29 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; and
six great-great- grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Jeff
Robinson, Charles Robinson, Howard Roberson, Toby Eddy, Jeff Massey,
and Frankie Massey.
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Source: Decatur Daily,
Decatur AL (Nov. 28 1980)
Mrs. Avis M. Massey
~Entered into Eternal Rest
Thursday, Nov. 27, 1980~
Funeral for Mrs. Avis M. Massey,
70, of Rt. 1 Falkville, who died Thursday at her residence, will be
Saturday at Falkville Church of Christ at 1 p.m., Tony Chaney
officiating, with burial at New Hope Cemetery in Cullman County, Peck
Funeral Home Directing.
Survivors include her husband
Thomas J. Massey of Falkville; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Murphree of
Cullman, Mrs. Movlyn Roberson and Mrs. Margaret Woodall of Falkville;
three sons, Thomas E. Massey of Walker, La., Gerald Massey of
Pensacola, Fla., and Arthur Massey of Falkville: three sisters, Mrs.
Gertrude Nix of Cochran, Ga., Mrs. Alene Sullivan of Cullman and Mrs.
Myrtlene Johnson of Winter Haven, Fla.; one brother, William N.
Middlebrooks of Michigan; 19 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren;
several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be grandsons,
Charles Robinson, Dean Roberson, Frankie Massey, Howard Roberson, and
Tommy Vaughn and nephew, Bert Massey.
Mrs. Massey was a member of the
Falkville Church of Christ.
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