Extracted from The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Wednesday, September 25, 1996

Bessie Y. Massey
homemaker

VICKSBURG -- Bessie Y. Massey, 96, a homemaker, died of heart failure Tuesday at Trace Haven Nursing Home.

Graveside services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Goodman Methodist Church Cemetery in Cary. Visitation is 9-10 a.m. Thursday at Stricklin-King Funeral Home in Yazoo City.

Mrs. Massey was a Grenada County native and a member of Goodman United Methodist Church. She was the widow of A.C. Massey.

Survivors include: daughter, Ethel Norris of Cary; son, Paul Massey of Bentonia; and seven grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.