January 24, 1992

RUBY LILLY MASSEY

ADVANCE -- Ruby Lilly Massey, 103, of Advance, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1992, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 12, 1888, in Batesville, Ark., daughter of John William and Mary Lucy Johnson Bilyeu. She married Alce Massey, who preceded her in death...

ADVANCE -- Ruby Lilly Massey, 103, of Advance, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1992, at Dexter Memorial Hospital.

She was born Oct. 12, 1888, in Batesville, Ark., daughter of John William and Mary Lucy Johnson Bilyeu. She married Alce Massey, who preceded her in death.

Massey was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Paragould, Ark.

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Survivors include a son, Kent Massey of Paragould; a brother, Levi Bilyeu of Truman, Ark.; 16 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren, and 45 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son and two daughters.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel. Toney Guilliams, a great-grandson, will officiate. Burial will be in Greene County Memorial Gardens in Paragould.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 8-10 a.m. today.

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