Lucille Massey

Ida Lucille (Phillips) Massey was born February 2, 1928 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma and passed from this world peacefully in her sleep to her heavenly home on September 6, 2023 in Elk City, Oklahoma at the age of 95. She was the 9th of 12 living children born to Samuel Lee and Ruth Christine (Campbell) Phillips. Lucille’s family moved from Tecumseh to Calumet when she was young where she attended Calumet and Geary schools and really considered Calumet as her home where she had many fond memories growing up on the farm with her siblings. Always adventuresome, when she was 15 years old, she moved to Oklahoma City, lived in a boarding house, worked at night for the Daily Oklahoman pulling news stories from the Associated Press printers and delivering them to the news writers, while attending high school in the daytime. She moved to Midwest City her senior year and graduated from Midwest City High School in 1946. She attended Oklahoma College for Women, Chickasha, Oklahoma and then Southwestern Institute of Technology, Weatherford, Oklahoma where she met a young man, recently out of the U. S. Coast Guard and World War II, that she would spend the rest of her life loving. She and Raymond Fredrick Massey Sr. were married April 11, 1947. They initially made their home on the farm, west of Granite, where they were blessed with two children, Cynthia and Raymond Jr. A friend of Ray’s convinced them to move to Richland, Washington in 1953 to work on the Hanford Project, refining uranium for military and civilian use, so they packed up the family and moved to the northwest. There they were blessed with three more children: Suzan, Kathleen, and Timothy. Always missing their Oklahoma roots, they moved back to the farm in 1960. That is where Lucille would spend the rest of her life enjoying, working, and expanding the farm with Ray. She could be frequently seen in the early mornings with a backpack sprayer and loppers cutting and spraying mesquite in the pastures or taking her daily walks down the county road. She was not only an accomplished farmer, but also worked at Southwestern Bell as a service representative and as a switch technician. Lucille enjoyed being involved in the community and after retiring from Southwestern Bell, she dedicated much of her time to volunteering. She was particularity proud of the 18 years she spent mentoring children to improve their reading skills at the Granite Public Schools and fondly displayed the plaque presented to her. She was equally proud of being a founding member, volunteer, and board member for Granite’s Ford Library. She was a member of the Granite Lions Club, a member and officer of the American Legion Auxiliary, and an active member and officer of the Granite Methodist Church. Tracing her heritage back to America’s founding fathers and daughters, she was a proud member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Huguenot Society. Lucille enjoyed card games with family and friends and she and Ray hosted many events. Annual camping trips to Platoro, Colorado with the family, usually accompanied by her brothers’ and sisters’ families, provided many great memories, stories, and photographs. Lucille was preceded in death by her parents Samuel Lee and Ruth Christine (Campbell) Phillips, husband Raymond Fredrick Massey Sr., oldest son Raymond Frederick Massey Jr., and daughter-in-law Mary Jo (Wolters) Massey; three brothers: Wilson, Jack, and Sam Phillips; seven sisters: Mildred Owens, Grace Malear, Mary McCuddy, Ruth Power, Virginia Wasung, Faye Richardson, and Lillian Stinnett. She is survived by one sister, Patricia Wilmoth and her husband Mirl of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; three daughters: Cynthia Ann Massey of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Suzan Ermel Phillips and husband Tom of Edmond, Oklahoma, and Mary Kathleen Faughn and husband Tony of Granite, Oklahoma; one son Timothy Carroll Massey and wife Cindy of Franklin, Tennessee; 12 grandchildren: John Edward Wall, Raymond Phillip Massey and wife Olinda, Brad Arron Dakota Massey and wife Sarah, Christopher Lee Massey and wife Jenn, Zachary Alexander Faughn and wife Kaitlyn, Melanie Nicole Baines and husband Ray, and Morgan Caroline Carroll and husband JoDan; four step-grandchildren: Tom Phillips, Nathaniel Phillips, John Martin, and Amanda Martin; 12 great grandchildren, and 1.5 great-great grandchildren, as well as a host of extended family and friends. Memorial Services are scheduled for Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 1:30 P.M. at the Methodist Church in Granite, Oklahoma with Pastor Christopher Stinnett officiating. Interment will follow at Rock Cemetery. Memorials for Lucille can be made to the Granite Educational Enrichment Foundation to be designated for student history, reading, and arts education.

Lucille Massey

February 2, 1928 - September 6, 2023

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February 2, 1928 - September 6, 2023

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