Willie Hazel Massey

    November 28, 1928 - March 22, 2011

Mrs. Willie Hazel Massey, age 82 of Somerset, KY departed this life on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at the Kenwood Health & Rehabilitation Center in Richmond, KY.

She was born on November 28, 1928 in McCreary County, KY to the late Charles and Selena Angel Anderson. Mrs. Massey was a graduate of the Somerset High School, a member of the Calvary Baptist Church, and loved cooking and caring for her family. She was an excellent quilter and excellent seamstress, having been a supervisor for many years at the Palm Beach Company.

Mrs. Massey is survived by two daughters, Donna (and Rick) Collins of Richmond, KY and Kimberly Massey of Somerset, KY; six grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.

Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James D. Massey, whom she married on December 23, 1949 in Somerset, KY; a daughter, Lora Denney; two sisters, Virgie Anderson and Rosella Fox; and three brothers, Joseph, Harold and Thomas Anderson.

Visitation for Mrs. Massey will be Thursday, March 24th at 6:00 pm at the Chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home with her memorial service at 7:00 pm. A graveside service will be held on Friday, March 25th at 11:00 am at the Mill Springs National Cemetery in Nancy, KY. Pallbearers for Mrs. Massey will be Flint Collins, Josh Tarter, Jason Denney, Rick Collins, Tim Harrison, Drew Harris, and Noah Harrison.

The family request expressions of sympathy be made to the Alzheimer’s Association and/or Pulaski-Somerset Senior Citizens Center.