Palestine High School Alumni Association

12 / 31 / 1948  –  12 / 31 / 2011

Cherry Elaine Massey, of Groesbeck, passed away Saturday, December 31, 2011, at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, on her 63rd. birthday.

Visitation will be from 4:00 – 7:00 P.M. on Sunday, January 1, 2012, at the Groesbeck Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Monday, January 2, 2012, at the Groesbeck Funeral Home Chapel, with Reverend Tracy Sims officiating. Burial will follow in Tennessee Colony Cemetery in Anderson County.

Pallbearers will be Bobby Recknor, Stuart Wharton, Heath Ervin, Adam Fitte, Shane Masters, and Anson Wilson.

Cherry was born December 31, 1948 in Palestine to A. Q. Hopper and Charles Carrol Hopper. She grew up there and graduated from Palestine High School in 1967, and then attended Nixon Business College and worked in the secretarial field.

Cherry married Billy George Massey on November 28, 1969, at Tennessee Colony. They lived in Palestine, until they moved to Groesbeck in 1972, where he established his veterinary practice. She has made her home in Groesbeck since then, and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Groesbeck. Cherry was a 24 hr-7 day help to her husband in his veterinary practice in handling his phone messages at home, as well as helping him at the office. She also worked for a time at Fort Parker State Park, and managed a pawn shop in Waco for a while. Cherry earlier in life enjoyed hunting and fishing with her family. She was a Yatzee game-playing specialist with her sister, family and friends. She also enjoyed trips to Vegas and loved playing “low-limit” poker, at Vegas, and at home. She loved talking on the phone with friends, and especially enjoyed spoiling her three grandchildren.

Cherry is survived by her husband, Dr. George Massey of Groesbeck; two sons, Anson Massey of Palestine, and Adam Massey and wife Brooke of Pearland; granddaughter, Abbey Massey of Pearland; grandsons, Paul and Dylan Massey of Buda; brother and sister-in-law, Gary and Nelda Hopper of Slocum; and many aunts, uncles, nieces nephews, and cousins, and friends.