EARL L. MASSIE

BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — Earl L. Massie, 91, of Barboursville, W.Va., passed away Monday, Jan. 11, 2016.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 at Christ the King Lutheran Church by Pastor Carl Ames. Graveside services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Green Valley Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, Jan. 13 from 6-8 p.m. at the Wallace Funeral Home, 1159 Central Ave., Barboursville, W.Va., and after 10 a.m. Thursday at the church.

He was born Sept. 7, 1924 in Pedro, Ohio, a son of the late Perry Massie and Ethel Christian Massie Martin. He was also preceded in death by his stepfather, Thomas Martin; his wife, Dorothy Riffle Massie; daughter, Tamra Massie; son-in-law, Bill W. Hedges; stepson, Johnny Holley and his wife, Deanna; sisters, Minnie Mann, Margaret Geary and Catherine Bradley; brother, Kenneth Massie; great-grandson, Mitchell Joseph Stacy; stepsister, Annabell Forbush; and stepbrother, Frank Martin.

He is survived by his daughter, Glenda Hedges of Delaware, Ohio; grandchildren, Lezlie Deskins of Powell, Ohio, Robin Stacy of Wadsworth, Ohio; step-grandchildren, Briauna Widmer, Kevin Holley and Johnna Obrien, all of Bend, Oregon; step-grandchildren, Becky Coy of Delaware, Ohio, and Linda Holley of Columbus, Ohio; and three great-grandsons, Kyle Deskins, Nicholas Stacy and Alex Stacy.

Earl graduated from Chesapeake High School in 1946, a member of Christ the King Lutheran Church, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9738, East Huntington, a member of the American Legion Post No. 177, Barboursville, member of the Huntington Rose Society, a local bowler at Strike Zone. He bowled in two leagues a week for a lot of years. He was president of the Thursday Leagues for 10 years. Earl worked at ECCHO in Milton, W.Va. for a lot of years and was a member of Praise Painters at Christ the King Lutheran Church. He was retired from the United States Post Office, Delaware, Ohio, where he worked for 27 1/2 years, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving during World War II in the European and Pacific Theaters of War.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.timeformemory.com/wallace.