John K. Massey

John Kindred Massey, age 90 of Conway, husband of the late Buff Tanner Massey, died Friday March 18, 2005 at the Conway Medical Center. Born June 14, 1914 in Marion, South Carolina, a son of the late Bernard Weaver and Maude Edwards Massey. Mr. Massey was a 1931 graduate of Florence High School and in 1935 graduated from The Citadel with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. He was an Army Veteran of WWII serving as a Captain in the Pacific Theatre. He was President of Massey and Company, Inc., a Conway wholesale grocery business from 1941 until his retirement in 1974. He was a member and former Deacon of the First Baptist Church where he taught Sunday School and was a former choir member. Mr. Massey was a member of the Horry County Higher Education Commisssion from 1966 to 1984. He was chair of the commission in 1968 and served as Commission Treasurer for three years during the 1970's. In February of 1993 Mr. Massey was named as a honorary founder of Coastal Carolina University. Massey was a 46 year member of the Board of Directors of Conway National Bank, a Charter member of the Conway Lions Club, served on the Board of Directors of Conway Hospital, two of those years as Board Chairman, member and past president of the Conway Chamber of Commerce, and was a member of the American Legion, Horry Post III. Surviving are four sons: Jim Langston and his wife Debbie, Kinny Massey and his wife Donna, Philip T. Massey and his wife Holly, Berns Massey and his wife Paula all of Conway; eight grandchildren, Buffy Smith and her husband Andy, Ginger Massey, Christian Massey, Beverly Wilhelm and her husband Tad, Mark Massey, Rachel Massey, Wendy Massey, Tanner Massey; two great grandchildren Drew and Dever Smith. Mr. Massey was predeceased by his sister Mercede Massey. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday March 21, 2005 at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Bagnal and Rev. J. Anderson Bass officiating. Interment will be held at Lakeside Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church Building Bridges Fund, 603 Elm Street, Conway, SC 29526 or to the Conway Medical Center Foundation, the Buff Tanner Massey Memorial Endowmemnt Fund, P.O. Box 829, Conway, SC 29528. Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

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John K. Massey

March 18, 2005