Delores "Dee" Jean Massie

Delores “Dee” Jean Massie, 78, of Patriot, passed away on Friday, August 26, 2016 at Arbors at Gallipolis. She was born May 7, 1938 in Samaria, Kentucky, daughter of the late Earl and Virginia Campbell Shearer. Dee married Charles Massie on November 9, 1957 and he preceded her in death. She was a 1956 graduate of Waterloo High School and a retired LPN having worked at Lawrence County General Hospital and Middleton Estates. Dee was a member of Flagsprings Methodist Church where she was a Sunday School teacher. She attended Waterloo Methodist and Rehobeth Church. She was the secretary/treasurer of Crime Watch of Cadmus, Ohio community. Surviving are her daughter, Victoria “Vicki” Massie (Robert Stanley) and her son, Stephen (Kelly) Massie, both of Patriot; two grandsons, Charles Isaac Massie and Stephen Patrick Massie; a brother, Lewis (Bonnie) Shearer of Columbus; three sisters, Margaret Hammond of Portsmouth, Jenny (Richard) Frasher of Lucasville and Shirley Finney of Florida; a brother-in-law, Jason Massie of Patriot; and a special friend, Karen Luckeydoo of Gallipolis. A special thanks to the second floor staff of Arbors for their care. In addition to her parents and her husband, Charles Massie, Dee was preceded in death by a brother, Darrell Shearer. Services will be 1:00 p.m., Monday, August 29, 2016 at the Willis Funeral Home with Pastor Kenneth Howell officiating. Burial will follow in Flagsprings Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., prior to the service on Monday. Pallbearers will be Ed Ewing, Tom Stanley, Billy Stanley, Richard Wiseman, Richard Ingles, and Brandon Sommer.