Obituary of Mrs. Annie Guinn Massey, Garland County, AR

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Submitted by:  Barbara Jane Stainback <bstainback1938@yahoo.com>
Date: 18 Jan 2003

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MRS. W. E. MASSEY, PIONEER RESORT CLUB WOMAN, DIES

Past UDC President had been ill for several weeks
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       Mrs. Annie Guinn Massey, 76, one of the best-known club women in Arkansas, 
died unexpectedly yesterday afternoon at her home, 738 Quapaw Ave.
       Mrs. Massey had been ill for the past several weeks, but had returned home 
10 days ago from St. Joseph's Infirmary where she spent more than a week. At the 
time she was fatally stricken yesterday she was sitting in bed talking with 
members of her family.
     Mrs. Massey, born here in 187, (My notes "part of date missing") the daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. Chesley Richard Guinn, amont the early white settlers in Hot 
Springs was a past president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy 
and had seved as state and local president of the UDC.  At the time of her death 
she was serving as historian for the Hot Springs chapter and was planning the 
annual UDC essay contest among high school pupils.
      Mrs. Massey was instrumental in the organization of the Annie Quinn Massey 
chapter,  Children of the Confederacy, which was named in her honor.
     She had also served as local and state president of the Daughters of the 
American Revolution and was a former president of the Arkansas Pioneers 
Association. She was also a member and past president of the Fortnightly study 
club of Hot Springs.
      At the time of her death she was serving the DAR chapter here as chairman 
of the national historical magazine and as national defense chairman.  On the
state board of that organization she held the positionof genealogist.
      Mrs. Massey was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church where she was 
deacon emeritus.  She worshipped with the congregation of  (continued on page 6  
I couldn't find it.  But got lots of clippings to go through).  bjs

This is from a Hot Springs newspaper, Hot Springs,
Arkansas   it had no date.  The woman who owned these
died in 2002.  Hope it will help someone.