Don Massey, Paducah, KY
Donald Thomas Massey, age 78, of Paducah passed away Monday, June, 21, 2021 at Baptist Health Continue Care. Don was of Baptist faith and had attended Bellview Baptist Church and Southland Baptist Church. Don was born October 14, 1942 at Riverside Hospital to the late Thomas Lee Massey and Lillian Draffen Massey. Don was a 1960 graduate of Lone Oak High School and attended Paducah Junior College, He was the owner of Massey Excavating until his retirement.
Don loved to play the guitar and sing. He appeared several times at the Kentucky Opry and with local groups. Don loved to ride his Gold-Wing motorrcycles. He had rode his Gold-Wing Bike in all of the 48 continental United States. He loved his black and white border collie “Daisy” that stayed right with him.
Don is survived by his sister, Betty Louise Goldsby of West Paducah; three nieces, Betty Gayle Tracy of Kevil, Lanita Roberts of West Paducah and Vickie Wiggins and husband, Jesse, of Paducah; several great nephews and a great niece and one great-great nephew.
He was preceded in death by one son, Daryl Thomas Massey and his parents, Thomas Lee and Lillian Draffen Massey.
Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday June 24, 2021 at the Lone Oak Chapel Milner & Orr Funeral Home with Rev, Neil Eidson officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held Thursday, June 24, 2021 from 11:00 a.m. until service time of 1:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Arrangements made by Lone Oak Chapel Milner & Orr Funeral Home.