Betty Massia

Funeral service for Mrs. Betty Jane Massia will be at 11:00 am, Thursday, January 1, 2009 in the Chapel of Blanchard St Denis Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Coldwater Baptist Church Cemetery in Hagewood, LA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 from 5pm until 9 pm. Mrs. Massia passed away at her home Monday, December 29, 2008. She was born April 11, 1931 to the late Lester Jackson and Lillie Bell Goins Jackson. She served and retired as the lunchroom manager at Weaver Elementary. Mrs. Massia was a member of Westside Baptist Church for many years. She will be dearly missed by her family and friends. Those left to cherish her memory include her children, Warren L. Massia, Jr. and wife Susan of Natchitoches and Mark Dean Massia of Dixon, Missouri; Sister in laws, Shirley Jackson and Myrtis Cureington; brother in law, Regis Schmerheim. She was blessed with five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Warren L. Massia, Sr.; brothers, Billy Jackson, Melvin Jackson, and William Jackson; sisters, Ruth Schmerheim and Pat Healy.