Dr. Edna Massengill

Obituary For Dr. Edna Massengill

DR. EDNA MAE MASSENGILL- Of Riverdale, Georgia formerly of Dalton, Georgia passed away Saturday, July 5, 2014 at Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville, Georgia. She was born in Barnesville, Georgia to the late, George Edward and Clara Mae Battle Denson and was preceded in death by her husband Willie R. Massengill and sister, Jenelle Dunson-Rogers. Mrs. Massengill was employed with the Dalton Public School System for over thirty-one years, served as principal of Morris Street School, was a member of the State and National Board of Education Association, member of the Retired Whitfield-Dalton Education Community Service, Review Board for the Juvenile Court System, State Certified Mediator, has served as mediator for the court system, member of Church Women United, and served several terms as secretary for the Womans Community Club. She graduated from Barnesville High School and received her Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Science from Fort Valley State College and later earned a Doctorate of Education Administration from Nova University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is survived by her daughters, Cassandra Lighting and Ursula (John) Briggs, Jr.; grandchildren, Jerrica Mone Lighting, John D. “Jack” Briggs, III., and Joshua Briggs; sisters, Bobbie Simpson, Sallie M. (Eugene) McFarlin, Linda (Frank) Robinson, and Gwendolyn Tillman-Dennard; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends. Funeral Services will be conducted from the Mountain Ridge Baptist Church, 1401 Martin L. King, Jr. Blvd., on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at 12:00 Noon with Dr. Jerry D. Jones, Sr. officiating. The family will receive friends on Friday Evening at the funeral home from 6:00 P.M. until 7:30 P.M. Interment, West Hill Cemetery. Please share your thought and memories of Dr. Edna Mae Massengill at website: www.willisfuneralhomedalton.com. Arrangements by Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, Georgia.