Wilson’s Mills, March 11—Patrick Massey, 57, who had a record of having served slightly more than 40 years with the Southern Railway, died here last night at his home after an illness of five months duration with heart trouble. He died two weeks to the day after his brother, M.S. Massey, who died in Richmond, Va. The combined service of the six Massey brothers, all of whom are railroad men, is 212 years.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the home at 3 o’clock, and interment will be in Vinson Cemetery, near Wilson’s Mills.
The deceased is survived by his wife and four children: James O.; Frank A.; Patrick L.; and Miss Clara Odessa Massey, who is a student at Duke University. Four brothers and two sisters also survive. They are: John W. Massey of Clayton; B.D. Massey of Durham; W.H. Massey of Raleigh; W.C. Massey of Trinity; Mrs. J.R. Ledbetter and Mrs. William Jones, both of Princeton.
From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Friday morning, March 12, 1926
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