Mary Alice Massey Greene, 81, Secretary/Treasurer and Vice President of Massey Farms, Inc., died Tuesday, January 14, 2020 in Cary, North Carolina. Visitation is 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, at Meredith Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale. Funeral services are 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020 at Meredith Nowell Chapel in Clarksdale with burial in the Memorial Gardens. Meredith Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale, MS is handling the arrangements.
Mary Alice Massey Greene was born Aug. 8, 1939. She graduated from Clarksdale High School, where she was elected wittiest. She matriculated at Mississippi State University for Women. In her youth, she enjoyed participating in horse shows with "Big Red". Later in life, she pursued her love of Interior Design at Delta State University. An accomplished seamstress by hobby, she won first place at the Mississippi State Fair for her French Hand Sewing techniques. She taught art at St. George's Episcopal Day School. She was a proud member and double legacy of both Colonial Dames and the Rosanna Waters Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution. Her love of home and family were evident. She was a loving friend to many, a wonderful daughter, sister, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. The thing she was most proud of other than family was her love of Jesus, and said often that the most important thing that ever happened to her was getting saved and she looked forward to meeting her loved ones in Heaven one day.
Survivors include her daughters Mary Lou Parker of Clarksdale, Alice Ann Horner (Jack) of Clarksdale; sister Sally Massey Aust (M.L.) of Summerdale, Ala.; grandchildren Dr. Jacquelyn Horner, David Horner, Sarah Horner, Joshua Horner, Cole Parker, Miles Parker and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents J. T. Massey and Mary Reagan Massey Banks; brother J. T. "Sonny" Massey, Jr.; son Samuel Jackson Greene; grandson Samuel Forrest Parker; half-brother Carmen Massey; former husband Homer S. Greene.
Memorials may be sent to Cares Animal Shelter in Clarksdale.
