Obituary of Thelma Louise Massey Reynolds

Funeral services for Mrs. Thelma Louise Massey Reynolds, age 79, will be held 2 p.m. Friday, November 13, 2009, in the chapel of Golden Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry Reynolds officiating. Interment will follow in Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery under the direction of Golden Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. Reynolds, a resident of Bastrop and a nurse, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2009, at her residence. She was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, mamaw, great-grandmaw, and friend who will be greatly missed. She was nurturing, creative and talented. She remodeled and decorated her houses, painted beautiful pictures, lovingly created quilts, and sewed clothes and toys for her children and grandchildren. She planted flower gardens everywhere. She made the world a more beautiful place. She loved adventure and traveled the world. She and her husband drove from Louisiana to Alaska camping out along the way. They flew to Hawaii and toured all the islands. She attended weddings in Michigan, graduations in Illinois, Alabama and Kentucky and visited the WWII and other memorials and monuments in Washington, D.C. where she lovingly posted her husband's military service record. A graduate of Kilbourne High School and Ouachita Valley Vocational-Technical School, she was a nurse who loved and cared for her patients. She worked in almost every phase of nursing within the hospital: emergency room, surgery, medical floor, and ob-gyn. In addition, she also worked in nursing homes, Dr.'s offices and in home-health. She was faithful to and loved God and shared her faith with everyone. Mrs. Reynolds was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Wesley Reynolds; her parents, Samuel Leroy Massey and Annie Bell Murphy Massey; four brothers, Robby Lee Massey, Hilliard Massey, Harold Dean Massey and Henry Massey; three sisters, Hazel Ruth Massey, Jerry Maxine Massey and Scivil Massey Hart. She is survived by her children: Terry Lyn Reynolds and wife Gloria, Peggy Sue Reynolds Duckworth, and Deborah Ann Reynolds Hogan and husband David; her thirteen grandchildren: Tina Louise Reynolds Nobles, Thomas Meredith Duckworth II, Lynda Ann Reynolds Parrot, Jonathan Hays Duckworth, Joseph David Hogan, Dwayne Wesley Reynolds, Joy Hogan, Heath Lee Gorman, Crystal Hogan, Gregory Lyn Reynolds, Justin Paul Gorman, Luis Hogan, and Kathy Jean Reynolds and her eleven great-grandchildren. In addition, she is survived by two brothers: Odell Massey and Roy Massey and six sisters: Lillian Massey Townsend, Faye Massey Wagner, Bonnie Massey Sims, Delores Massey Aaron, Paulette Massey Whitehead and Agnes Thompson. Pallbearers are Gregory Reynolds, Heath Gorman, Justin Gorman, Kenneth Aaron, David Sims, and Caleb Parrot. Honorary pallbearers are Thomas Duckworth II, Jonathan Duckworth, Dwayne Reynolds, and Brett Sims.