Funeral service for Dorothy W. "Nana" Massey, 75, Lawton, will be 10:00 a.m. Friday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Chaplain (CPT) Willie Newton officiating. Nana as she was affectionately known by her loved ones passed away peacefully Sunday, May 29, 2011 in her home surrounded by family after a long courageous battle with heart disease and diabetes. Burial will be at Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, where she will be laid to rest with her beloved husband under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. The family will greet friends from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Thursday at the Funeral Home. She was born on January 22, 1936 in Pembroke, Georgia to Harmon and Velma (Butler) Williams. She married the love of her life Sergeant Walter "Red" Massey on December 12, 1953 while he was stationed at Fort Stewart, Ga. To this union three children were born Debra Gail, Terry Joe, and Michael Ray. She loved being an army wife, traveling to many duty stations around the world. After retiring from the military they settled down with family in the Lawton/ Fort Sill Community. Walter and Dorothy lived a life full of love and happiness watching their children grow up until his demise on December 2, 1989. She enjoyed cooking for her family and friends. Her love for cooking was a reflection of her twenty years of dedicated service to the kitchen of Kuntz Elementary School in Lawton, retiring in 1998. She was an avid bowler and enjoyed the time spent with the Senior Citizen League. Nana was a loving Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother who will be sorely missed. She is survived by two sons, Terry Joe Massey and his wife Connie, Fort Worth; and Michael Ray Massey and his wife Michelle "Mikki", Lawton, and a son-in-law Douglass Hilliary, Medicine Park. Her six grandchildren Dustin Joe Hilliary and his wife Megan, Medicine Park, Taylor Joe Massey, Fort Worth, Dacia Nicole Hilliary, Medicine Park, Michael Walter Maurice Massey, Lawton, Kelli Rae Massey, Fort Worth, and Jack Daniel Leverett, Fort Worth; two great grandchildren Keegan Dutch Hilliary, Medicine Park, and Cori Brooklyn Leverett, Fort Worth. Two brothers Homer "Bobby" Williams and his wife Heidi, Lawton, Horace "Robby" Williams and his wife Lena, Sprinfield, Ga. A special niece Patricia "Tricia" and her husband Michael "Mike" Haddaway Lawton, and many other nieces and nephews. Special friends John and Liz Hilsinger, Rhonda Hebert and Family, Lawton; Linda Greenwall and Family, Paradise Valley; Maria Stebbins and Family, Fort Wayne, In; Debbie Poe and George Shirey, Moore. Nana was preceded in death by her parents, and husband of thirty six wonderful years Walter "Red" Massey, daughter Debra Gail (Massey) Hilliary in December of 2000, two brothers Cecil and Harold Williams and a sister Ronita Hineley. The family wishes to express their gratitude to Faith Hospice for their professional care of Nana thorough the finals days of her journey; also to the doctors Rebecca Eagle and James Love, the clinical and support staff of the Norman Specialty Hospital, Norman, for their outstanding care and hospitality for the past six months, without the loving support and expert medical care, family and friends would not have had the opportunity to spend quality time with her.