Mr. Harold Lee "Bob" Massey, 73 years of Sarcoxie, Missouri departed this life on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at the Sarcoxie Nursing Center in Sarcoxie, Missouri after several months of declining health. Bob entered this life on August 4, 1935 in Pierce City, Missouri the only child born to the late Glen L. "Speck" and Alma E. (Young) Massey. He graduated from Sarcoxie High School in the class of 1953. He served his country faithfully in the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1957. On April 23, 1956 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin he was united in marriage to Marlene Carroll Repenski and to this union a daughter and son were born. In June of 1958 they moved to Sarcoxie, Missouri. He worked for Eagle Picher in Joplin, Missouri for several years, retiring in May of 1998. Bob was a member of the Masonic Lodge # 293 in Sarcoxie, Missouri and the Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Mosque in Springfield, Missouri. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed fishing, hunting and gardening. He also enjoyed spending time at the college of knowledge in Sarcoxie, drinking coffee with his many comrades. He was preceded in death by his parents; and his wife of fifty-two years, Marlene Massey on July 21, 2008. Bob is survived by a daughter, Vicki Sharp and husband, Newt, of Joplin, Missouri; a son, Robert "Friend" Massey and wife, Rebecca, of Sarcoxie, Missouri; five grandchildren, Taylor Sharp, Tucker Sharp, Cooper Massey, Lauren Sharp and Cory Sharp; as well as a host of other family and friends. Funeral services for Mr. Massey are 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 in the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home Chapel in Sarcoxie, Missouri with Pastor Tom Shouse officiating. Burial will be in the Sarcoxie Cemetery at a later date. Those honoring his life by serving as honorary pallbearers are Dick Fagg, Ray Golhoffer, Kenney Neal, Raymond Chandler, Delmer Edwards, Harold Chandler, Greg Sommer, George Shaffer, Dale "Stump" Reynolds and Lonnie Houston. The family will receive friends on Wednesday evening from 5:00 p.m. until the time of service in the funeral home. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.housh-goodwinfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers memorials are being directed to Sarcoxie Cemetery Care Fund, or either the Sarcoxie or Pierce City Senior Citizens Centers and contributions may be left at the funeral home. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri.