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Cemetery, Washington.
Active pallbearers were T. C. Lea, Wade H. Massie, Jr., W. Arthur Miller, Joe DeJ. Keyser, G. W. Smith, Clarence 0. Oden, Edward B. Cary, and D. D. Miller.
Robert Lee Masaie was born at “Rose Cottage,” Rappahannock county, on June 3, 1897. He was the eon of the kte Louis E. Massie and Lucille Baker Massie, and grandson of Captain Thomas B. Massie of the Confederate Army.
He gradated from Washington High School at the age of lft and attended the College of William and Mary. After being employed as bookkeeper at The Rappahannock National Bank, he accepted a position with the Commercial National Bank of Washington,' !). C. It was when with the Commercial National that he enlisted in the U. 8. Navy, reporting for active duty June 18, 1918. He saw duty aboard ship in England, Scotland, and Franca. .
World War I over, he returned to his native eounty and in the insurance bus
September £7, 1818, he made n Master Mason mid served as Worshipful Master of Washing, ton Lodge No. 78 Of Anciont, Free and Aeesptod Masons. Ho was a
In 1898 ha was alerted Commissioner of tho Revenue of Rappahannock county, a position ko held afc^the time of his death.
Gentle and unassuming, always mndy with a willing and helping hand, Boh Massie’* friends wore many and forever loyal.
July 92, 1932, he married Miss Roberta Withers Kendrick of Front Royal. They have one son, Robert Loo Massie, Jr., a junior at the Rappahannock County High School.
In addition to his wife and son, he is survived by one half-brother, Charles B. Massie, of Washington, D.C., and six nieces and nephews.
Among those in attendance at the services Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Kendrick and son, David, of Roanoke; Phillip Ambler of Martinsburg, W. Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Massie, Lt.Col. and Mrs. Roger Lloyd, Mr. an<f Mrs. Bernard Massie, and Mrs. Ellis Partiow of Arlington; and Miss Bess Peyton of Newmarket;
-j£Conservation
Is More
Than Meets the Eye
What are Virginia farmers doi ing to combat soil and water losses?
E. W. Mundie, Extension Soil Conservationist at VPI, reporting on activities in 89 counties included in 23 soil conservation districts, * has an optimistic answer to that question.
Mundie says soil conservation plans have been drawn on 25,810 farms, comprising 4,520,203 acres. The plans are bein£ put into effect rapidly by the landowners..
For instance, 157,233 acres in Virginia have been established in contour strips—abasic soil and water saving practice. Contour farming is being practiced on
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