Leola “Nanny” Ione Massingill Green passed away peacefully in her home April 10, 2018.The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Thursday, April 12, 2018 at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home and Crematory.Funeral services will be held at 3:30 pm, Friday, April 13, 2018 at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park. She was born October 24, 1923, in Polar, Texas, to Bert Massingill and Leona Ford Massingill, as the eldest of 5 children. Nanny moved from Kent County, Texas to Vealmoor, Texas where she lived most of her life. She worked at Consolidated Air, in Ft. Worth, Texas, during WWII. She was one of the greatest of her generation. She married Willis Green, in North Carolina, in 1942 and returned to Vealmoor, where she managed the Family Country Store (Massingill Grocery) and the town Post Office for many years.She was a lifetime member of Trinity Baptist Church.Nanny is survived by her children Gary Green of Lipan, Texas, Carolyn Ratliff and husband Randy of Powderly, Texas, and Leslie Green and wife Kathy of Lubbock, Texas; siblings Oteka Hunt of Odessa, Texas, Jamie Mills of Lafayette, Louisiana, and James “Bunny” Massingill of Big Spring, Texas; nine grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by both parents, one brother Billy Massingill and one daughter Vicki Bavousette.Pallbearers are Wes Hunt, Mark Massingill, Scott Richardson, Jeff Ratliff, Zachary Green, Jeremy Green, Chris Green, and Keith Crane.Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home and Crematory. Online condolences may be at www.npwelch.com,
