Margaret Massie Mendez

Massie was born on September 12, 1946, to Margaret Bruffy and Stephen Louis Loving III of Elon, Va. After graduating from Amherst County High, she went on to study fashion design at Patricia Stevens Career & Finishing School in Atlanta, Ga. Massie was well loved by her co-workers at First Colony Life. Later, she owned and operated Southern Charms in New London. Until she chose to dedicate her life to her family as Wife, Mother and Grandmother. Massie was predeceased by both parents, her beloved brother, Stephen Louis Loving IV "Sonny" and her soulmate and husband, John David Mendez Sr. She is survived by her sisters, Sylvia Dixon of Tampa, Fla.; Cynthia Wilkerson of Lynchburg, Va. and her children, Joshua Paul Williams and wife, Heather, of St. Petersburg, Fla., Alexander Arrey Mendez of Chesterfield, Va., Samantha Mendez Hawkins of Daytona Beach, Fla., and Zenobia Mendez Helsel of Paris, Texas. Her adored grandchildren, Terry Helsel, Jared Mendez, Jacob Helsel, Russell Helsel, Zoe Taylor, Hannah Hawkins, Ethan Mendez, Rebekah Hawkins, and Sarah Hawkin