Becky Duncan Massey

Mark Norris
Personal details
Born Becky Duncan
(1955-01-02) January 2, 1955
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Political party Republican
Education University of Tennessee, Knoxville (BS)

Becky Duncan Massey is a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate for the sixth district, encompassing Knoxville and Knox County.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Early life and education

Becky Duncan Massey was born on January 2, 1955.[1] Her father was John Duncan, Sr., Mayor of Knoxville from 1959 to 1964, and a U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 2nd congressional district from 1965 to 1988.[2][3][4] Her brother is John J. (Duncan), who took up their father's district at the federal level.[2][3] Their uncle, Joe D. Duncan, is a former Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Judge.[2] .[3][4] She received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1977.[1][4] She is a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, a women's fraternity.[1]

Career

Politician

She served as a delegate to the 1988 Republican National Convention.[1] In November 2011, she was elected to the sixth district in the Tennessee Senate, after Republican senator Jamie Woodson resigned.[2][3] She defeated Democratic candidate Gloria Johnson with 64 percent of the vote.[3] She was reelected in November 2012 and in November 2016.

Executive

She is the former Executive Director of the Sertoma Center, a company that provides residential and day services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Knoxville and now serves as a consultant..[1][2][4][5][6][7]

Boardmemberships

Massey is Past-President of the Tennessee Community Organizations, and a board member of the Knox County Community Action Committee. She is a former board member of the Dogwood Arts Festival, Overlook Mental Health Center, and Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Personal life

Massey is married to Morton Massey, a software developer, and they have two daughters, Courtney and Kristen.[1][4] She has one granddaughter: Bailey. She attends a Presbyterian church, New Life Gathering.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Senators - TN General Assembly". tn.gov. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Natalie Neysa Alund, 'Massey sworn in as a state senator', Knoxville News Sentinel, November 20, 2011
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hays Hickman, 'Becky Duncan Massey ready to focus on state Senate agenda', Knoxville News Sentinel, November 8, 2011
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Official website, about Archived 2013-01-18 at Archive.is
  5. ↑ "Labor of Love: Sertoma Center". WBIR. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Lee Ann Bowman (23 December 2013). "Residents of Labor of Love duplex to spend first Christmas in new home". WBIR. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Sertoma center Archived 2013-08-06 at the Wayback Machine.
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