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Tributes pour in, including from Georgia governors, for poultry legend Abit Massey

Abit Massey laughs as a bust statue of him is revealed during an Abit Massey Day celebration in October 2016 at Peach State Bank & Trust. On Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, Massey was inducted into the Poultry Hall of Fame. Massey died Friday, June 14, 2024. He was 96. - photo by Erin O. Smith

06172024 ABIT MASSEY 1 — Abit Massey laughs as a bust statue of him is revealed during an Abit Massey Day celebration in October 2016 at Peach State Bank & Trust. On Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, Massey was inducted into the Poultry Hall of Fame. Massey died Friday, June 14, 2024. He was 96. - photo by Erin O. Smith

Abit Massey met with U.S. presidents and Georgia governors, and he rocked babies in the nursery at his church.