Elizabeth Margaret Messick, 87, of Ridge, MD died December 16, 2007

Born July 15, 1920 in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Brady R. and Helen M. Smith McKay. Mrs. Messick was a 1939 graduate of St. Mary's Female Seminary, St. Mary's City, MD. She worked for the U.S. Government in the Treasury Department in Washington, DC from 1939 to 1948 and in Public Works and the Security Department aboard the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, MD from 1951 until retiring in 1977. Mrs. Messick was a member of the American Legion Post #255 Ladies Auxiliary, the Ridge Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, St. Michael's Ladies of Charity and the Ridge Lions Club.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Mahoney Messick. She is survived by her brother-in-law, Harry C. Wright, a sister-in-law, Annie Lucille Wright both of Ridge, MD and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 in St. Michael's Catholic Church, Ridge, MD from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with prayers recited at 7:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. in St. Michael's Church. The Reverend Maurice O'Connell will be the celebrant. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Serving as pallbearers will be Robbie Wood, Johnny Wood, C.D. Wood, Joe (Herbie) McKay, Kim McKay and Jimmy Wood.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 520, Ridge, MD 20680 or Hospice House, c/o HOSPICE of St. Mary's, Inc., P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650.

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.