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Mary was the love of his life, partner in all endeavors, and mother to their three children, Cindy, Cathy, and Mike. Tony married Mary Jean Rahhal of Weleetka, Oklahoma in 1950.

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As a result of his efforts on the Judicial Reform Act, Tony received the Outstanding Service Award from the Judicial Conference.Īlthough Tony’s professional life was marked by a legacy of good and much-lauded work, his greatest source of joy and pride came from his family. In addition to his law practice, Tony was elected to the Oklahoma State Senate in 1966, where he played a significant role in the drafting and passage of the Judicial Reform Act of 1968. Of his expansive body of work, perhaps his proudest endeavor was his selection in 1998 by the governing body of the Cherokee Nation and the Secretary of Interior of the United States to form and chair a committee charged with proposing solutions to address the internal strife of the Cherokee Nation. Tony was also the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Oklahoma Bar Foundation (1989), the Neil Bogan Professional Award (1990), the Oklahoma Bar Center Award (1991), the Governor’s Award and Citation for Service (2003), and the Award of Merit from the Supreme Court of Oklahoma (2004). His career was a decorated one: most recently, Tony was awarded a 60-year service pin by the Oklahoma Bar Association and the Sovereignty Symposium Award by the Oklahoma Supreme Court. He was a member of the Tillman County, Oklahoma, and American Bar Associations and was elected President of the Oklahoma Bar Association in 1989. Early in his career, Tony was admitted to the Federal District Court (1959) and served as Assistant County Attorney of Tillman County (1959-1965). Throughout his career, Tony practiced mostly civil but also some criminal law and was known as a diligent and astute attorney, widely respected by his peers.

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In just four years, he was named full partner at the firm (which later became known as Massad, Evans and Kent). He began practicing shortly thereafter as a “small-town, country lawyer” in Frederick, Oklahoma with the Wilson & Wilson Law Firm. Tony continued to answer the call to serve when he attended law school at OU, where he earned a Doctorate of Law in 1955. He was called to active duty during the Korean War, serving overseas with the 2nd Armored Division between 19. Tony began a lifetime of public service when he commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Army in 1949. Tony graduated from the University of Oklahoma (OU) in 1949, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. He was All-American in football, and the Academy ultimately retired football jersey #13 in his honor. He went on to the Oklahoma Military Academy (now Rogers State University), the only cadet to letter in four sports for three consecutive years. Tony grew-up in Anadarko and Apache where he learned an ethic of hard work and service as a helper in his family’s general store. Tony was born in Shidler, Oklahoma on June 15th, 1928, the sixth child of Mike and Adelaide Massad. Tony found eternal peace on Sunday, April 9th, 2017 when he went to meet the Lord after a full and fruitful life marked by a remarkable devotion to God, his dear family, his country, and his work. at the Orr Gray Gish Funeral Home, of Frederick.

A family and friends reception was held Tuesday evening, April 11, 2017, from 5:00 p.m. A private family burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at the First Christian Church, of Frederick.

“Tony” Massad, age 88, of Frederick, Oklahoma, was held at 11:00 a.m.

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