He was born Aug. 4, 1921, in Middlesboro, Ky., to Hillery and Molly Rachel Partin Mason, who preceded him in death. On Sept. 11, 1948, he married Eleanor Martin, who died Aug. 27, 1975.
Mr. Mason retired from Fair Radio Sales, after 23 years. He had also worked at Lima Locomotive Works and Superior Coach. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church, where he was a deacon. He was an avid bowler. He sang with Happy Mitch and the Del Rio Cowboys for 17 years. He had lived in Laurel, Fla., from 1978 until 2006. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include two sons, Warren E. (Debbie) Mason, of Lima, and Rodney L. Mason, of Tacoma, Wash.; two sisters, Lauretta Evans, of Rotunda West, Fla., and Joyce (Richard) Johnson, of Elida; a nephew, Larry (Kathy) Mason, of Lima, who was raised as a brother; and two grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by 10 siblings, Ada Martin, Edna Sampson, Edith Cawood, Ora Lee Crites, Elizabeth Ackerman, June Evans and Helen, Leonard F., Hillery Jr. and Willard A. Mason.
Services will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Siferd-Orians Funeral Home. The Rev. Ron Inman will officiate. Burial will be in Resthaven Memory Gardens, Moulton.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
He was born Aug. 4, 1921, in Middlesboro, Ky., to Hillery and Molly Rachel Partin Mason, who preceded him in death. On Sept. 11, 1948, he married Eleanor Martin, who died Aug. 27, 1975.
Mr. Mason retired from Fair Radio Sales, after 23 years. He had also worked at Lima Locomotive Works and Superior Coach. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church, where he was a deacon. He was an avid bowler. He sang with Happy Mitch and the Del Rio Cowboys for 17 years. He had lived in Laurel, Fla., from 1978 until 2006. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include two sons, Warren E. (Debbie) Mason, of Lima, and Rodney L. Mason, of Tacoma, Wash.; two sisters, Lauretta Evans, of Rotunda West, Fla., and Joyce (Richard) Johnson, of Elida; a nephew, Larry (Kathy) Mason, of Lima, who was raised as a brother; and two grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by 10 siblings, Ada Martin, Edna Sampson, Edith Cawood, Ora Lee Crites, Elizabeth Ackerman, June Evans and Helen, Leonard F., Hillery Jr. and Willard A. Mason.
Services will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Siferd-Orians Funeral Home. The Rev. Ron Inman will officiate. Burial will be in Resthaven Memory Gardens, Moulton.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Family Members
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Ada Ozella Mason Martin
1914–2003
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Mary Edna Mason Sampson
1915–2003
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Edith Rowena Mason Cawood
1918–1998
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Leonard Foster Mason
1920–1944
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Willard Arnold Mason
1923–1966
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Ora Lee "Gracie" Mason Crites
1926–2003
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Elizabeth Elsa Mason Ackerman
1929–2004
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Hillery Mason Jr
1931–1931
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June Fern Mason Evans
1932–2005
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Helen Margery Mason
1938–1938
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Joyce Fay Mason Johnson
1940–2014
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