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Submitted: 11/17/21 • Approved: 11/17/21 • Last Updated: 11/20/21 • R469113-G0-S3
September 2, 1883-November 16, 1953
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Please see marker for William E. Mason
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Wheeler Man Dies Today
WHEELER-(Special)-W.E. Mason, 70, Wheeler farmer and county commissioner died in Wheeler today. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Wheeler Methodist Church with Rev. O.A. McBrayer officiating.
Born Sept. 2, 1883, in Tiago, Mr. Mason moved to Wheeler in 1929 from Grayson County. He was married to Beulah Edna Crump June 3, 1905 in Whitesboro. He had served on the county commissioners court for nine years and was serving at the time of his death. He was a member of the Wheeler Methodist Church.
Mr. Mason is survived by his wife, Mrs. Beulah Mason; four sons, R.D. and W.E. Mason of Wheeler, Everett and Troy Mason of Borger; one daughter, Mrs. Edna Faye Garner of Pampa; and seven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son, two brothers and two sisters.
Honorary pallbearers include George Hesley, B.A. Hunt, S.D. Conwell, Tom Britt, A.B. Crump, and Jim Trout. Pallbearers will be Harry Wafford, Harold Hill, Curtis Pond, Levi Reid and Sam McMurtry. Burial will be in the Wheeler Cemetery under the direction of the Kirk-Mason Funeral Home.
The Pampa Daily News
Monday, November 16, 1953
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MASON, W.E., 70, Wheeler, died Monday, Wheeler Hospital. Survived by widow; daughter, Mrs. Edna Fay Garner, Pampa; sons, W.E. Jr., and R.D. of Wheeler; Ray of Pampa; Troy and Everett, Borger. Services 2:30 PM Tuesday, Wheeler Methodist Church.
(Published in Amarillo Daily News, November 17, 1953)
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Texas, County Marriage Records, 1817-1965
Name: W E Mason
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 3 Jun 1906
Marriage Place: Cooke, Texas, USA
Spouse: Edna Crump
Film Number: 001290680
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: William Edward Mason
Race: White
Birth Date: 2 Sep 1883
Residence Place: Grayson, Texas, USA
Relative: Bulah Edna Mason
Relative's Relationship: Wife
U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: William Edward Mason
Gender: Male
Residence Age: 59
Birth Date: 2 Sep 1883
Residence Date: 1942
Residence Place: Wheeler, Texas, USA
Relationship to Draftee: Head
Military Draft Date: 1942
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: William Eddie Mason
Death Date: 16 Nov 1953
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 64995
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: William Eddie Mason
Birth Date: 2 Sep 1883
Birth Place: Tiago, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Rural Precinct 2, Wheeler, Texas
Father: Joseph Mason
Mother: Mary Turnbough
Age at Death: 70
Death Date: 16 Nov 1953
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Contributed on 11/17/21
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Record #: 469113