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Submitted: 11/17/21 • Approved: 11/17/21 • Last Updated: 11/20/21 • R469121-G0-S3
US Army
World War II
February 10, 1917-November 29, 1995
*Photo/Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Bill Mason, 78, died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 1995, in Amarillo.
Services were at 2 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church in Wheeler with the Rev. Billy Wilson, pastor, and Bill Morrison, minister of Wheeler Church of Christ, officiating. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery, directed by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Mason was born in Arkansas and attended school at Sweetwater, Okla. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He married Ruth Morris in 1939 at Sayre, Okla. They lived in Amarillo for 20 years, during which time he was employed by New Mexico Transportation. They moved to Oklahoma City, where he was employed by Trans Con Freight Lines. They moved to Wheeler in 1980. He was a member of Palo Duro Masonic Lodge in Amarillo. He was preceded in death by an infant daughter in 1940 and by a son, Herby, in 1970.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Dwight Mason of Amarillo and Randy Mason of Springtown; a daughter, Judy Groves of Amarillo; a brother, Si Mason of Irving; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Van Baize, Will Groves, Billy Joe McFall, Brandon Mason, Brian Mason, and Delbert Thomas.
The family suggests memorials to Wheeler Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 672, Wheeler, Texas 79096.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 62, Number 52, Thursday, December 7, 1995, Page 1)
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