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Submitted: 11/17/21 • Approved: 11/17/21 • Last Updated: 11/20/21 • R469129-G0-S3
June 23, 1945-May 11, 1970
Our Son
*Photo/Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 47, Number 21, Thursday, May 14, 1970, Page 10)
A 25-year-old Wheeler man was killed about 5 a.m. Monday in a car-truck accident which shredded the car into a flat mass of twisted metal.
Herbie [sic] Wayne Mason was pronounced dead at the scene on US 66, 10 miles east of Amarillo, by Potter County Justice of the Peace, Cliff Roberts. The accident occurred about two miles east of the spot where westbound US 66 and US 60 branch into two roads.
The accident occurred when a westbound truck, driven by J.D. Coffman of Oklahoma City, struck the Mason car which was parked in the road, the truck driver told Department of Public Safety officers.
Coffman said the headlights of another car traveling east on 66 partially blinded him just before the crash.
He said the Mason vehicle did not have any lights burning.
The truck, which was enroute from Oklahoma City to Amarillo, struck the left front of the car, tearing most of the car's roof from the body.
The force of the collision imprinted the truck's license plate number on the front side door of the car.
More than 1 1/2 hours were required to remove Mason's body from the flattened wreckage. Coffman was not injured.
Two unites of the Amarillo Fire Department were needed to wash down spilled fuel from the two vehicles.
Funeral services for Herby were Wednesday, May 13, 1970. He was 25 years old.
He was born June 23, 1945 in Wheeler. Bill Mason and Delpha Ruth Morris are the parents.
Herby attended Palo Duro High School in Amarillo and had lived in Amarillo until recently moving to Wheeler. He had been employed as a truck driver.
He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mason of Wheeler, 2 brothers, Dwight of Amarillo and Randy of the home, 1 sister, Judy of the home. His grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Mason and Mrs. Trula Galmor all of Wheeler.
Services were in the First Baptist Church of Wheeler Wednesday, May 13, 1970 at 2:00 p.m. Minister Carroll Thomason officiated.
Burial services were at the Wheeler Cemetery under the direction of Wright Funeral Home.
Pall bearers were Richard Sechrist, Wayne Childress, Kenneth Childress, Bobby Adcock, Delbert Thomas, and Richard Wallace. Honorary pall bearers were Donald Reeves, Don Humphrey, Paul Childress, Kenneth Dothan and Joe Weatherly.
Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Herby Wayne Mason
Date of Birth: 23 Jun 1945
Gender: Male
Birth County:
Father's name: William Herbert Mason
Mother's name: Deltu Ruth Morris
Roll number: 1945_0007
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Herby Mason
Death Date: 11 May 1970
Death County: Carson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Herby Wayne Mason
Birth Date: 23 Jun 1945
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas
Father: W H Mason
Mother: Delpha Ruth Morris
Age at Death: 24
Death Date: 11 May 1970
Death Place: Precinct 1, Carson, Texas, USA
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Herby Mason
BORN: 23 Jun 1945
Died: May 1970
Contributed on 11/17/21
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Record #: 469129