Volnia "Volney" Tilden Mason: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Volnia "Volney" Tilden Mason was born on 13 Aug 1895 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 13 Aug 1967 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Name Volhia (sic) Tildren (sic) Mason
Event Type Death
Event Date 13 Aug 1967
Event Place Jasper, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 13 Aug 1895
Birthplace Sabine, Texas
Father's Name Sam Mason
Mother's Name Dora Lowe
Certificate Number 54568
GS Film number 2138676
Digital Folder Number 005164804
Image Number 03218

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3F3-5LP : accessed 22 Nov 2013), Volhia Tildren Mason, 13 Aug 1967; citing certificate number 54568, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2138676.

Obituary (from FindAGrave)

V. T. MASON, 72 DIES OF SEIZURE
Jasper Residents' Rites Will Be Tuesday At 10

JASPER (Spl) ? Funeral services for V. T. Mason, 72, of Jasper will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in J. O. Stringer Funeral Home. Masonic graveside services will be held at Fairmount Cemetery in Hemphill.

Mason died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday of an apparent heart attack while attending the Friendship Baptist Church homecoming in Hemphill.

Mason was a member of the First Baptist Church in Jasper and the Littletown Fowler Masonic Lodge in Hemphill. He was also a former member of the Jasper Lions Club, the Jasper Fire Department and the Chamber of Commerce. He taught school in Sabine County and at one time was the manager and co-owner of Mason Furniture Co. in Jasper.

Mason retired from the Texas Employment Commission in 1961 after 25 years.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Effie Mason; his mother, Mrs. Dora Mason of Dallas, and six brothers, Carvy and Loy Mason, both of Dallas, Eldon and Herman Mason, both of Center and Rufus and William A. Mason, both of Fort Worth.