NAME: IRA LEE MASON, AGE 89, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY, OK RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 22, 1907 NEAR WEWOKA, SEMINOLE COUNTY, OK TO JOSEPH HOWARD AND RHODA ALICE (ROBERTS) MASON. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1997 AT COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOME IN ATOKA. AGE: 89 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED WEWOKA, OK AREA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: CARRIE EVA LULA ROSAMOND ON OCTOBER 8, 1927 AT YUMA, AZ. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A FARMER & RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF PLEASANT VIEW FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: HAZEL CULBREATH OF CANEY, OK. MILDRED WORKMAN OF BOGGY DEPOT, OK. SONS: HOWARD MASON OF COLEMAN, OK. CHARLES MASON OF BOGGY DEPOT, OK. DONALD RAY MASON OF SPRINGTOWN, TX. RICHARD MASON OF BOGGY DEPOT, OK. JERRY MASON OF WAPANUCKA, OK. 25 GRANDCHILDREN, 57 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 8 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: CARRIE MASON ON DECEMBER 20, 1990. PARENTS: HOWARD AND RHODA ALICE MASON. 6 BROTHERS. 2 SISTERS.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: PERKINS CEMETERY ~ WEST OF CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. ASSISTING: REV. LARRY SCHOONOVER. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS & GREAT GRANDSONS) BILLY WORKMAN, J. L. CULBREATH, DALE WORKMAN, CLINT ROBERTSON, B. J. ROBERTSON, JIMMY BYRD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: STEVE WHITE, JAMES WORKMAN, FRANKIE WORKMAN, STEVE BYRD, PHILLIP CULBREATH, MICKEY DON MASON.