NAME: RALPH RICHARD MASON, AGE 66, A STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 13, 1938 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO JOE R. AND OLLIE EVELYN (SHAW) MASON.

PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 2004 AT THE SAINT FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER IN TULSA, OK. AGE: 66 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN STRINGTOWN, OK AND LINNWOOD, CA.

MARRIED: JUDY RAE AT DOWNEY, CA.

OCCUPATION: RICHARD WAS A CROSS COUNTRY TRUCK DRIVER FOR PRIME TRUCKING OF SPRINGFIELD, MO FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: RICHARD WAS BAPTIZED AS A CHILD AND HAD RECENTLY REDEDICATED HIS LIFE TO GOD.

SURVIVED BY

BROTHER: BOB MASON AND WIFE BETTY OF LANCASTER, CA.

SISTERS: RITA MALMSKOG AND HUSBAND GENE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. DORIS MASON OF FESTUS, MO.

DEAR FRIEND: JUDY RAE OF CLAREMORE, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: JOE R. AND OLLIE MASON. NEPHEW: RON MCKIM. SISTER-IN-LAW: CINDY MASON.

DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. BOB MUNCEY. EULOGY: BOB MASON.

CASKETBEARERS: KEVIN SHAW, JIMMY FITE, JUSTIN JOHNSON, JEFF FAULKERSON, LEVI ROWLEY, DEAN FRANKE.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: VERNON SHAW, DENNIS MOORE, RUSSELL MAINE.

FAMILY NIGHT 6 TO 8 PM