MASON, CLARENCE WAYNE - Benton County, Arkansas | CLARENCE WAYNE MASON - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

Clarence Wayne MASON

Bentonville City Cemetery
Benton County,
Arkansas

Clarence
October 8, 1924 - October 8, 1985

Martha
August 29, 1924 - August 28, 2014

*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Sunday, August 31, 2014

BENTONVILLE — Martha Anne Mason, 89, a lifelong resident of Bentonville, passed away Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, at the Earlene Howard Hospice House in Springdale.

Martha was born on Aug. 29, 1924, in Bentonville, a daughter of W.T. "Town" Bolin and Etta Catherine Thompson Bolin. She was the widow of the late Clarence Mason who preceded her in death. Martha was employed by the Bank of Bentonville for 25 years, where she became the first female bank officer in Arkansas.

Later she worked for Cooper Communities and at the Walmart home office in finance. She was the oldest living charter member of the Bentonville Church of Christ, where she was a very active as a senior servant.

She enjoyed gardening flowers, worked faithfully at the election polls and loved spending time with her family.

She is survived by her daughter, Shannon and husband Orville Clift of Tontitown; one sister, Kathryn Cawood of Bentonville; three granddaughters, Dena and husband Jesse Chambliss of Highfill, Ark., Jennifer and husband Troy Hietanen of Savannah, Ga., and Lexi and husband Brad Moore of Benton, Ark.; great-grandchildren, Haley and Creed Chambliss, Alec Hietanen, Mason and Madison Lockridge and Molly and Susanna Moore, and many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by one brother, J.C. Bolin and two sisters, Pauline Crampton and Maxine Kiefert.

Visitation will be held on Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, at the Bentonville Church of Christ from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Funeral services will be held at the Bentonville Church of Christ on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014, at 10 a.m. Minister Walton Hook will officiate the service with burial being held at the Bentonville City Cemetery under the direction of the Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home of Springdale. To sign the online guest book, visit www.Backstrom-Pyeatte.com.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Church of Christ Missions or to the Southern Christian Children's Home, 100 W Harding St., Morrilton, AR 72110.

Contributed on 11/29/15 by judyfrog
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Submitted: 11/29/15 • Approved: 12/2/15 • Last Updated: 12/5/15 • R1112707-G1112707-S3

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