James Womack MASON (VETERAN CSA)
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Additional MASON Surnames in FORREST CHAPEL Cemetery
MASON, Orgel TheoMASON, Dessie GenevaMASON, Malinda DorindaMASON, Sarah AnnMASON, Alice M.MASON, InfantMASON, (No First Name Inscribed)MASON, (No First Name Inscribed)MASON, (No First Name Inscribed)MASON, (No First Name Inscribed) Additional MASON Surnames in IZARD County
MASON, AbbotMASON, Alma CarolineMASON, Audie P.MASON, Audry E.MASON, ClydeMASON, Curtis DelanoMASON, Elsie ElmiraMASON, Elizie E.MASON, Fannie JaneMASON, FredMASON, Harriett EttaMASON, HermanMASON, InfantMASON, James LewisMASON, John Joseph WilborneMASON, Loy NolanMASON, Lori AnneMASON, MabelMASON, Malinda McCroyMASON, Richard A.MASON, RuthMASON, Ruth R.MASON, RubinMASON, Samuel Jefferson "Jeff"MASON, ThurmanMASON, VederonMASON, Walter TheodoreMASON, WadeMASON, Zelpha Rhea
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Submitted: 1/12/12 • Approved: 1/14/12 • Last Updated: 8/5/12 • R634672-G0-S3
PRIVATE CSA
Company F, 34 Regiment Infantry Georgia
Civil War Confederate
April 17, 1835 - August 25, 1919
Born McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee.
Died Franklin, Izard County, Arkansas.
Son of Lewis & Susannah Womack Mason.
Married Sarah Ann Cagle, December 10, 1857, Dade County, Georgia.
The Melbourne Times, October 17, 1919:
Obituary
Jas. W. Mason, was born in Warren County, Tennessee, April 17, 1835, moved to Dade County, Ga. in 1846. Professed religion and joined the M. E. Church, South in 1849; was married to Sarah A. Cagle December 10, 1857, who preceded him to the Celestial City a little more than three years. Nine children were born to this happy union. Two were buried in Dade County, Ga.; one in White County, Ind., and three in the cemetery at Forrest Chapel, Izard County, Ark., Three Children are still living, viz; Brock Mason, Atoka, Okla., George Mason, Franklin, Ark., with whom he had lived for the last 15 years and had received the best of care and Mrs. E. Forrest, Heber Springs, Ark., wife of the writer.
Father Mason served in the Civil War under the Confederate flag. At the close of the war he moved to White County, Indiana; from there to DeCalb County, Ala., thence to Izard County, Arkansas in 1872. He lived in the neighborhood of Forrest Chapel Church for thirty-four years of which he was a charter member and a faithful and ardent worker filling all the offices of the local church that a layman could fill. He died August 25, 1919 at the age of 84 years, 4 months and 8 days and was laid to rest by the side of his companion in the cemetery of Forrest Chapel Church, Rev. J. W. Black, his pastor, conducting the funeral.
The subject of this sketch was a devoted husband, always mindful of the needs and comforts of his companion; a loving and affectionate father, ever looking to the best interest of his children, a kind and helpful neighbor, loved by all who knew him; and a progressive citizen, taking an active part in the Welfare of his country. He was a man of firm convictions as to the things that were right or wrong and no one was able to get him to swerve from these convictions, yet he always showed a kind and liberal spirit. He was a great student of the Bible, reading it through twelve times in his younger years and a constant reader while he was able to read. He was very religious and a strong believer in the doctrine and policy of the Methodist church but was charitable to all other churches and loved to worship with them.
Besides his children he is survived by a number of grand and great grandchildren, one brother, Monroe Mason, living in Dade County, Georgia, one sister, Mrs. Harle McCollum, Oklahoma City and two half sisters, Mrs. L. O. Forrest and Mrs. Bob Campbell who live in Izard County., Arkansas and many friends to mourn his departure. Physically speaking he was never very strong, but because of his temperate living he was permitted to live to a ripe age. While life was sweet to him he had a longing to go and join the loved ones that had preceded him to that mansion above, where there is no suffering or sorrow, no separation or death and where we do not grow old and feeble, the tint does not leave the cheek and the eye does not lose its luster. He died in the triumphs of a living faith. Let us as children and friends emulate his noble Christian character, his fidelity and activity in the church of God. May his mantle fall upon someone. By Edward Forrest.
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