Mr. William Mason

MASON, Mr. William - Age 81, passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at DeKalb Medical Center, Stone, GA. Family hour will be held 11:00 AM Saturday, February 17, 2018 at Morning Star Baptist Church, 2120 N. Saginaw St., Flint, MI with funeral service commencing at 1:00PM. Interment Sunset Hills Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 11:00 AM Saturday. Mr. Mason will lie in state at the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd. and may be viewed from 2PM-8PM Friday. William E. Mason known as “Bill” passed away on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at the age of 81. Bill was the son of Reverend McCrite and Josephine Mason. At the age of 2 his mother passed away. He was raised by his step-mother, Maimi whom Rev. Mason married when Bill was 4 years old. In 1957 at the age of 21 Bill married his loving wife of 60 years, Leotria (Williams) Mason. In their union they had 5 children: Barbara (Johnny) Anderson, Linda (Jr.) Bell, Charles Mason, Tracy Mason, and Tamara Mason. Bill was a very hard-working man and was devoted to making sure his family was provided for. In 1961 he took his wife and 3 children to Michigan to find suitable work. In 1963 he became an employee of Chevrolet V-8 engine, Flint, Michigan where he devoted 37 years of his life before retiring. Also, Bill worked at Flint journal for 15 years. Bill was a very dependable man, he didn’t believe in missing work or being late. He received numerous awards from the Flint Journal because of his dedication and devotion. In his spare time “Bill” loved to sell things. He would go to Arkansas to purchase fish, fruits, and pecans. He would then sell it in Flint. Bill would never make a profit from the things he sold because if someone asked him for credit or was a little short he would give it to them and if they did not bring him what they owed him he would never ask for it. He figured if they had it they would give it to him and he didn’t have to ask for it, that was just the kind of man he was always giving and never expecting anything in return. Bill loved his wife, Leotria Mason very much. In fact, recently he had just told her that she was just as beautiful now as she was the very first time he saw her, and to him no one could compete with her cooking and baking, she was the best at everything in his eyes. Lois Boxley is Bill’s only surviving sibling and they were very close. Bill and Leotria had moved to Georgia but whenever they would return to Flint they never had to worry about where they were going to stay because her door was always opened to her brother and sister-in-law. Preceded in death is his father, Reverend McCrite Mason; mother, Josephine Mason; step-mother, Maimi Mason; 7 brothers, Mack, Arthur, Monty, Albert, Crite, Tom, and Charles; 3 sisters, Inollya, Ruth, and Betsy. Bill leaves to cherish his memory: wife, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and many friends.

Mr. William Mason

September 13, 1936 - February 7, 2018