Visitation:
Noon until 2:00 p.m. on Saturday January 4, 2020 at
the Quiram Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta
Service:
2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home
Funeral home: Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
Our dad, Carl Mason passed from this
life to his Heavenly home on Tuesday, December 31,
2019 .
He is celebrating the New Year in eternity.
Dad was the son of Mike and Iva Mason.
He had seven siblings, Fred, Evon, William, Velma,
Mildred, Earl and Alice.
They have all gone before him.
Two granddaughters Amy and Katie Kropp also.
Dad married Shirley Francis and they were married
for 40 years. She died in 1994.
They had two children, Linda and Carl
Jr.
Linda and her husband Mitch have one daughter,
Elisabeth, her two daughters, Michaela and Emma.
Elisabeth's fiancée, David, his two sons: Quinten
and Killian.
Carl Jr. has two children, Nathan and Haley.
Nathan and his wife, Courtney have one son Crew.
Haley and her husband Rob have beloved cats.
Dad's life was filled to the brim with loving
cousins, nieces and nephews and their families. And
lifelong friends.
Dad married Carolyn Perkins in 1995. They were
married for 24 years. They were members of the
Watson United Methodist Church. She died in 2019.
Carolyn's four children Tony, Tammy ,
Troy and Terry and their families and Carolyn's
sisters were family for 24 years. |
Dad was a member of Roofers Local 92
for over 40 years. It was hard work. There was a
shared brotherhood among the men.
Dad served in the Korean War from 1948 to 1952. He
was stationed in Japan for much of that time. He
picked up some of the language and could still sing
in Japanese. He was a member of the VFW and American
Legion in Altamont.
Dad loved singing, he had a beautiful voice. He
could play almost any instrument by ear. He was self
educated. He loved reading Encyclopedias. He was a
scrabble master.
Funeral Services will be held at the Quiram Peasley
Funeral Home in Atlanta on Saturday, January 4, 2020
at 2:00 p.m.
Visitation will be held from 12:00 Noon until 2:00
p.m. on Saturday with Pastor Jim Whitaker from the
Watson United Methodist Church presiding.
Interment will be on Monday, January 6, 202 at 11:00
a.m. at the Liberty Cemetery in Brownstown,
Illinois.
Special thanks to Shelly Espy and the kind staff at
Hawthorn Inn, Clinton, Illinois, the Fire and
Rescue, and EMT's of Clinton, Harbor Light Hospice
and the Effingham / Decatur Veterans and Hospice
Organizations.
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