Bessie Mae Mason

Mrs. Bessie Mae Mason

Decatur

Reynolds Funeral Home announces with deepest sympathy the passing of Mrs. Bessie Mae Mason, 70, of Decatur. Mrs. Mason died July 10, 2013, at Decatur Morgan Hospital-Decatur General Campus. The funeral will be held on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at Noon at Love Chapel CME Church in Trinity. Dr. Ernestine Mason officiating. Interment will be held at Calvary Memorial Gardens, with Reynolds Funeral Home, directing.

Bessie Mae Key Mason was born November 8, 1942, to the late Eddie and the late Louella Scruggs Key in Lawrence County.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jimmy (Man) Mason, Jr.; and two brothers, Charlie Key and Willie Lee.

Bessie was employed as a housekeeper for many years before her health failed. She confessed a hope in Christ at an early age and later joined Temple Apostolic Church under Pastor Dr. E. J. Mason, where she served faithfully until her health failed.

She leaves to cherish her memory, one son, Leslie G. Key; two daughters, Louise (James) Smith Jr. and Janease (Bobby) Elliott; her caregiver, all of Decatur; one step-daughter, Virginia Lyles from Cleveland, OH; a special daughter, Cynthia (Patrick) Malone; six grandchildren, Leslie (Nikki) Mason, Corey (Nikki) Griffin, Pamela (David) Clopton, Lesonya Mason, Randy Griffin, and Shanice Elliott; 17 great grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren all of Decatur; six sisters-in-law, Clara Mason, Mary Lucas, both of Decatur, Dr. Ernestine Mason of Athens, Areitha Stone, and Anna Jane both of Tennessee; two brothers-in-law, Cleveland Mason, Ernest Mason both of Decatur; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.

Pallbearers will be Romero Jones, Ronnie Mason, James Mason, David Gullatte, Tyrone Milam, Edward Wesley Goldsmith, Connie Mason, and Joshtez Bolding. Flower Bearers will be Era Key Jones, Tyeshia Jones, Rashonda Goldsmith, Karen Mason, Mary Lucas, and Laqesha Jackson.

This obituary was originally published in the Decatur Daily.