Allie Mason
Posted: August 23, 2019
MACON — Allie B. Mason, 103, died Aug. 16, 2019, at her residence. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Hope U.M. Church, with Kori Bridges officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation is from 1-6 p.m. today at Lee-Sykes Funeral Home and one hour prior to services at the church. Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Macon is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Mason was born March 4, 1916, in Noxubee County, to the late James “Boone” and Georgia Moore Jackson. She was formerly employed as a farmer and domestic worker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Julius Mason; sisters, Katie B. Mary D. and Rosie B.; and brother, Johnny. She is survived by her children, Julia Draper, James Mason, Lucious L. Mason, Aldean McKinney, Dorphine Draper, Mary Jean Bland and Merlinda Oliver; 21 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Chadrick Mason, Nicholas Mason, Shawn Mays, Demon Clark, Robert Bland and Derrick Mays.