Services for Edward Jackson Mason of Jayess are 2 p.m., Monday,Aug. 25, at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel in Monticello with burial inWanilla Baptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation is Sunday from 5-9 p.m., at the funeral home.

Mr. Mason, 65, died Aug. 22, 2003, at Columbia Health and Rehab.He was born in Lawrence County on July 11, 1938, to Edgar JohnMason and Lois Letchworth Mason.

He was a retired city maintenance worker with the City ofGulfport. He was a member of Wanilla Baptist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents and one brother.

Survivors are his sisters, Bonnie Piggot of Jayess, and LillieBelle Shelton of Hattiesburg; his brothers, Marvin Mason ofMonticello, and Elzie Mason of Jayess; and a host of nieces andnephews.