Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Barber, Mason 264084

Birth: 12/25/1886 Death: 08/06/1958 Marriage:

Cemetery: Woodard (NOT PLOTTED)

Record Source: The Paris News, Texas Death Certificate

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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/16/2025)

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THE PARIS NEWS, August 7, 1958, p. 4: “Mason Barber Ferguson Funeral Home has charge of funeral arrangements which were incomplete for Mason Barber who died Wednesday at his home, 621 W. Cooper Ave., Cooper. Mason Barber, 71, is survived by his wife, Elnora, two daughters, Mrs. Fannie Bell Morgan, Littlefield, and Mrs. Rosa Colbert, Rt. 6, Paris; three sons, William Barber, Hugo, Okla., Worthie Barber, Stockton, Calif., and Eugene Barber, Lake Creek, and 19 other descendants.” Submitted by Linda Broyles.

THE PARIS NEWS, August 10, 1958, p. 9: “Mason Barber. Funeral of Mason Barber of Cooper will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. in New Zion Baptist Church in Cooper with burial in Woodland Cemetery by Ferguson Funeral Home of Paris. Officiating will be the pastor, the Rev. B. T. Mitchell. Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Fannie Bell Morgan, Littlefield, and Mrs. Rosie Colbert, Rt. 6, Paris; three sons, William, Hugo, Okla.; Worthy, living in California, and Eugene, Lake Creek, and 19 other descendants.”

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Mason Barber
Sex: Male
Age: 71
Death Date: 06 Aug 1958
Death Place: Cooper, Delta, Texas, United States
Marital Status: Married
Father’s Name: William Barber
Mother’s Name: Sallie Jones
Event Type: Death
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1886
Birthplace: Texas
Place of Burial or Removal: Doodlawn [sic] Cemetery
Record Number: 44180
GS Film Number: 2115551
Digital Folder Number: 005145676
Image Number: 01498
Citing this Record: “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3ZK-KW3 : 20 February 2021), Mason Barber, 06 Aug 1958; citing certificate number 44180, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,115,551.

His wife is buried in Oaklawn Cemetery in Delta county.

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