Obituaries: Mason Frazier, 1942, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483

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From: February 26, 1942 Winn Parish Enterprise

Death of Mason Ends 34 Years of Faithful Service

For 34 years until death Tuesday, Mason Frazier, 68 year old Negro
deliveryman, gave faithful and honest service to the People's Hardware
Company.  Mason was stricken with a paralytic stroke Friday evening at the
home of his employer, W. E. Heard, after he had fed and watered the mule he
drove in making his deliveries.

In honor of Mason, the People's Hardware closed Thursday and his employer and
Mrs. Heard attended his funeral services which were held at the Morning Star
Baptist Church, of which Mason was a member.  Interment was made in the
Winnfield Colored Cemetery.

Mason had many white friends in Winnfield because he was honest and
dependable.  His employer trusted him and for this reason kept the mule and
wagon delivery for Mason, as he never learned to drive a truck.

He is survived by his wife and three sons, Virgil, who is in the Army; Woodrow
Wilson, who is employed by the Winnfield Colored Burial Association, and
Mason, Jr., of El Dorado.