Obituary: Dwala Carol Mason Casey, March 31, 2012

Contributed by Brenda Scott Hines
March 2015
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The Observer/Enterprise, Coke County, TX - April 6, 2012

DWALA CAROL MASON CASEY

Dwala Carol Mason Casey went home on Saturday, March 31, 2012, surrounded 
by family and friends and the loving ladies at the Robert Lee Care Center.
 
Dwala was born on November 7, 1942, in Ionsville, Kentucky, to Wendell and 
Thelma Mason. Dwala married her love, William (Bill) Wayne Casey on May 26, 
1962, in San Angelo, Texas, at Johnson Street Church of Christ. Bill asked 
her to marry him and she said "no" because she was told she only had a 
couple of years, he told her thatwas better than none, so she said "yes," 
and were married for 40 years on this earth and now reunited. 

Bill and Dwala made their home in Robert Lee and Silver, and ended up in 
Silver with the creation of the Cedar Hill Ranch. They bred, raised and 
showed American Quarter Horses, raised Border Collies, and had many other 
"critters" that they loved.
 
Dwala loved showing her horses and riding, walks with her dogs, 
cross-stitch, quilting, books, puzzles, and Sudoku. She had a joyous and 
contagious laugh. She was blessed with wonderful friends who cared for her, 
helped and loved her and her family throughout her life and this final 
journey. She loved her Pecan Baptist Church family and relied on her faith 
through blessings, struggle and loss. She was blessed with the friendship, 
laughter, and love of Phebe and Rocky and their "trips" to Hobbs and 
Fredericksburg. And at her greatest time of need they helped her through 
it with love without bounds.
 
Dwala worked at Robert Lee State Bank and was a board member and Vice-
President at Heart of Texas Savings and Loan. She kept books for 
Clendennan, Inc., West Texas Counties Rural Health, and Ben Bessent 
Chevrolet.
 
Dwala was preceded in death by her husband, Bill; her parents; and one 
nephew.
 
She is survived by her brother, Dwight Mason and family of Pennsylvania; 
Phebe (Casey) and Rocky Heffernan of Miles, Texas, her "kids" Pat 
Heffernan and family of North Carolina and Stacey Braswell and family 
of Greenville, Texas, sisters-in-law Dian Coulter of Blackwell and family 
and Barbara Davis of Robert Lee and family, and many wonderful friends.
 
Dwala was brought home to the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Silver, Texas, on 
Sunday, April 1, 2012, with her dear friend Dale Patterson of Bronte, 
under the care of Shaffer Funeral Home.

Donations are requested to be sent to the Pecan Baptist Church and 
Robert Lee Volunteer Fire Department and the East Coke County EMS.

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