James Lee Mason

James Lee Mason, age 80, of Independence, Missouri, formerly of Mt. Vernon, Missouri, passed away at 7:15 p.m. on Friday, September 2, 2022, at Centerpoint Medical Center, in Independence, Missouri. He was born July 25, 1942, in Cairo, Illinois, the son of James Ford and Doris Pauline (Lee) Mason.
James was a United States Army veteran serving during the Vietnam Era. He was a Business Agent for the Teamsters Local Union #600 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was a member of the Shriners, Masons and the Northside Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon, Missouri.
On June 30, 1963, he married Peggy Joyce Huffman in Cairo, Illinois. She preceded him in death on July 26, 2017.
James is survived by three daughters, Debi Mason Hall and her husband, Jack, of Independence, Missouri, Sherry Newberry and her husband, James, and Terri Mason, all of Mt. Vernon, Missouri; seven grandchildren, Kasey, Josh, Rachel, Jessica, Lora, Camryn, and Jordan; eight great-grandchildren, Hanna. Trenton, Ayden, Jonah, Emma, Devin, Roland, and Alexia; two sisters, Doris Ann Carpenter and her husband, Richard, of Centralia, Illinois and Janet Groesch of Lake Ozarks, Missouri; three brothers-in-law, Joe Huffman of Mascoutah, Illinois, Jimmy Huffman of Cairo, Illinois and Eddie Rice of Kentucky and several nieces and nephews.
James was preceded in death by his parents, James and Doris; his wife, Peggy; brother, Bobby Mason; grandson Cory Landa; great-granddaughter, Olive Lane and sister-in-law, Barbara Rice.
A visitation was from 10:00-11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 10, 2022, at the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home, in Mt. Vernon, with a funeral service that followed at 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at the Mt. Vernon IOOF Cemetery.
Online condolences may be shared at www.FossettMosherFuneralHome.com.