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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 18, 1993                   TAG: 9303180064
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RIVERSIDE, CALIF.                                LENGTH: Short

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OBIT MASON, CHARLES EDWARD

MASON, Charles Edward, 80, of Riverside, Calif., and formerly of Roanoke and Ferrum, Va., passed away Sunday, March 14, 1993, at his home. He retired from the United States Postal Service in Riverside in 1976. He served in the United States Army Infantry Division during World War II, and when the war ended, he returned to his job at the U.S. Post Office in Riverside. After his retirement, he and his wife and son came to live at his farm in Ferrum, Va., returning annually to Riverside, Calif. He is survived by his wife, Nadia Bakely Mason, a daughter and son-in-law, Cathy and Cecil Norris, and a grandson, Joshua Luke Mason Norris, all of Riverside; a daughter and son-in-law, Gloria and Bob Gidcumb, Riverside; a son and daughter-in-law, Calvin Edward and LuAnne Mason, and four granddaughters, Chrissy, Michelle, Sharon and Jessica Mason, all of Spotsylvania, Va.; three sisters, Mildred ("Mimi") Dudley of Salem, Lorene M. Melton and Merle M. Muller, both of Roanoke; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends in and around Roanoke, Va., and Riverside, Calif. A memorial service will be held noon Monday, March 22, at First Baptist Church, Roanoke, with Dr. Charles Fuller officiating. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery, Roanoke. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. His only brother, the late Paul Eldridge Mason of Roanoke, preceded him in death by twelve days.

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