TITLE:  Bernice Mason

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, July 11, 2001

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, July 2001

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  MASON, Bernice
RUFFIN - Bernice Padgett Mason, the wife of the late Rev. Gaines 
Harrell Mason, died Monday, July 9, in Spartanburg, S.C. The funeral 
will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, at the Pine Grove Baptist Church #1 near 
Walterboro. Interment will follow in the Live Oak Cemetery. The family 
will receive friends at the FRED PARKER FUNERAL HOME on Wednesday from 
6 to 8 p.m. Mrs. Mason was born in Ruffin and was a daughter of 
Hansford Duncan Padgett and Lilly Thomas Padgett. She was a graduate 
of the Ruffin School System and Winthrop College in Rock Hill. She 
studied library science at the University of South Carolina. During 
her husband's ministry, she was active in many phases of church work. 
She was well known as his faithful partner in the ministry. She has 
been both an organist and a pianist in the churches her husband served.
She was director of Women's Missionary Union in three associations, 
Savannah River Association, Lexington Association, and Colleton 
Association. Her published writings appeared in church bulletins that 
were used throughout the Southern Baptist Convention. Church members 
also enjoyed her flower arranging skills. Mrs. Mason was a former 
public school teacher and librarian. She retired as a librarian from 
the Colleton County School System. She was a member of the Pine Grove 
Baptist Church #1, Walterboro. Survivors are a son and daughter-in-law,
Gaines Harrell and Jane Mason, Spartanburg; two daughters and 
sons-in-law, Mary Beth and Ed Brown, Athens, Ga.; Kathleen and Bill 
Bryan, Cleveland, Ga.; three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Memorials may be made to Pine Grove Baptist Church #1, 99 Pine Grove 
Road, Walterboro, S.C. 29488. (The Post and Courier July 11, 2001)
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