Jim Buck Mason, son of the late Lawrence Eugene Mason and Edith Opal Fields Mason, was born in Bernie, Missouri on January 28, 1946 and departed this life at his residence in Bernie, Missouri on October 30, 2019 at the age of 73.

Mr. Mason was a retired Truck Driver.  After his retirement he was a Small Engine Repairman for the Bernie area. He was a member of Sugar Tree General Baptist Church of Rural Bernie.

He was united in marriage to Barbara Sue Trout in Broseley, Missouri on December 25, 1966.  Mrs. Mason preceded her husband in death on June 2, 2003.

Other survivors include, two sons Danny Mason of Bernie, Missouri and James Calvert of Covington, Louisiana; by one daughter, Tracy Stender of Powe, Missouri; by one sister-in-law, Pat McCollough of Dudley, Missouri; by one brother, L.C. Mason of Bernie, Missouri; by three sisters, Anglee Barnes of Bernie, Missouri, Wilma Burch of Wappapello, Missouri and Linda O’Daniell of Bloomfield, Missouri;by  one brother-in-law, Kenny Trout of Bernie;  by Thirteen Grandchildren and Numerous Great-Grandchildren; also by other relatives and many friends.

He was preceded in death other than by his parents and his wife, by one brother, Gene Mason; by four sisters, Mildred Hampton, Eva Tipton, Alma Poespeshil and Nina Margaret Hartle.

Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Missouri on Sunday, November 3, 2019 from 12:00 Noon until 2:00 P.M. 

Funeral services will then be conducted at 2:00 P.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Joe Ogelvie officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery. 

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements.