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DATE: Friday, December 30, 1994              TAG: 9412300427
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

LILLIE L. MASON

Lillie Lee Mason, 89, of the 3600 block of Hermitage Drive, a retired executive secretary, died Dec. 29, 1994, in Suffolk.

Mrs. Mason was born in Hampton and was the widow of William Irvin Mason. She was retired from Portsmouth Retail Merchants Association after 43 years. She was a member of Parkview Baptist Church, Zulekia Court No. 35 Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America, The Pilot Club of Portsmouth and the National Association of Parliamentarians. She was the grand high priestess of the Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America.

Survivors include a sister, Ray Davis Esleeck and a brother, Thomas Hall Davis Jr., both of Portsmouth; 10 nieces; and three nephews.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in Snellings Funeral Home, Churchland Chapel, by Dr. Robert V. Forehand. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. today. Memorial donations may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled and Burned Children.

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