Dorothy Lou Fox Mason's Obituary
DOROTHY LOU FOX MASON WAS BORN AUGUST 14, 1933 IN PETTY, TX
AND PASSED AWAY
JANUARY 11, 2021 IN GRANBURY, TX.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, CLARENCE ALLEN FOX
AND MINNIE SMITH FOX. ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE OLDER SISTER, NAOMI "OMER"
FOX BRAWNER, AND 4 OLDER BROTHERS: RAYMOND FOX, CHARLIE FOX, ANDREW FOX, AND
EDWARD FOX.
DOROTHY IS SURVIVED BY HER 5 CHILDREN: DAVID RAY MASON OF GRANBURY, TX; DANNY LEE MASON
OF ALLEN, TX; ROSS ALLEN MASON OF AUSTIN, TX; LINDA KAY MASON HELMS OF GEORGETOWN, TX;
AND ANNA MARIE MASON SONEFF OF DENVER, CO.
DOROTHY IS ALSO SURVIVED BY 8 GRANDCHILDREN AND 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
ALSO ONE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, KIMBERLEY GRINNELL MASON AND 2 SONS-IN-LAW:
BRUCE HELMS AND GREG SONEFF.
FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021 FROM 2:30-3:30PM
AT RESTLAND FUNERAL HOME DALLAS.
SERVICE WILL BE HELD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING AT 3:30PM IN THE MEMORIAL CHAPEL.
DOROTHY WAS AN INTELLIGENT, FUN LOVING, DOWN-TO-EARTH LADY.
HAVING BEEN RAISED IN A COTTON FARMING FAMILY OUTSIDE OF PETTY, TX,
SHE LEARNED THE ART OF HARD WORK, PERSISTENCE, AND FRUGALITY.
TIMES WERE FAIRLY HARD IN THE EARLY DAYS, BUT SO IT WAS WITH MANY A FAMILY
IN THE 1930'S. WITH A LARGE FAMILY INCLUDING 4 OLDER BROTHERS, DOROTHY
DEVELOPED A GREAT LOVE OF FAMILY, AND A CRAZY SENSE OF HUMOR.
SHE LOVED TO DANCE AND LISTEN TO MUSIC THAT WOULD MAKE YOU TAP
YOUR FEET, ESPECIALLY GOSPEL MUSIC. HER FAMILY LATER MOVED TO PARIS, TX
WHERE THEY RAN A SMALL GROCERY STORE. DOROTHY GRADUATED FROM PARIS HIGH SCHOOL
IN 1950. SHE MARRIED JACK W. MASON IN 1953 AND BY 1960 THEY HAD 5 CHILDREN,
LATER MOVING TO DALLAS, TX.
SHE HAD A KNACK FOR RAISING PLANTS AND FLOWERS AND SHE LOVED TO MAINTAIN
HER VEGETABLE GARDEN. DOROTHY ALSO HAD A LOVE FOR HER PET DOGS,
MOST RECENTLY HER BELOVED "MINNIE PEARL".
DOROTHY HAD A VARIETY OF JOBS OVER THE YEARS INCLUDING TELEPHONE OPERATOR,
LUNCH LADY, MARY KAY, DANCE INSTRUCTOR AND SHE WAS AN AWARD WINNING SALESPERSON
FOR DILLARDS DEPARTMENT STORE, FROM WHICH SHE RETIRED.
SHE'S WITH HER LORD IN HEAVEN NOW , DANCING WITH THE ANGELS.
DOROTHY WAS A TERRIFIC MOM AND LOVED BY HER FAMILY AND ALL WHOM SHE MET.
SHE WILL BE MISSED.
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