Mrs. Mae Willa Mason

Jeffcoat Funeral Home 255 Friendship Road Tallassee, AL 36078 Tel (334) 283-6801 Mrs. Mae Willa Mason, a resident of Tallassee, Alabama, passed away, Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at the age of 88. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 12:00 noon at Jeffcoat Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Clint McBroom officiating, burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery, Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Mason is survived by her husband of 67 years, Mr. Herbert Spencer Mason; son, Herbert “Herby” Mason (Gayle); daughter, Cindy Mason Crossley (Hogue); grandchildren, Charissa Crossley Oglesby (Eric), Brad Mason (Deborah) and Brandon Crossley; great grandchildren, Caleb Mason, Brady Mason, Nathan Mason, Rhea Oglesby and Morgan Oglesby; brothers Holliman Whitaker, Roy Whitaker (Ethylene), Billy Whitaker (Mary) and Gene Whitaker (Peggy). She is preceded in death by her parents, Huey and Elsie Lou Whitaker; and her two brothers, Quinn and James Robert Whitaker. Mae Willa was an avid educator. She taught Home Economics for Tallassee City Schools for twelve years and worked for Alabama Board of Education for twenty four years. Her love for attending sport functions with her grandchildren was matched only by her love for cooking and caring for her family and their friends. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions may be made to Tallassee First United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 780147, Tallassee, Alabama 36078-0147. The family will receive friends Saturday, December 29, 2018, from 10:00 am until service time at Jeffcoat Funeral Home. Jeffcoat Funeral Home Directing Tallassee, Alabama