Bennie Mason Fussell

Notes:

Mrs. Bennie (Fussell) Poss, age 98, longtime educator and resident of San Augustine County, passed away today, Thursday, September 6, 2012, in San Augustine.

Ms. Bennie was born to Lena (Mason) Fussell and Willaim Hollie Fussell on September 12, 1913, and would have celebrated her 99th Birthday on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, but her faithful and Heavenly Father of whom she depended on very often called her to her eternal home in Heaven. She was a loving Educator, having taught schools in various communities in East Texas, loving her pupils as her own. Also, along with her husband, Bill, they owned and operated the Dairy Mart in San Augustine for many years, a place where the young people grew to love Ms. Bennie and her great hamburgers. She was a life-long member of the First Baptist Church in San Augustine.

Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 8, 2012, in the First Baptist Church in San Augustine with Rev. Jim Moss and Rev. Chet Hensley officiating, Rev. Rick Russell will officiate graveside rites where interment will be in Liberty Hill Cemetery in San Augustine County, Texas. Visitation will be Friday evening, September 7, 2012, from the hours of 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home, 316 West Columbia Street, San Augustine, Texas, 75972

Those who are left to cherish her memory include: Son; Joe Bill and his wife, Sue Poss of San Augustine; Grandchildren; Lisa Poss and David Taylor of Timpson; Alice Poss of San Augustine; Dana Dailey and P.V. of Chireno; and Mike Michael of Houston; Great-Grandchildren; Katie Poss; Jacob Michael; Cory Alsap; Tiffany Dehn; and Joe Dailey; Great-Great Grandchildren; Bella; Maddison; Remington; Hunter; and Hope

She is preceded in death by a grandchild, Lorey Poss, and great-grandchild; Justin Wiggins, along with her parents; Lena (Mason) Fussell and William Hollie Fussell; her beloved husband, William Henry (Bill) Poss along with her brothers; W. H. Fussell; Vernon Fussell; Carl Fussell; and Pat Henry Fussell

Pallbearers will include; P.V. Dailey, Joe Dailey, Cory Alsap, Steve Fussell, Ben Fussell and Mike Michael Honorary Pallbearers will include: Mike Fussell, Dan Fussell, Roger Carl Fussell, Patrick Fussell, Travis Fussell and Duke Lyons.

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(Courtesy of Ann Ussery)

Published in The Sabine County Reporter
September 12, 2012, Page 9

Bennie married William "Bill" Henry Poss on 30 Dec 1933. William was born on 23 Feb 1903 in Texas; died on 30 Aug 1979 in San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
They are the parents of Joe Bill Poss.

1. Living

Notes:

Name: William Hollie Fussell
Death Date: 11 May 1968
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 80 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1888
Birth Date: Feb 25, 1888
Usual occupation Cattleman Retired
Birthplace: San Augustine, TX
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Benson Byron Fussell
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mollie Warner
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence: 1020 Fussell Drive San Augustine
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2137029
Digital Film Number: 4029811
Image Number: 578
Reference Number: 37662
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine, Pr. 1
Enumerated 7 Apr 1930
ED 203-3 SD 19 Sheet 1A Stamped 167
Old Center Road
10-10
Fussell, William H Hd M W 42 M 25 Tx La Tx Farmer Truck Farm
Fussell, Lena G Wf F W 38 M 19 Tx Tx Tx
Fussell, Bennie Dtr F W 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Fussell, W. H. Son M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Fussell, Vernon Son M W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Fussell, Pat H Son M W 2 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx

William married Lena Gay Mason. Lena (daughter of William Crockett Mason and Josephine Deas) was born on 19 Aug 1892 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Dec 1969 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Lena Gay Fussell
Death Date: 09 Dec 1969
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 77 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 19 Aug1892
Birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: W. C. Mason
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Josephine Deas
Mother's Birthplace:
Informant: Mrs. Bennie Poss (Daughter)
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2218604
Digital Film Number: 4168894
Image Number: 288
Reference Number: 90571
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Medical):See attached sources.

Notes:

W. C. Mason

Pioneer of San Augustine County Succumbs

San Augustine, Dec. 2

Funeral services for William Crockett Mason, 71, of San Augustine county, were held at the San Augustine Baptist church, Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. R. A. Smith, pastor of San Augustine church, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Frank Dent, pastor of Methodist church, and also Dr. J. C. Oelher, pastor of Presbyterian church. Intermnet was at the city cemetery. He died here Wednesday.

Surviving are his widow; two sons, Pat and I. E. of San Augustine; six daughters, Mrs. J. B. Fussell, Mrs. W. H. Fussell, and Mrs. Ab Howard, of San Augustine, Mrs. J. D. Fuller and Mrs. T. G. Fuller of Hemphill, and Mrs. Jimmy Lyons, Beaumont; six sisters, Mrs. Mamie Smith Morton, Mrs. Millie Self, Claredon; Mrs. Hillis Smith, Milam, Mrs. Tom Smith, San Augustine county, Mrs. John Halbert, Dallas, and Mrs. S. S. Jamison, Venavides, Texas; four brothers, Bob, Clarendon; Marcus, Roganville; Sam, Yellowpine, and Pole, Milam; and 12 grandchildren.

Mr. Mason was the son of Napoleon Bonaparte Mason, a Civil war veteran and pioneer settler of Sabine county, who came to Texas in his youth. He was a resident of San Augustine from 1908 to 1937, having purchased the originial Border plantation in 1908, and made it his home. He was a progressive cotton planter, a director and stockholder of the Commercial Guaranty bank and an honorary deacon of the First Baptist church of San Augustine. He served on the building committee, making possible the present First Baptist church in San Augustine, where he and his family worshipped for many years.

(From the Beaumont Enterprise, courtesy of Ann Ussery)

Texas Death Certificate

Name: William Crocket Mason
Death Date: 01 Dec 1937
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 71 years 2 months 16 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 15 Sep 1866
Birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Josephine Deas Mason
Father's Name: Napolen Mason
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Name: Marny Terrey
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
Informant: T. E.(L.E.?) Mason, San Augustine
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: San Augustine
Cemetery:
Burial Place: San Augustino County
Burial Date: 02 Dec 1937
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2117400
Digital Film Number: 4030400
Image Number: 1443
Reference Number: cn 62664
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 7
Enumerated 15 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 69 Sheet 11A Stamped 117
183-183
Deas, J. A. Head W M Apr 1839 61 M 38 ALa SC Ky Farmer
Deas, Hannah Wf W F Nov 1836 63 M 38 2/1 Ala SC SC
Mason, W. C. Son-in-law W M Sept 1867 32 M 12 Tx Tx Ga Farmer
Mason, Josephine Dtr W F Feb 1870 30 M 12 7/6 Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Bertie Gdtr W F Jun 1889 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Ella Gdtr W F Jan 1891 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Lena Gdtr W F Sep 1892 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Willie Gdtr W F Sep 1893 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Sallie Gdtr W F Mch 1897 3 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Eugene Grndson W M Feb 1899 1 S Tx Tx Tx
Seastruck, Shank Servant B M Feb 1895 25 S Tx Miss Miss Day Laborer


1910 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 1
Enumerated 28 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 137 Sheet 12B
195-207
Mason, William C Hd M W 44 M1 20 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Mason, Josephine Wf F W 40 M1 20 12/8 Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Ella Dtr F W 18 S Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Lena Dtr F W 17 S Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Willie Dtr F W 16 S Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Sarah Dtr F W 13 S Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Eugene Son M W 11 S Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Marvin Son M W 6 S Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Ima Dtr F W 4 S Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Verdie Dtr F W 6/12 S Tx Ala Ala
Deas, Hannah Mother-in-law F W 73 Wd Ala SC SC




(Medical):See attached sources.

William married Josephine Deas on 9 Sep 1888. Josephine (daughter of James A. Deas and Hannah Elizabeth Smith) was born on 6 Feb 1870 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 28 Oct 1950 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Josephine Deas Mason
Death Date: 28 Oct 1950
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: W
Death Age: 80 years 8 months 22 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 06 Feb 1870
Birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: James A. Deas
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Hannah Elizabeth Smith
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Cemetery: City Cem.
Burial Place: San Augustine, Texas
Burial Date: 29 Oct 1950
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2074494
Digital Film Number: 4166797
Image Number: 2182
Reference Number: 49748
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

"He was the son of William and Judith Mason. Was a member of Hood's Brigade in the Civil War and was Sheriff of Sabine County for several years." (White and Toole, p 36). His application for a confederate pension shows that he "was made a prisoner at Chr. Dec 3, 1863, discharged 1865." He further stated that he was born in Sabine County, and had been a resident for all of his life, "except for the war." He showed his P.O. as in Milam, and indicated he was a farmer. He served from 1861-1865 in Company I, 1rst Texas Regiment, Infantry as a private. He made his application on July 9, 1909 before County Judge J. H. McGown and witnesses W R Davidson and T B Davidson. They both testified that they served in the same company.

Billy Fussell and Bobby Wood, great-grandsons write that "N. B. and his brother Marquis De Lafayette Mason both served in Hood's Brigade, enlisting on April 1, 1862, in San Augustine. L.M. (that's the way he is listed in his war records) died from wounds received at the battle of Chickamauga Sept 19-21. N.B. was captured and taken as prisoner of war to Camp Douglas a notorious Prison Camp near Chicago, Illinois. He remained there until the end of the war and was exchanged at New Orleans on May 23,1865. He came home and married his brother's widow, Mary Terry Mason, and together they had 13 children."

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Fifth Precinct
Enumerated 3 and 5 July 1880
Page 26B SD 1 ED 86
225-225
Mason, Napoleon W M 42 Farmer, Sheriff Tx SC SC
Mason, William W M 13 Son Works on Farm Tx Tx Ala
Mason, Mary W F 22 Wf Keeps House Ala Ala Ala
Mason, Lafayette W M 12 Son Works on Farm Tx Tx Ala
Mason, John T. W M 11 Son Works on Farm Tx Tx Ala
Mason, Dora W F 10 Dtr At School Tx Tx Ala
Mason, Sarah W F 7 Dtr Tx Tx Ala
Mason, Pattie W F 5 Dtr Tx Tx Ala
Mason, Tilden W M 4 Son Tx Tx Ala
Mason, Pearl W F 4/12 Feb Dtr Tx Tx Ala
Grice, Elbert B W 25 Servant Works on Farm Tx Tx Tx
Thomas, Henry B M 18 Servant Works on Farm Tx Tx Tx

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated 13 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 69 Sheet 8B
129-129
Mason, N B Head m M Feb 1839 61 M 35 Tx Sc Ala Farmer
Mason, Mary B Wf W F Jun 1847 52 M 35 13/12 Ga Ga Ark
Mason, James P Son W M Oct 1882 17 S Tx Tx Ga Farm Laborer
Mason, Robt L Son W M May 1888 12 S Tx Tx Ga Farm Laborer
Mason, Mellie Dtr W F Jan 1880 10 S Tx Tx Ga Farm Laborer
Mason, Napolean B Son W M Nov 1893 6 S Tx Tx Ga
Hines, Spence Servant B M may 1836 Wd La La La Farm Laborer

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 30 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 9A
124-128
Mason, Napolean b Head M W 71 m1 44 Tx Sc Ala Farmer
Mason, Mary B Wf F W 63 m2 44 13/12 Ga G a Ga
Mason, Napolean B SOn M W 17 S Tx Tx Ga Farm Laborer

Napolean married Mary Bethany "Susan" Terry about 1865. Mary was born in Jun 1848 in Georgia; died about 1923 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Mason Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her transcription of the Mason Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary writes that she was married first to Marcus DeLafayette Mason, who was killed in the Civil War. He was a brother of her second husband, Napoleon Bonaparte Mason. The 1880 census shows her as born in Alabama, but in 1900 and in 1910 it was shown that she was born in Georgia.

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 7
Enumerated 15 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 69 Sheet 11A Stamped 117
183-183
Deas, J. A. Head W M Apr 1839 61 M 38 ALa SC Ky Farmer
Deas, Hannah Wf W F Nov 1836 63 M 38 2/1 Ala SC SC
Mason, W. C. Son-in-law W M Sept 1867 32 M 12 Tx Tx Ga Farmer
Mason, Josephine Dtr W F Feb 1870 30 M 12 7/6 Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Bertie Gdtr W F Jun 1889 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Ella Gdtr W F Jan 1891 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Lena Gdtr W F Sep 1892 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Willie Gdtr W F Sep 1893 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Sallie Gdtr W F Mch 1897 3 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Eugene Grndson W M Feb 1899 1 S Tx Tx Tx
Seastruck, Shank Servant B M Feb 1895 25 S Tx Miss Miss Day Laborer

James married Hannah Elizabeth Smith in 1868. Hannah (daughter of John Harrison Smith and Mary ???) was born on 28 Nov 1836 in Alabama; died on 19 Apr 1925; was buried in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The transcription of the San Augustine City Cemetery shows her as a daughter of John Smith and Hannah McGUIRE.