ALLEN RUSSELL “HAMBONE” MASON, age 68 years, a well known resident of the Brooklyn Heights Community, Parsons, WV, departed this life Tuesday afternoon, April 2, 2013 at the Davis Memorial Hospital at Elkins, WV.
He was born Monday June 5, 1944 at Parsons, WV, a son of the late Russell A. Mason and Armittie A. Collett Mason Sponaugle.
Surviving are one son, Joseph Allen Mason and wife Brenda of Parsons, WV; one daughter, Joyce Ellen Lambruno and husband Steven of Cadiz, KY; four brothers, Burl Mason and wife Sandy of Hambleton, WV, Lewis Sponaugle and wife Reva of Inwood, WV, Greg Mason of OH, Brian Sponaugle, Jr. and wife Dottie of Pifer Mt., St. George, WV; four sisters, Patsy Mason Stone of OH, Naomi Sponaugle Lambert and husband Harry of Mabie, WV, Wilda Sponaugle of OH and Lulabelle Hardy of Hambleton, WV; four grandchildren, Steven Lambruno of Parsons, Loupie Lambruno of KY; Mitchell and Marcus Mason of Parsons, WV; and one great grandson, Hayden Lambruno of KY, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, extended family and friends.
Preceding him in death are one son, Thomas Allen Mason; three brothers, Cleon, Harold and Eugene Sponaugle and two sisters, Martha Mason Whetzel and Lucy Sponaugle Tingler.
He attended Parsons High School, where he was a member of the football squad and was an outstanding Punter and Kicker. He was an employee of the former Dorman Mills. He was a farmer, a construction worker, and he retired as a Mason for the Consol Coal Co. He was a member of the United Mine Workers Association and the Pythagoras Lodge #128 A.F. & A.M. of Parsons, WV. He was instrumental in laying the blocks for the Veteran’s Memorial Wall in downtown Parsons. “Hambone” loved life to the fullest. He was well known throughout the area for his famous Pig Roast, with his self made special sauce. He enjoyed hunting, cooking and liked to watch westerns. “Hambone” loved to watch his grandsons play sports.
The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons on Friday from 5 to 8 PM. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home parlor on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 11:30 AM. Pastor Allen D. Crosten will officiate and interment will follow at the Parsons City Cemetery at Parsons, WV, where the Pythagoras Lodge #128 A.F. & A.M. will conduct Masonic graveside rites.
