Gerald Hal Mason

Ft. Worth, Texas - Gerald Hal Mason passed peacefully and went home to be with his Heavenly Father on April 5, 2022, with his family at his side. A Celebration of Life service will be at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at Hudson & Torres Family Funeral Home in Bridgeport with visitation one hour prior to services. Burial will follow at Eastside Cemetery in Bridgeport.  

Gerald was born in Keatchie, Louisiana on December 10, 1935, to A.R. and Thelma Mason. Gerald was a beloved husband to Mary for 64 years and loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather and a friend to all who ever knew him. He was a veteran of the Army. He was a lifetime member of Stockyard Masonic Lodge 1244 AF & AM and Crescent Chapter 820 Order of the Eastern Star. He owned several barber shops in the DFW area for 25 years and then went on to help in the family tax consulting business for over 35 years. Gerald held many names during his time here on earth, he will also be remembered as Dad, Pop, Nate, Papaw and Uncle Dogie. He was a man of many means always finding ways to provide for his family. Some of his passions were solving crossword puzzles, no matter their difficulty, traveling the world with his wife and family, and enjoying his time with people he loved on his back patio as George Jones was playing in the background.

He is preceded in death by his parents, all his siblings and one great-grandson Daniel (Bubba) Barnes.

He is survived by his wife Mary; sons, Jerry and wife Crystal of Runaway Bay, William (Van) of Springtown, James and wife Dena of Rhome; daughter Janet and husband Steve of Rockwall; grandchildren Candice and husband Aaron, Amanda and husband Blake, Brittany and husband Daniel, Richelle and husband Dustin, Chelsea and husband Josh, Justin, Joe, Jeff, Sarah, Marlee, Sydney, Lindsey and husband Jordan, and Randi. Great-grandchildren, Joe, Mason, Landon, Mackenzie, Brielle, Isabelle, James, Emma, Preston, Beckett, Blakley, Naomi, Brinley, Charlotte, and Ella Mae, and numerous nieces and nephews, family members and friends.

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