William "Keith" Mason, age 90, died on March 3, 2016, at his home in Irving, Texas. Keith was born on March 6, 1925 in Seagraves, Texas to parents Yancy and Grace Mason. They precede him in death, along with three brothers, Ervin, Robert, and Eugene, and one sister Janie, as does his wife of 68 years, Dorothy (Hubley) Mason and one infant son, James Stephen Mason. Keith is survived by his sister, Louise Harrod; his three children: Michael Mason, Diane House, and Suzanne Barr; his seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. In 1943, during World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was assigned to the 312th Bombardment Group and the 389th Bomb Squadron as an aerial tail gunner. He flew many missions in the Douglas built A20 Havocs in the Southwest Pacific Theater. His unit was engaged in heavy fighting on Solomon Islands, New Guinea, and Leyte, Mindoro, and Luzon in the Philippines during 1944-1945. And afterwards was part of the Occupation Army in Okinawa Japan until his discharge. The unit was awarded both the United States Distinguished Unit Citation and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for its combat service in New Guinea; the Western Pacific; Leyte, and Luzon. In 1946, upon his military discharge, he returned to his home town of Brownfield, Texas. It was there he hired on with R.H Fulton pipeline project that took him to southern Minnesota, where he met Dorothy. They married the following July 1st, 1947, in Lubbock, Texas. He then went to work in Brownfield with Mason Oil Company. In 1953, he accepted a position with Magnolia Petroleum, which later became Mobil Oil Corporation. Keiths employment with Mobil Oil in the Geophysical Exploration and Production division required Keith and Family to relocate to 24 different locations within the U.S. Their final move in 1972 was to Irving, Texas, where Keith continued to travel, working offshore in Lagos, Nigeria, and the North Sea off the Scotland coast. He retired from Mobil Oil in 1985, with 32 years of service. After retirement in 1985, Keith dedicated many hours of community service at Irving Baylor Hospital as a transportation volunteer. He enjoyed traveling the country with Dorothy in their RVs, spending summers in South Fork, Colorado, and the winter months in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. They met up with some old friends and made some new ones along the way. Keith had a lifelong passion for writing letters to keep in touch with distant family and friends. He and his siblings began the "Round Robin letter". And after reconnecting in 1996 with his Army buddy "Bob", they began writing one another. His love of children and generous heart led him to sponsor an 8 year old girl in Colombia to help facilitate her education through high school. She and Keith wrote back and forth over a 10 year period. His family is left to cherish the memories of him as an earnest, generous, wonderful man with a kind soul, who always wore a smile as big as his heart. The family would like to thank Ms. Shirley Burns for providing kind caregiving to our Beloved Patriarch. We would also like to thank neighbors and friends, for their kind gestures of condolence.