Background
Mason was born in Monahans in Ward County, Texas, as one of five children of Charlie Everett and Trudie Mae Mason.
Mason was born in Monahans in Ward County, Texas, as one of five children of Charlie Everett and Trudie Mae Mason.
Upon graduation from Monahans High School in 1957, he attended Odessa College in Odessa on a golf scholarship. In 1961, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in physical education, with a minor in biology, from Lamar University.
Under Mason"s leadership, the Technical team qualified for four National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments. In 2002, Mason was inducted into the Texas Technical Athletic Hall of Honor and was awarded the title Associate Professor-Emeritus. Mason next took summer graduate courses at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogcoches, Texas, and accepted thereafter a teaching fellowship from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University in College Station.
He completed his master"s degree in education and obtained a Texas guidance counselor"s certificate in 1962.
He coached and taught at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical for two years before moving on to Texas Technology However, his Technical service was interrupted by a stint at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he obtained his doctorate in education and again coached golf.
In 1969, he returned to Texas Technical, where he remained for thirty-one years in coaching and/or academic positions. He coached the golf team until 1979 and was an associate professor of physical education until his retirement in 2000.
Mason"s associations included Phi Delta Kappa educational fraternity, faculty sponsor for Phi Epsilon Kappa, and service on the National Golf Foundation Board of Educators and the National Kidney Foundation Board for Region World War II He served as a deacon in various Baptist churches for more than four decades.
He was on the Mission Board at the Melonie Park Church. Services were held at his church. He is interred at Resthaven Memorial Park off Frankford Avenue in Lubbock.
He was a member of the 1960 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championship team