JANUARY 17 – Mary Lillian Mason Jamerson, 83, passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2012 after an extended illness. She was born in Cumberland on February 7, 1928 to Nannie Sue Sloan Wright and Leonard Mason. She was a lifelong member of Antioch United Methodist Church in Cumberland.

She is survived by two sons, David Melvin Jamerson (Vertia) and Ronald Wayne Jamerson (Elizabeth) both of Cumberland; four sisters, Nellie Wilkerson, Fay Barlowe, Nancy Carol Cole, and Elizabeth Harr; brother, William Horace Wright; five granddaughters, Roxanne Grubbs of Lynchburg, Tammy Frank (Jimmy) of Cumberland, Rhonda Hamlette (Barry) of Cumberland, Robin Kegley (Clint) of Bland, and Tracy Gula (Tommy) of Chesapeake; great-grandchildren, Sommer, Jordan, Brittney, Pierce, Hannah, and Davis, and a special family friend, Sherry Davis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Aubrey Melvin Jamerson, daughter, Sandra Louise Jamerson Grubbs (Bill), grandson, Kevin Wayne Grubbs, sister, Amanda Mason and two brothers, Robert “Bill” Mason and Harry Paine Mason.

A funeral service was held on Tuesday, January 17 at Antioch United Methodist Church with interment in the church cemetery.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Cemetery Fund of Antioch United Methodist Church, 3349 Cumberland Road, Cumberland, VA, 23040.

Puckett Funeral Home, of Farmville, was in charge of arrangements. www.puckettfh.com