Alice Faye (Burdette) Mason [1941]

Alice Faye Burdette is the daughter of Martin Luther Burdette and Lydia Susan Roach. She was born 13 May 1891/1892 in Danvers, McLean, Illinois. She died 22 July 1949 at age 57/58 in Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was buried 25 July 1949 at Russell Heights Cemetery, Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

She married Edwin Augustus Mason (Sr.). He is the son of Pleasant Priestly Mason and Richie H. Keeble. He was born 2 September 1888 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee. He died 25 May 1940 at age 51 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was buried 27 May 1940 at Russell Heights Cemetery, Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Children of Alice Faye Burdette and Edwin Augustus Mason (Sr.):

1. William N. Mason was born about 1913 in Illinois.
2. Edwin Augustus Mason (Jr.) was born 23 December 1915 in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri. Teddy, as he is known, died 27 January 1933 at age 17 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. On 29 January 1933, he was buried at Russell Heights Cemetery, Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
3. Alice Faye Mason was born 13 October 1926 in Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Notes

Alice's life was chronicled in 1941 in an article from the Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, MO, 10 May 1941 celebrating her writing of the Cape Girardeau Pageant.

Sources

Alice:

• Birth, Death and Burial from her death certificate.