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In 2009, Mason retired from Littleton Sales Company Inc., which he owned and operated since 1957. Mason was appointed to the Littleton Town Council from December 1957 until December 1976. He was elected mayor of the Town of Littleton from December 1973 until December 2009 with the exception of 1987-89. He was recently honored by the State of North Carolina for his public service with an Order of the Long Leaf Pine award.
Mr. Hawfield was an active member of St. Albans Episcopal Church where he was a member of the Vestry and was a layreader. Mason was a founder of the Lake Gaston Medical Clinic in Littleton and served on the board of directors until his death. He was also a member of the Littleton Lions Club for more than 50 years.
Mason is survived by his wife, Sally Foster Hawfield; his children, Beverley Mason Hawfield Jr. and his wife, Jennifer, of Wilmington, Ann Spotswood Hawfield Vicars and her husband, Joe, of Durham, Susan Taylor Hawfield Whitehead and her husband, Tom, of Raleigh; and stepchildren, James Browning Harvey Jr. and Cristin, of Raleigh, and William Joyner Harvey and Kristen, of Raleigh; and nine grandchildren.
A memorial service was held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 2, at St. Albans Episcopal Church in Littleton. A committal service followed at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Littleton.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial gifts be sent to the Lake Gaston Medical Clinic Hawfield-Wharton Scholarship Fund or St. Albans Episcopal Church Memorial Garden Fund.
Blaylock Funeral Home in Littleton is handling the arrangements.






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