Note from Marti Cummins in April 2006
In the 1910 census Mason is living with his uncle Zetta Thompson at age 3 and in the 1920 census he is 13 living with Zetta. In 1930 he is married and his age is listed as 22. In Lulu's oribuary he is listed as a surviging son. It would appear that Lulu gave birth to Mason while unmarried and they gave him to Fred's older brother, Zetta, to raise. Zetta's wife had had two children and neither survived according to the 1910 census. The booklet A History of the Thompson Cemetery notes on page 12 that two infant children of Mr. and Mrs. Zettie Thompson are buried in the cemetery.