Evelyn Mason

Evelyn Byrd R. Mason NORFOLK - Evelyn Byrd Rockefeller Mason, 102, widow of Porter Haynes Mason, passed away peacefully Sept. 25, 2010, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Virginia Beach, after a long and happy life. She was born May 26, 1908, to the late George Archibald Rockefeller and Kate Miller Rockefeller in Cardinal, Mathews County, Virginia. She spent the last 100 years of her life in Norfolk, and graduated from Maury High School. She was a lifelong member of the Church of the Epiphany in Norfolk where she taught Sunday school for more than 50 years. She was active in the Circle of Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters and the Episcopal Church Home for Elderly Women. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Carrie R. Orem, Alice R. Bridgers Downs, Mildred Rockefeller; and her brothers, George A. Rockefeller, William A. Rockefeller and Edward G. Rockefeller. She is survived by her son, Porter H. Mason Jr. of Virginia Beach and her daughter, Katie L. Jones and her husband Lee of Norfolk. "Mama Katie" is also survived by grandchildren, Linmore L. Jones III of Richmond, Clayton M. Jones of Richmond, Victoria M. McNees and her husband Wesley of Queensbury, N.Y., Pamela T. Mason and Porter H. Mason III, both of New York City; and great-grandchildren, Linmore Lee Jones IV, Audrey Ryan Jones and Mason Alexander McNees. The family wishes to extend their special thanks to their family and friends for their continuing love and support, and to the staff of Our Lady of Perpetual Help for their wonderful care, understanding and help during the past seven years. The family will receive friends between 6 and 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, at the H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., 1501 Colonial Ave., Norfolk. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, at the Church of the Epiphany, 1530 Lafayette Boulevard, Norfolk. Interment in Forest Lawn will be private. Memorial donations may be made to the Church of the Epiphany in Norfolk, the Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters or Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Virginia Beach. Online condolences may be sent to the family at hdoliver.com.