Ralph Lee Mason

I met Ralph at Putnam City Baptist Church where we both attended in about 1965. He served as a chaperone or counselor when we went to Falls Creek where I got to know him better. For the time, he seemed to listen to young people more than most adults and seemed genuinely interested in our lives.Though he always seemed quite conservative, I was always impressed with him when he told me how he quit his very stable IBM position and invested his life savings into a little known entity called...

Ralph and Helen opened their home to those of us who attended Putnam City Baptist Church. I was in high school then. We always had a great time, sitting on the floor, listening to Ralph share God's word. It was a wonderful time in my life. Little did I know how those weekly meetings were guiding my life to a life-time of service to God. Thank you, Ralph and Helen, for being available to help a scatter-brained young lady find her purpose.

I was seventeen years old and attending youth camp with the Putnam City youth group at Falls Creek. It was the summer of 1967. Bro. Mason, out of the blue, approached me and asked me if I had ever considered being a preacher. I was dumbfounded! "No, sir" I replied. He said, "You need to really pray about it." I did. I had great respect for him. After prayer most of the day, we went down to the old tabernacle for the evening service. Sam Scantlin preached. I was sitting on the front row with...

Dear Helen and family, We were so sorry to hear of Ralph's passing.He was a supreme example of a truly Godly man in every aspect of his life. We are grateful and blessed to have known him.May you receive all the comfort of God, our Father, and His Son, Jesus.In His love and ours, Shem, Beverly, Libby, Joshua, and Caleb Taggart

May God hold you and your entire family close. Heaven has been joyful to accept this wonderful, Christian man! He will be greatly missed.

Im so sorry for your loss, my sincere condolences go out to the family. May the God who "binds up the brokenhearted" and "comforts all who mourn," strengthen you during this difficult time. Isaiah 61:1, 2. And May the beautiful hope of everlasting life