Wade Hampton Cason, III

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• Also Known As: Chic

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All stories have a beginning and for Wade “Chic” Hampton Cason III, the first words were written in a small house on June 4, 1933 beside the railroad tracks in Folkston, Ga., his mom’s hometown.
Chic would be the first of Grace and Hamp’s three sons. Economics - the nation was in the throes of the Great Depression - determined the birthplace would not be a hospital though one was near their Jacksonville home. Chic’s brothers, Michael and Richard (Mike and Dick) were born in Jacksonville, where dad worked at The Florida Times-Union. Times had improved.

As the years went on, Chic and his brothers would join their dad and uncle, Wilton Cason, at the TU. When his brothers moved onto other cities and careers, Chic followed his dad and uncle and stayed at the TU until retirement shared with wife Doreen (also a TU employee) in 1999.

Though his dad and uncle rose to top composing room jobs, their protégé would climb a few more rungs. Chic’s 48-year career was Horatio Algeresque - paperboy to printer to vice president/production director. But it wasn’t all deadlines and meetings. Prior to and during the newspaper years, he found time to win diving trophies at Lee High School, join the U.S. Navy, marry, cut office birthday cakes, golf a lot, party more and raise an extended family.

But it has been projects that set him apart - there were the boating years, the quail farm years, the gardening years, and more notably the Christmas House years, which ran out in 2018. Add in his love of the Gators with the tribute pole in the front yard, his fondness for NASCAR and the countless hours he spent accomplishing handyman tasks for Fairways Forest neighbors in the spirit of the Lord he loved. There are countless other details that made Chic the man he was until his journey ended March 22, 2019.

Those who will miss him most are wife Doreen, step-children Holly Hoover, Sewall’s Point; Larry Sharkey (Chasity and daughter Danielle), Melbourne, and Craig; granddaughter, Hunter Hoover-Watson, Paris; son Kenneth Warnell, Maryville, Tn.; aunt, Margaret Perdue; brothers, Michael Cason, Carrollton, Ga. and Richard, Pinehurst, N.C.; nephews, Rick ((Mandy and daughter Isabel) Cason, Orlando. Joey Cason (Shelia) St. Simons, Ga., David Cason (Tracie) Bethlehem, Ga. ; and the cousins he was closest to, Carolyn Grafton (Don), Fernandina Beach; Gloria Anne Taylor, Camilla, Ga.; Rosilyn Harvey; Robert (Carolyn) Perdue; and Rochelle (Mike) Williams. Also brother- and sister-in-law, Bill and Bonita Shea and the feral cat, Tom, that chose him.

Viewing will be 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at Fort Caroline Presbyterian Church, 3754 University Club Blvd, with the service to follow at 1 p.m. The Rev. Mr. Sam Souers will preside. Burial will be at Pineview Cemetery in Folkston, Ga. later in the afternoon. Arrangements by Corey-Kerlin Funeral Home, 940 Cesery Blvd, Jacksonville, Fl. (904) 744-8422

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Wade married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wade married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1910, Hilliard, Nassau, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1920, Hilliard, Nassau, Florida, USA

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Funeral services for Wade Hampton Cason, Jr., 57, retired foreman of the composing room of the Florida Times Union, will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday in the chapel of Hardage and Sons Riverside Funeral Home, 517 Park St.

Burial will be in the Pineview Cemetery at Folkston, Georgia.

Mr. Cason, who lived at 1031 Lawfin St. West Arlingwood, died Thursday morning at his residence following an extended illness.

He was born in Hilliard, Florida and had lived in Jacksonville since 1924, moving here from Hilliard.

He was a member of the Southside Estates Methodist Church and Solomon Lodge, 30, F and AM. Prior to his retirement in September of 1963, Mr. Cason was associated with the Florida Times Union for 39 years.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Grace Harvey Cason, three sons; Wade H. Cason III, Michael Cason and Richard Cason; a grandson, Joseph Michael Cason; one brother; Wilton L. Cason, all of Jacksonville; and four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Tracey of Miami, Florida, Mrs. Marie Harvey of Quitman, Georgia, Mrs. Frances Oxley of Fernandina and Mrs. Betty Beugnet of Portland, Oregon.

Members of Solomon Lodge 30, F and AM are requested to meet at the lodge at 9:30 A.M. Saturday in order to attend the service as a group and confer Masonic Rites at the funeral home.

Active pallbearers will be A.J. Buford, Gus Schage, E.A. Hunt, Richard Barker, Robert Lane and G.E. Rosenberger. Honorary pallbearers will be friends and fellow workers.

Wade + Grace Harvey. Grace was born on 16 Dec 1907 in Hortense, Brantley, Georgia, USA; died on 27 Mar 1967 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA; was buried in 1967 in Pineview Cemetery, Folkston, Charlton, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. Grace L. Harvey, 51, of 3116 Belden St. died Monday morning after a long illness.

Mrs. Cason was born in Hortense, Georgia and had lived in Jacksonville for 30 years, moving here from Folkston, Georgia.

She was the widow of the late Wade Hampton Cason, former employee of the Florida Times Union. She was a member of Catholic Church.

Survivors include 3 sons; Richard A. Cason and Wade H. Cason, both of Jacksonville, Michael H. Cason, Valdosta, Georgia; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Perdue of Jacksonville, five brothers; Leroy Harvey, Quitman, Georgia, Tyson Harvey, St. Simon's Island, Georgia, Hebert Harvey, Hilliard, Florida, Joseph E. Harvey, Freeport, Grand Bahamas, and Harry Harvey of Folkston, Georgia; and one grandchild.

Rosary will be at 7:30 P.M. Tuesday (Today) in Hardage and Sons Riverside Funeral Home, 517 Park St. Requiem

Mass will be at 9:30 A.M. Wednesday in St. Paul's Catholic Church.

Interment will be in Pineview Cemetery, Folkston, Georgia.

Pallbearers are Gus Schage, E.A. Hunt, James E. Evans, C.E. Rosenberger, Jack Atkins and Harmon Hodges.

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• Residence: 1860, Traders Hill, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1870, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1880, Center Village, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1900, Precinct 8, Nassau, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1910, Hilliard, Nassau, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1920, Hilliard, Nassau, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1935, Precinct 10, Nassau, Florida, USA

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W.H. Cason, Sr., 79, died last night (9/4/1938) at his home in Hilliard. FL.

In addition to his widow, he is survived by two sons, Wilton Lee Cason and Wade Hampton Cason, both employees of the Florida Times Union, working in the composing room; four daughters, Misses Betty Cason and Misses Margaret Cason, and Mrs. Frances Oxley and Mrs. B.L. Harvey; one brother, W.W. Cason of Nicholls, Georgia; and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Hathaway of Jacksonville, FL.

Wade + Mary Agnes Wilson. Mary was born on 7 Aug 1878 in Georgia, USA; died on 13 Aug 1947 in Nassau, Florida, USA; was buried in Pineview Cemetery, Folkston, Charlton, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary Agnes Cason
• Residence: 1910, Hilliard, Nassau, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1920, Hilliard, Nassau, Florida, USA
• Residence: 1935, Precinct 10, Nassau, Florida, USA

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Mrs. Mary Agnes Cason, 69, died today in the Nassau County Hospital.

Services will be held at 10 o'clock in the Hilliard Methodist Church with the Rev. C.B. Clayton of the Fernandina Methodist Church officiating, assisted by the Rev. Graves, pastor of the Hilliard Methodist Church.

Interment will be in Folkston, Georgia.

Mrs. Cason was a member of the Methodist Church and Eastern Star.

She is survived by four daughters, Miss Margaret Cason, Jacksonville, Mrs. D.O. Oxley, Fernandina, Mrs. Leroy Harvey, Callahan and Mrs. L.F. Beugnet, Stuart, two sons, W.L. Cason and W.H. Cason, both of Jacksonville, one sister, Mrs. Rose Robertson, Tarboro, N.C., one brother, Jim Wilson, Folkston, Georgia and nine grandchildren.

Oxley Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.

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• Residence: 1850, Ware, Georgia, USA; Division 89
• Residence: 1860, Traders Hill, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1870, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1880, Center Village, Charlton, Georgia, USA

Hillery married Isabella Raulerson on 29 Nov 1851 in Wayne, Georgia, USA. Isabella (daughter of Living) was born on 1 Jul 1833 in Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA; died on 10 Dec 1891 in Charlton, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Isabella Caison
• Residence: 1860, Traders Hill, Charlton, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1870, Charlton, Georgia, USA