Mason Schools Closed Wednesday
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Updated: 5:07 PM Sep 4, 2007
Mason Schools Closed Wednesday
Closed due to death of bus driver
Posted: 3:42 PM Sep 4, 2007
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Mason County Schools will be closed Wednesday due to the death of a county bus driver.

61-year-old Larry Matheny of Leon was a bus driver for Mason County Schools for 40 years. On Saturday, he died in a tractor accident on his family farm. Mr. Matheny’s funeral will be Wednesday in Leon at 1pm.

To honor and pay respects to Mr. Matheny, county superintendent Dr. Larry Parsons has closed all schools on Wednesday.

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Posted by: Sharon on Sep 5, 2007 at 09:06 PM

Larry Mathenys family are in our prayers, and we will help his family in anyway possible, if that means closing the schools,SO BE IT. Mason County Employees are heart broken with the lost of Larry, and our heart aches for his beloved family. My comment to the person complaining about the schools being closed, Is it fair for the children,co-workers, to continue on with the daily routine upset over losing a special person as Larry Matheny...??? No, as a school bus driver we have to keep our thoughts clear to transport these children safely to and from school. Now that we have closure, on the loss of a Dear Friend, and Co-Worker we can continue on. Larry, you might be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Thank you WSAZ for covering this story in such a respectful manner, and giving the Matheny Family, and others the space,so we could give our final respects to a wonderful man, Larry Matheny and his Great Family.
Posted by: Elizabeth on Sep 5, 2007 at 08:28 PM

Larry was my cousin and thank you for doing the broadcast for our family we are going through a very hard time right now.I live two houses down from where he lived.And I have rode his bus for 10 years and it was hard for me to see the bus at the funeral please keep our family in your prayers.
Posted by: Chris on Sep 5, 2007 at 08:10 PM

To "Why" -- Perhaps, as the article suggests, this man was an extraordinary person (that means, much better than average) and meant a lot to the people in Mason County? Just a (not-so callous) thought.
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