Mason Wilbanks

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Services to celebrate the life of Mason Keith Wilbanks, 19, will be held at 2:00 pm Thursday at Memorial Funeral Home with burial to follow in Magnolia Gardens. Visitation will be Wednesday evening from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm and Thursday from 1:00 pm until service time at Memorial Funeral Home. Bro. Charlie Browning will officiate the services.

Mason passed away on Saturday June 12 in Desoto County. He was born on March 16, 2002 in Germantown to Keith and Laura Kelley Wilbanks. He was a 2020 graduate of Olive Branch High School. He had recently been sworn into the United States Air Force and was awaiting his assignment as a crew chief of aircraft maintenance. He loved playing baseball, hunting, fishing, working on his truck and attending the dirt track races with his girlfriend.

He is survived by his parents, Keith and Laura Wilbanks; sister, Mallory Wilbanks (Tyler Pugh); grandparents, Richard and Linda Kelley; aunt, Michele Frazier (Shane); uncles, Jason Wilbanks (Karyn), Rick Kelley (Lonnie) and Brian Kelley (Farrah); girlfriend, Hannah Merritt; and numerous cousins, family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Herman and Janice Wilbanks and a step-grandmother, Patty Sue Wilbanks.

Pallbearers will be Kyle Eldred, Shane Frazier, Tyler Pugh, Jeff Hale, Brent Hale, Brian Kelley, Joey Woodruff and Jason Wilbanks.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.memorialcorinth.com for the Wilbanks family.

Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.