Mason, with the curly blond mop and hazel eyes, was only 16-months-old when he died in a hit and run accident. On August 30th, the Roten family was driving in Walkertown, North Carolina, when a black Chevy Impala crossed the center lane into the path of their truck. Mason’s dad swerved to miss the impending head-on collision. The truck truck flipped and hit a tree, which fell on the their vehicle, crushing little Mason.
An Elkin High School alumni made and installed a bench near the playground at the Elkin Municipal Park. Each week Mason and his brother would play at the playground. Heather, Mason’s mom said, “They had a blast down here… He was just a joyful little boy.” The bench meant so much to the family and was engraved with Bible verses and crosses to memorialize their happy baby.
The bench vanished from the park because of the religious emblems on city property. Follow more of the story on page two.
How?
God has him in his arms, we’ll keep him in our hearts and honor his memory inspite of the “haters” who refuse to live and let live.
Your hearts were in the right place.
God bless you!
Put it back on
What ??? Awful
This is against their religious right. Oh wait,, they are Christians, they have no rights. Until after the Constitutional Revival anyway…
Unreal…. So now we going to start removing statues and religious icons from the cemeteries????. Wake up America. When is enough enough
This country is in trouble.
This is getting carried away!!!!
Totally unconscionable!
How is this against their rights? This was a city park, and (according to the city) they did NOT receive approval for the bench before they placed it in the park.
Not getting your way all the time is not the same as having no rights….you know that right?