Meshach Mason

Meshach Mason was a 19-year-old from Reserve in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. While public records about his early life, family, and personal interests are limited in the sources available, what is clear is that Meshach was a young man known to his community in and around Reserve.

Meshach’s death on August 24, 2013, was recorded in the public record; in the months that followed local investigators continued working on the matter and, in 2014, arrests were announced in connection with his killing. Those developments are part of the official record, but they do not define Meshach’s personhood. He was more than the brief notices that appear in news and law-enforcement releases: he was a member of a neighborhood and a generation of young people in a close-knit parish.

Because there is no published, family-authorized obituary available matching his name and the exact date of death in the sources found, this remembrance focuses on acknowledging Meshach as a real person whose life mattered. The public record is sparse about his schooling, work, friendships, or other details that often shape a fuller portrait; those who loved him hold those memories. This page seeks to honor Meshach by recognizing the human loss his family and community endured and by offering a quiet space to remember him with dignity.

If family members or close friends wish to share memories, photographs, or corrections so Meshach’s life can be described more fully and personally, adding those details would help ensure this page reflects who he was beyond the facts recorded in public notices.