Longtime health care leader William Cordell Mason, known throughout the community as Bill Mason, died July 2 at the age of 86.
Mason joined Baptist Health in 1978 and spent 20 years as president and CEO of Baptist Medical Center and Baptist Health.
Among his contributions were Wolfson Children’s Hospital and Life Flight, the area’s first helicopter ambulance service, at Baptist Medical Center; and Baptist’s expansion to include Baptist South and hospitals in Jacksonville Beach and Fernandina Beach.