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Jesse Ransom (Richard) Bass

Male 1942 - 1994  (51 years)

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  • Name Jesse Ransom (Richard) Bass 
    Birth 29 Aug 1942  Wilson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 39499B6147435F4F998345A491F3D94C643A 
    Death 20 Aug 1994  Suffolk, Suffolk City, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Bass Cemetery, Wilson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Monday, August 22, 1994
      Jesse R. Bass

      Jesse R. Bass, 51, died Saturday, Aug. 20, 1994.

      Mr. Bass was born in Wilson, N.C., a son of the late Jesse W. and Essie Rol Bass. He was a Baptist.

      Surviving are his wife, Margie E. Bass; three sons, Richard D. Bass of Virginia Beach and Tommy W. Bass and Joseph R. Bass, both of Suffolk; a grandson, Trent W. Bass; a brother, Charles R. Bass of Nashville, N.C.; five sisters, Mamie B. Parker of Currituck, N.C., Betty B. Lewis of Chesapeake, Nellie B. Beebe and Shirley B. Brantley, both of Rocky Mount, N.C., and Bonnie B. Webber of Cove City, N.C.

      Funeral services will be held at Johnson Funeral Home, Sunset Avenue Chapel, at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday with the Rev. Gene Wood officiating. Burial will follow in the Bass Family Cemetery, Lucama, N.C.

      The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. today; other times at 316 Kingston Ave., Rocky Mount. Flowers will be accepted or contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or the American Lung Association. Johnson Funeral Home, Sunset Avenue Chapel, Rocky Mount, N.C.

    Person ID I40625  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2022 

    Father Jesse Wright Bass,   b. 22 May 1911, Cross Roads Township, Wilson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1963, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Essie Rola Capps,   b. 8 Mar 1913   d. 19 Dec 1987 (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F14329  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margie Ruth Easom 
    Marriage 21 Sep 1963  Portsmouth, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F14331  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2019