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Ewell Byrd Bass
Retired from Gulf Oil Company
Graveside services for Ewell Byrd Bass will be held Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Magnolia Cemetery with the Revs. Dr. Raymon Leake and Steve Johnson officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Bass, 90, of Meridian, died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2001, at Beverly Health Care. He was retired from Gulf Oil Company where he was a district sales representative for the Birmingham office.
Mr. Bass was a member of First Baptist Church and a Deacon. He was a longtime member of the Rotary Club and a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Laura Kimbrell Bass and her children, Reid Kimbrell, Dorothy Reeves, Marcia Shirley and Cathy Feltenstein, all of Meridian; a son, George Leon Bass of Biloxi; and a daughter, Arlene Bass Day and her husband, Dean, of Augusta, Ky. He is also survived by numerous grandchildren including Jason Bass and his wife, Leslie, of Meridian as well as several great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ruth Snider Bass; a sister, Emma Louise Bass; and his parents, William and Mary Bass.
The family requests memorials be made to First Baptist Church Building Program or a favorite charity.
Visitation will be today from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
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