Bassett Family Association Database

Bessie Helen DeWitt Garris

Female 1927 - 2008  (~ 81 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Bessie Helen DeWitt Garris was born on April 12, 1927 in White City,Kentucy (daughter of George ALbert Garris and Nellar Gamblin); died on February 8, 2008 in Summerville, Richland, South Carolina, USA.

    Notes:

    Charleston Post & Courier, February 20, 2008
    Bessie Bassett

    SUMMERVILLE – Mrs. Bessie Helen Bassett, 80, of 100 Pete Ewers Drive, Summerville, died Friday morning, February 8, 2008, at her residence. She was twice married, first to the late Riddick Ben DeWitt and secondly to the late Jerry Bassett. Funeral services will be held 2 o’clock Monday afternoon, February 11, 2008, from The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Chapel, Walterboro. Interment will follow in Peniel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Peniel Road, Walterboro. Mrs. Bassett was born April 12, 1927, in White City, Kentucky, and was a daughter of the late George ALbert Garris and Nellar Gamblin Garris. She was of the Southern Baptist Faith and had a love for crafts and sewing. Surviving are: three sons, Donald R. DeWitt of Summerville, Elijah “Gomer” DeWitt and his wife Ann of Land-O-Lakes, Florida, and Harold Ben DeWitt of Walterboro; two daughters, Helen Mae DeWitt of Goose Creek and Mary Katherine Guard and her husband Garry of Zalfo Spring, Florida. There are ten grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Flowers will be accepted, or for those that with, the family has suggested that memorials be directed in her memory to: American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312; or donate at www.diabetes.org. Family and friends are invited to call from 6:00 until 8:00 this Sunday evening at the Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Homes, Walterboro Chapel, 1193 Bells Highway, Watlerboro, 843-538-5408. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.

    Family/Spouse: Riddick Ben DeWitt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Jerry Bassett. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Jerry Bassett. Jerry (son of James Ruffin Bassett and Viola Kinsey) was born in 7 Oct 1925 in South Carolina, USA; died in 5 Sep 1993 in Colleton County, South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George ALbert Garris

    George married Nellar Gamblin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Nellar Gamblin
    Children:
    1. 1. Bessie Helen DeWitt Garris was born on April 12, 1927 in White City,Kentucy; died on February 8, 2008 in Summerville, Richland, South Carolina, USA.