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Betty Jean Bass

Female 1923 - 2015  (92 years)


Personal Information

  • Name Betty Jean Bass 
    Born 24 Jan 1923 
    Gender Female 
    Died 30 Oct 2015  Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried McGehee Cemetery, McGehee, Desha County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Find-a-Grave obituary
      Betty Jean Seamans

      Betty Jean Seamans, 92, of Bella Vista, AR, formerly of McGehee, AR passed away Friday, October 30, 2015.

      Betty was born in McGehee, Arkansas on January 24, 1923 to the late Dennis Malley and Mary Griffing Bass.

      She owned and operated Seamans Grocery for many years. Betty was a former secretary for C. S. Griffing Insurance Company and also did income taxes for people. She was a former member of First Baptist Church of McGehee, AR, where she sang in the choir, taught Sunday school, and she learned sign language to assist the deaf in worship services and church.

      Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Jack B. Seamans; son, Dennis P. Seamans, and brother, Donald D. Bass.

      Survivors include her daughter, Betty Shirakbari and her husband, Nasser of Bella Vista, AR; grandchildren, Rob Shirakbari, Alicia Leslie, Andie Martar, Melanie Brown, Matthew Seamans, and Charlie Seamans; great-grandchildren, Jack Martar, Sydney and Graham Leslie, Corrine and Braiden Ellis, Shiloh and Emily Seamans.

      Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at First Baptist Church in McGehee, AR with Dr. Ed Balducci and Bishop Sam Seamans officiating.

      Burial will be at McGehee Cemetery in McGehee, AR.

      Griffin-Culpepper Funeral Service in McGehee, AR.
    Person ID I35  Bass70B Benjamin Bass of Mississippi
    Last Modified 12 May 2019 

    Father Dennis Malley Bass,   b. 4 Sep 1895, Winchester, Drew County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1992, McGehee, Desha County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years) 
    Mother Mary G. Griffing,   b. 1904,   d. 1985  (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jack B. Seamans 
    Last Modified 12 May 2019 
    Family ID F13  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart