Bassett Family Association Database
George Robert Bass
1885 - 1939 (54 years)-
Name George Robert Bass Born 3 Jun 1885 Sampson County, North Carolina Gender Male _UID 0C0C4DDEA40AC7478B801B0D13C6BA1BE03B Died 24 Dec 1939 Dunn, Sampson County, North Carolina Buried Bright Bass Family Cemetery, Plain View, Sampson County, North Carolina Notes - News and Observer
Raleigh, North Carolina
Monday, December 25, 1939
George R. Bass
Dunn - George Robert Bass, 54, retired Sampson County farmer, died at his home on Dunn, Route 5, early Sunday afternoon. He had been in failing health for the past several years and confined to his bed for seven weeks.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Spring Branch Church, near Dunn. The Reverend C.H. Cashwell of Wendell, pastor, and the Reverend G.A. Bain will officiate. Burial will be in the Bass family cemetery near the home.
Mr. Bass, a native and life long resident of Sampson County, was the son of the late L.H. and Penny Ingraham N. Bass of a prominent Sampson family. He was a member of the Spring Branch Church and was one of the best known farmers in the Mingo section.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Martha Bass; three sons, Lewis, Freeman and Corby Bass, all of near Dunn; a brother, J.W. Bass of Dunn, Route 4; two sisters, Mrs. J.H. Norris of Dunn, Route 1, and Mrs. E.M. Williford of Roseboro, Route 2; and a grandson, Larry Robert Bass.
Person ID I44278 1A William Bassett of Plymouth Last Modified 18 Feb 2020
Father Lewis Henry Bass, b. 17 Mar 1851, Sampson County, North Carolina , d. 23 May 1899, Sampson County, North Carolina (Age 48 years) Mother Penelope Ingram, b. 2 Jul 1851, Sampson County, North Carolina , d. 20 Mar 1914, Sampson County, North Carolina (Age 62 years) Family ID F15810 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Martha Jane Jernigan, b. 30 Jan 1887, Sampson County, North Carolina , d. 21 May 1949, Harnett County, North Carolina (Age 62 years) Children 1. Earl Glenn Bass, b. 23 Aug 1910, North Carolina , d. 19 Dec 1910, North Carolina (Age 0 years) + 2. Louis Robert Bass, b. 29 Jul 1913, Sampson County, North Carolina , d. 13 Feb 1980, Durham County, North Carolina (Age 66 years) + 3. George Freeman Bass, b. 29 Jul 1915, Sampson County, North Carolina , d. 23 Dec 1994, Harnett County, North Carolina (Age 79 years) 4. Nancy Louanna Bass, b. 9 Jun 1917, North Carolina , d. 18 Jul 1918, North Carolina (Age 1 years) 5. Corbett Corby Campbell (Sam) Bass, b. 31 Jul 1928, Sampson County, North Carolina , d. 5 Feb 1995, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina (Age 66 years) Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 Family ID F15866 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- News and Observer