Bassett Family Association Database

James Edwin Bass

Male 1953 - 2008  (55 years)


Personal Information

  • Name James Edwin Bass 
    Born 7 Feb 1953 
    Gender Male 
    _UID C68F034592A1D04183C270B66F6FD81214F7 
    Died 21 Jul 2008 
    Notes 
    • Star-Telegram, July 24, 2008
      J. Ed Bass

      J. Ed Bass, 55, of Alvarado, a minister and pastor for 20 years and education director of the IT Department of Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie, died Monday, July 21, 2008, in Waxahachie.

      Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday in Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel in Burleson. Interment: Keene Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

      Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Chi Alpha Memorial Fund in honor of J. Ed Bass, Box 1188, Hurst, Texas 76053.
      James Edwin Bass was born Feb. 7, 1953, in Merced, Calif., to J.E. and Nellie Grace Rudy Bass. He married Leah Gayle Surface on May 27, 1977, in Nacogdoches. Ed was a beekeeper, loved gardening, and could fix anything. He was very intelligent, a lifelong learner, and had a hunger for educating himself about everything. He was a devoted husband, father, son, brother and friend. He put his family above all else. He was a kid at heart, always loved a good fairy tale, and had a tender heart.

      He was preceded in death by his father and grandparents. Survivors: Wife, Leah Gayle Bass of Alvarado; son, Jonathan Jared Elrond Bass and wife, Lindsay, of Waxahachie; daughter, Rachel Amanda Arwen Pathak and husband, Shomik, of Dallas; mother, Nellie Gace Rudy of Cleburne; sisters, Jenelle Arlene Bonifield and husband, Thomas, of Scottsdale, Ariz., Sondra Marcelle Hawkins and husband, Kyle, of Arlington; and many loving nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles and other family members.

    Person ID I45  Bass28 William Bass of Arkansas
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2022 

    Father J.E. Bass,   b. 29 Aug 1930, Waveland, Yell County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1992, Bridgeton, St. Louis County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Nellie Grace Rudy 
    Married 28 Dec 1950 
    Family ID F14  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Jonathan Bass
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2022 
    Family ID F23  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart