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Willie Martin Bass

Male 1892 - 1953  (61 years)


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  • Name Willie Martin Bass 
    Born 10 Oct 1892  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID BA6D6AB84925A04ABF54BCD94DC5F97ED2E0 
    Died 31 Dec 1953  Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Harnett Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • News and Observer
      Raleigh, North Carolina
      Friday, January 1, 1954
      Willie M. Bass
      Clinton - Willie Martin Bass, 61, died at his home on Route 2, Newton Grove Thursday at 3:30 a.m. He was the son of Foscue Bass and Lou Barefoot Bass of Sampson County. Mr. Bass was a farmer of Terrings Township. He was a tobacconist and had been with Tally Brothers Tobacco Warehouse of Fuquay Springs for the past 20 years. Funeral services will be held at the Harnett Primitive Baptist Church Saturday at 3 o’clock with Elder Luther Tuner and the Reverend Millard Westboork officiating. The body will be taken to the church one hour prior to the services. Interment will be in the church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Persis McLamb Bass; one son, Cleveland Bass of Newton Grove; one daughter, Mrs. Mina Grey Bass of Fayetteville; one sister, Mrs. W.B. Warren of Fayetteville; one granddaughter.
    Person ID I45519  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2020 

    Father James Foscue Bass,   b. 5 Dec 1867, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1933, Mingo, Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Lue Nora Barefoot,   b. 15 Dec 1865, Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1935, Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Family ID F15792  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Persis McLamb,   b. 9 Mar 1893,   d. 2 Dec 1955  (Age 62 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Cleveland Bass,   b. 30 Jul 1916, Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1980, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     2. Minerva Gray Bass,   b. 26 Oct 1926, Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 2017  (Age 90 years)
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F16352  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart