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Hiram Victor Bass

Male 1917 - 2006  (88 years)


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  • Name Hiram Victor Bass 
    Born 28 Sep 1917  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Feb 2006 
    Notes 
    • The Daily Sentinel, Nacogdoches, Texas, Wednesday, March 1, 2006
      Hiram Victor Bass

      Graveside service for Mr. Hiram Victor Bass, age 88, of Nacogdoches will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 2, 2006, at Bethel Cemetery in Appleby with Bro. Bill Sherrill officiating. Mr. Bass passed away Monday, February 27, 2006, in Nacogdoches. Born September 28, 1917, in Appleby, he was the son of Dora Gardner Bass and Zack Taylor Bass. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II and continued to serve his country as a life member of the Nacogdoches V.F.W. Post 3893. Mr. Bass owned and operated Bass Grocery and Market on North Street during the 1950s. He later worked in sales and service of Mercury Outboard Motors, then owned and operated Bass Mobile Home Sales. The outdoors is where he loved to be while enjoying hunting and the fish for fish-fry gatherings he would throw welcoming any one who would show. He loved his family, friends and the Lord. Mr. Bass was a member of North Street Church of Christ. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Donnie and Tessie Bass of Etoile; daughters, Ina Dora Bass of Center, Vicki and the late James Mack Gibbs of Nacogdoches; Sharon and her husband, Bob Phillips, of Nacogdoches and "adopted" son and daughter, Kenneth and Sylvia Shotwell of Nacogdoches. He is also survived by fourteen grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Mr. Bass was preceded in death by his wife, Ouida Davis Bass; his son, Mike Bass and his son-in-law, James Mack Gibbs. Memorial donations may be made to Church of Christ, Building Fund, 3914 North Street, Nacogdoches, Texas 75965. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, 2006. Laird Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
    Person ID I50054  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 30 Mar 2021 

    Father Zachariah Taylor Bass,   b. 15 Mar 1887, Melrose, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1968, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Dora Gardner,   b. 1892,   d. 28 Mar 1930  (Age 38 years) 
    Family ID F17707  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Helen Dorothy McGinty 
    Children 
     1. Ina Doris Bass,   b. 20 Jan 1939,   d. 24 Aug 2019  (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 30 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F17708  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart