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Sylvester Bass

Male 1915 - 1936  (21 years)


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  • Name Sylvester Bass 
    Born 1915 
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Jan 1936  Norfolk, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Thursday, January 16, 1936
      Sylvester A. Bass

      Funeral services for Mr. Bass, 20, of 1401 West Thirty-ninth street, who died Monday afternoon at a local hospital of a stab wound sustained New Year?s Eve, were conducted yesterday afternoon at 2 o?clock at the residence of his sister, Mrs. J.W. Whitehead, at 842 West Thirty-fifth street. The Rev. W.H. Garman, pastor of Old Zion Christian Church, officiated. The casket was covered with a pall of pink roses, white carnations, baby?s breath and fern, and there were many floral tributes. The funeral was laregely attended.
      During the services James E. White sand ?Lay My Head Beneath a Rose,? the choir of Old Zion Church sand ?Rock of Ages,? and the Misses Myrtle and Pauline Gunter sang ?No Disappointment in Heaven.?
      Pallbearers were Vernie, Justin, Goldie, Albert, Lensey and Ernest Bass, all cousins of the deceased. Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
    Person ID I50102  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2021 

    Father John Wesley Bass,   b. 12 Aug 1893, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1963, Norfolk, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Mamie Florence Horton,   b. 1891,   d. 15 May 1955  (Age 64 years) 
    Family ID F17721  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart