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Lewis Weldon (Doctor) Bass

Male 1908 - 1980  (71 years)


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  • Name Lewis Weldon (Doctor) Bass 
    Born 28 Jan 1908 
    Gender Male 
    _UID C9C950140AD47E46BAE0CADF54A0BCD15C31 
    Died 12 Jan 1980 
    Buried William Bass Family Cemetery, Person County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Federal Census of Mount Tirzah, Person County, North Carolina (May 3, 1910)
      Thomas Bass - Black - 56 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Head - Farmer Home Farm
      Banie - Black - 38 - Female - NC-NC-NC - Wife
      William B. - Black - 16 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Son - Farm Laborer Home Farm
      Verna R. - Black - 14 - Female - NC-NC-NC - Daughter
      Elizabeth - Black - 10 - Female - NC-NC-NC - Daughter
      Effie L. - Black - 8 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Son
      Arthur - Black - 5 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Son
      Doctor - Black - 3 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Son
      (Married 26 years, 11 children, 10 living)

      Durham Sun
      North Carolina
      January 17, 1980
      Lewis W. Bass
      Funeral services for Lewis Weldon Bass, 71, of 3206-A Galasson Street, who died Saturday night in Durham Rehabilitation Center, were held at 2 p.m. today in Siloam Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Bass family cemetery.
      He was a retired gardener at Duke University.
      Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Virgie Torain Bass; three sons, John Thomas Bass of Baltimore and Ervin Bass and Joe Lewis Bass, both of Durham; three daughters, Mrs. Francis Clayton of Hurdle Mills, Mrs. Dorothy Thorpe of Durham and Mrs. Virgaline Nesmith of Rochester, New York; a brother, William “Buck” Bass of Rougemont; a sister, Mrs. Elsie Ford of Rougemont, and nine grandchildren.
    Person ID I51723  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2019 

    Father Thomas Bass,   b. Abt 1859, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1915  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Mother Bannie Glenn,   b. Abt 1871, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1947  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Family ID F18115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Virgie Torain 
    Children 
     1. John Thomas Bass,   b. 31 Dec 1916,   d. 12 Apr 2019  (Age 102 years)
    +2. Ervin Bass,   b. Abt 1941, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1986, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years)
     3. Joe Lewis Bass
     4. Frances Bass
     5. Dorothy Bass
     6. Virgieline Bass,   b. 13 Nov 1952,   d. 12 Nov 2021  (Age 68 years)
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2019 
    Family ID F18127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart