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John Robertson Bass

Male 1924 - 1985  (60 years)


Personal Information

  • Name John Robertson Bass 
    Born 22 Oct 1924  Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 3649EF7738BBD141AD576DCF8B425FFD53EF 
    Died 6 Jul 1985  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Aimwell Cemetery, Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Federal Census of Township #7, Fairfield County, South Carolina (April 10, 1930)
      Cora Bass (Widow?) - 45 - Female - SC-SC-GA - Head - Farmer
      George - 16 - Male - SC-SC-SC - Son - Laborer Farm
      Charlie - 13 - Male - SC-SC-SC - Son
      Sam - 11 - Male - SC-SC-SC - Son
      Rubie - 8 - Female - SC-SC-SC - Daughter
      Johnnie - 5 - Male - SC-SC-SC - Son

      State
      Columbia, South Carolina
      July 7, 1985
      John R. Bass
      Ridgeway - John Robertson Bass, 60, died Saturday.
      Born in Ridgeway, he was a son of the late John and Cora Dove Bass. Mr. Bass was a member of the First Baptist Church of Ridgeway. He was a retired carpenter and an Army veteran of World War II.
      Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Portia Smith Bass; a son, John T. Bass of Camden; daughters, Mrs. Frances Maddox and Miss Rebecca Bass of Ridgeway, Ms. Marilyn Pierce of Columbia and Ms. Carolyn Barfield of Camden; brothers, Tollie, Sam and Charlie Bass of Ridgeway; and grandchildren.
      Services will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church of Ridgeway, with burial in Aimwell Cemetery.
      The family wil receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Pope Funeral Home.
    Person ID I62  Bass63 Eli Bass of South Carolina
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2019 

    Father Allen Walter Benjamin Bass, Sr.,   b. 9 Jul 1880, Chesterfield County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1978, Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Mother Cora Dove,   b. 11 Nov 1883, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1958, Fairfield County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F15  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Portia Smith,   b. 30 May 1921,   d. 18 Oct 2007  (Age 86 years) 
    Children 
    +1. John Thomas Bass,   b. 8 Sep 1943, Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 2007, Mableton, Cobb County, Georgia. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     2. Frances Bass
     3. Rebecca Bass
     4. Marilyn Bass
     5. Carolyn Bass
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F33  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart