Bassett Family Association Database

Wiley B. Bass, Jr.

Male 1934 - 1982  (47 years)


Personal Information

  • Name Wiley B. Bass 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 13 Sep 1934  Harnett County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID BD130480AB17004AB9B0A96EA53238E5D473 
    Died 16 Feb 1982  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The Daily Record, Dunn, North Carolina, August 17, 1954
      Wiley Bass, Jr. Will Graduate

      CAMP GORDON, GA. ? Pvt. Wiley Bass, Jr. of Route 4, Dunn, N.C. will graduate this week from the Field Radio Repair Course, one of the many courses offered at The Southeastern Signal School, Camp Gordon, Georgia. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Bass.
      The Field Radio Repair Course, which is 25 weeks along, trains selected personnel in field and depot maintenance of radio equipment used by the Army in the field.
      During his training, Pvt. Bass received a technical education worth thousands of dollars. He will now be reassigned to an active unit of the United States Army.
      The Southeastern Signal School is a component of the Signal Corps Training Center, a mammoth communications college, which supplies trained signal technicians to Army unites all over the world.


      1940 Federal Census of Duke, Harnett County, North Carolina (April 18, 1940)
      Wiley D. Bass - 37 - Male - Head - Dunn, North Carolina - Spare Hand Cotton Mill
      Susie Mae - 32 - Female - Wife - Dunn, North Carolina - Winds Cotton Mill
      Christine - 12 - Female - Daughter - Dunn, North Carolina
      Aileen - 9 - Female - Daughter - Dunn, North Carolina
      Weldon R. - 7 - Male - Son - Dunn, North Carolina
      Wiley D. Jr. - 5 - Male - Son - North Carolina
      Randall B. (Widower) - 79 - Male - Father - Sampson, North Carolina

      Durham Morning Herald
      North Carolina
      Thursday, February 16, 1982
      Wiley B. Bass Jr.
      Hillsborough - Wiley B. Bass Jr., 47, of Brigadoon Drive in Durham died Tuesday night at the home of his sister in Orange County.
      He was a native of Harnett County and was a veteran of the Korean War.
      The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. today in Ebenezer Baptist Church by the Reverend Tobie Stone. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in Baptist Chapel Church Cemetery in Sampson County.
      Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Maeline D. Bass; a daughter, Miss Rebecca Anne Bass of the home; three sons, Wiley B. Bass III of Raleigh, George Randall Bass of Hillsborough and David Allen Bass of the home; his mother, Mrs. Susie M. Bass of Durham; two sisters, Mrs. Christine B. Heath of Hillsborough and Mrs. Aline B. Roberson of Raleigh; a brother, Weldon Ray Bass of Durham; and two grandchildren.
      Pallbearers will be Robbie Robinson, Curtis Fowler, Curtis McNeill, Charles Ray, L.P. Spell and Jeff Stillwagon.
    Person ID I86  Bass51 Wiley Bass of North Carolina
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2022 

    Father Wiley B. Bass, Sr.,   b. Abt 1903, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1966, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Susie Mae Sessoms,   b. 10 Jun 1907, Beaver Dam, Cumberland County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Feb 1992, Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F22  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca Maeline Dorman,   b. 11 Feb 1935,   d. 7 Dec 2008, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Children 
     1. Rebecca Anne Bass
     2. Wiley B. Bass, III
     3. George Randall Bass
     4. David Allen Bass
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2019 
    Family ID F32  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart