Bassett Family Association Database
Lillie Bell Averitt or Averette
1891 - 1962 (70 years)-
Name Lillie Bell Averitt or Averette Born 26 Jun 1891 Cumberland County, North Carolina Gender Female _UID ABE0E16BF88D8244905B350BD0B7E6BB7512 Died 10 Jun 1962 Durham, Durham County, North Carolina Buried Woodlawn Memorial Park, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina Notes - Durham Sun,
Durham, North Carolina
Monday, June 11, 1962
Mrs. Lillie Bass
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Averette Bass, 70, of 807 Hale Street, who died yesterday morning at Watts Hospital, will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Grey Stone Baptist Church.
The Reverend Malbert Smith, pastor of the church, and the Reverend David Morgan, assistant pastor, will conduct the services. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Carl Wallace, Clayton Wallace, Jimmy Green, Harvey Ferrell, Howard Harris and Clarence Harward.
Honorary pallbearers will be E. R. Baker, Clyde Maynor, Dr. H. L. Izlar, Dr. W.W. Boone, C.T. Poe, O.A. Houston Jr., Lucian Wallace, Johnnie Burnes, Dave Earp, R.F. Ferrell, Ervin Ferrell and Robert F. Bennett.
Born in Cumberland County, the daughter of James and Sarah Hedge Bass, she received her education in Cumberland County schools. She was married to the Late Redford Bass in 1907 and moved to Durham in 1927. She was a member of Grey Stone Baptist Church.
Mrs. Bass had been in declining health for two years and seriously ill for two weeks.
Surviving are seven daughters, Mrs. Claudia McFarland, Mrs. Louvenia Smith, Mrs. Lena Teeny Parrish, Mrs. Margie Poe, Mrs. Mavis Braswell, Mrs. Iona Perry and Mrs. Fay Maynor, all of Durham; three sons, Romark Bass, Asfurd Bass and Fred Bass, all of Durham; 30 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
Person ID I44352 1A William Bassett of Plymouth Last Modified 29 Feb 2020
Father James Monroe Averitt Mother Sarah Lee Edge Family ID F16002 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Redden Bright Bass, b. 11 Sep 1883, Sampson County, North Carolina , d. 22 Nov 1944, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (Age 61 years) Children 1. Martha Lee Bass, b. Abt 1903, Virginia 2. Mamie E. Bass, b. 17 Oct 1908, Cumberland County, North Carolina , d. 9 Jun 1954, New Hanover County, North Carolina (Age 45 years) + 3. Romark Melvin Bass, b. 20 Mar 1910, Sampson County, North Carolina , d. 6 Oct 1966, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (Age 56 years) 4. Claudia Harriet Bass, b. 3 Apr 1912, Cumberland County, North Carolina , d. 21 Jul 1996, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (Age 84 years) 5. Louvenia Gibsie Bass, b. 8 Jun 1914, Cumberland County, North Carolina , d. 12 Jul 1981, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (Age 67 years) 6. Lena Mildred Bass, b. 25 Nov 1916, Cumberland County, North Carolina , d. 28 Feb 2007, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (Age 90 years) 7. Virginia Margie Bass, b. 6 Jul 1919, Cumberland County, North Carolina , d. 1 Jul 2005, Durham County, North Carolina (Age 85 years) 8. Lilly Mavis Bass, b. 11 Oct 1921, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina , d. 18 Sep 2003, Alamance County, North Carolina (Age 81 years) 9. Redden Asfurd Bass, b. 20 Sep 1923, Sampson County, North Carolina , d. 23 Jan 1979, Orange County, North Carolina (Age 55 years) 10. Iona Frances Bass, b. 23 Jan 1927, Sampson County, North Carolina , d. 14 Feb 2012, North Carolina (Age 85 years) + 11. Fred Nelson Bass, b. 12 Mar 1930, Durham County, North Carolina , d. 14 Oct 1976, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (Age 46 years) 12. Ora Faye Bass, b. 7 Dec 1932, Durham County, North Carolina , d. 4 Feb 2019 (Age 86 years) Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 Family ID F15881 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Durham Sun,