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The Anniston Star, Alabama, Dec. 14, 1961
Workman Is Killed In Mishap
Road Employe Is Victim
By Jerry Hampton
CENTRE ? a 51-year-old State Highway Department workman was killed instantly here Wednesday when caught beneath a falling tree while clearing right-of-way for a new road.
J.D. Hunt, engineer in charge of the Centre office, identified the man as Calvin Wilson Bass of Piedmont, Rt. 3.
The accident occurred in the Jamestown Community as a group of workmen cut a series of trees, Hunt explained. High winds in the area at the time held one of the trees upright after its base had been severed, Huhnt said, and workmen finally moved on to the next tree after fruitless efforts to bring the first to earth.
Bass was picking up some brush in the fall path of the first tree when the wind suddenly stopped, and was crushed as the heavy weight toppled on top of him before he could move.
He was dead when frantic fellow workmen tore away the brush and limbs to reach his body.
Services will ber held from the Goshen Methodist Church with the Rev. M.J. McElhaney officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Perry Funeral Home in charge. Time of the funeral will be announced as soon as out-of-state relatives arrive here.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mozelle Bass of Piedmont, Rt. 3; four sons, Kenneth Bass of the Navy, Frederick, Donald and Gary Bass all of Piedmont, Rt. 3; three daughters Miss Nola Gale Bass of Mrs. Dean Morris both of Oklahoma, and Miss Yvonne Bass of Piedmont, Rt. 3; and a brother and three sisters.
Piedmont Journal, Alabama, Friday, December 29, 1961
Calvin Bass
Calvin Wilson Bass, 61, of Goshen community, was fatally injured Dec. 13 when a tgree toppled on him while working in Jamestown community, Cherokee County.
Mr. Bass was a State Highway Dept. employe, and along with others, was cutting trees. One tree had been sawed through, but was still standing upright. The men moved on, and Bass was picking up brush when a change in the direction of the wind brought the tree down on him.
Funeral services where held at Goshen Methodist Church at 2 o?clock, Dec. 16, the Rev. J.J. McElhany and the Rev. B.M. McElroy officiating. Mr. Bass was a member of Goshen Methodist Church.
Surviving are the diwo, Mrs. Mozelle Ray Bass; 3 daughters, Mrs. Nola Garroutte, Mrs. Charlotte Myers, both of Oklahoma; Yvonne Bass, Piedmont; four sons, Freddie, Donald, and Gary, all of Piedmont; and Kenneth Bass, U.S. Navy; his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Kelly, Oklahoma; three sisters, Mrs. Rebeecca Parris, Mrs. Opal White, both of Oklahoma, and Mrs. Caroline Martin, Arkansas; 1 brother, Frank Bass, California.
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1910 - 1961 (~ 51 years)