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Virginia Mae (Jennie) Bassett

Female 1925 - 2005  (79 years)

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  • Name Virginia Mae (Jennie) Bassett 
    Birth 28 Apr 1925  Lentner, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 57A5D0B476789146B336A6C48ABBBDF38DFF 
    Death 27 Jan 2005  Waukegan, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Grand View Burial Park Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Federal Census of Shelbina City, Shelby County, Missouri (9 Apr 1930)
      Oscar R. Bassett - Negro - 30 -M - MO-MO-MO - Head - Laborer Farm
      Jennie A. - Negro - 28 - F - MO-MO-MO - Wife
      Harry L. - Negro - 11 - M - MO-MO-MO - Son
      Chester R. - Negro - 8 - M - MO-MO-MO - Son
      Lester D. - Negro - 7 - M - MO-MO-MO - Son
      Virginia M. - Negro - 4-9/12 - F - MO-MO-MO - Daughter
      Julia - Negro - 3-10/12 - F - MO-MO-MO - Daughter
      Harold - Negro - 11/12 - M - MO-MO-MO - Son
      (Married at 18 and 16)
      (Living at 310 East Main)

      Hannibal Courier-Post
      Missouri
      Wednesday, February 2, 2005
      Virginia Mae Williams
      Waukegan, Illinois
      April 28, 1925 - January 27, 2005
      HANNIBAL - Virginia Mae (Jennie) Williams, 79, of Waukegan, Illinois, and formerly of Hannibal, died Thursday, January 27, 2005, at Victory Memorial Hospital in Waukegan, Illinois, surrounded by her family.
      Funeral services will be at noon Thursday, February 3, at Grand View Funeral Home in Hannibal. The Reverend Faye Vaughn will officiate. Burial will be at Grand View Burial Park.
      Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of services Thursday at the funeral home.
      Mrs. Williams was born April 28, 1925, in Lentner to Oscar Robert and Jennie Davis Bassett.
      She was married to Otis L. Williams Sr. on May 4, 1943. He died in 1997.
      Survivors include three sons, Otis Leon Williams Jr. of Gainesville, Virginia, Morlot Gushey Williams of Gurnee, Illinois, and Lionel Maurice Williams of Kansas City, Missouri; one daughter, Veanessa Williams of Park City; one sister, Julia Oneida Bassett of Peoria, Illinois; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
      She was preceded in death by her parents; and four brothers, Harry Bassett, Robert Bassett, Oscar Bassett and Harold Bassett.
      Mrs. Williams attended Douglass Elementary and High School in Hannibal. She was known for her cooking, baking and hospitality, and enjoyed feeding others who came to her home.
      She attended Second Christian Church in New London. She loved and collected Gospel music. She enjoyed singing and for many years was a member of the Hannibal Community Choir.

      The Hannibal Courier-Post
      February 2, 2005
      Virginia Mae Williams
      Waukegan, Illinois
      April 28, 1925 - January 27, 2005
      HANNIBAL - Virginia Mae (Jennie) Williams, 79, of Waukegan, Illinois, and formerly of Hannibal, died Thursday, January 27, 2005, at Victory Memorial Hospital in Waukegan, Illinois, surrounded by her family.
      Funeral services will be at noon Thursday, February 3, at Grand View Funeral Home in Hannibal. The Reverend Faye Vaughn will officiate. Burial will be at Grand View Burial Park.
      Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of services Thursday at the funeral home.
      Mrs. Williams was born April 28, 1925, in Lentner to Oscar Robert and Jennie Davis Bassett.
      She was married to Otis L. Williams Sr. on May 4, 1943. He died in 1997.
      Survivors include three sons, Otis Leon Williams Jr. of Gainesville, Virginia, Morlot Gushey Williams of Gurnee, Illinois, and Lionel Maurice Williams of Kansas City, Missouri; one daughter, Veanessa Williams of Park City; one sister, Julia Oneida Bassett of Peoria, Illinois; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
      She was preceded in death by her parents; and four brothers, Harry Bassett, Robert Bassett, Oscar Bassett and Harold Bassett.
      Mrs. Williams attended Douglass Elementary and High School in Hannibal. She was known for her cooking, baking and hospitality, and enjoyed feeding others who came to her home.
      She attended Second Christian Church in New London. She loved and collected Gospel music. She enjoyed singing and for many years was a member of the Hannibal Community Choir.
    Person ID I11  504B Oscar Bassett of Missouri
    Last Modified 24 Mar 2015 

    Father Oscar Robert Lee Bassett,   b. 26 Aug 1897, Monroe County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Jennie Davis,   b. Abt 1901, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 26 Aug 1918  Shelby County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Otis Leon Williams, Sr.   d. 1997 
    Marriage 4 May 1943 
    Children 
     1. Otis Leon Williams, Jr.
     2. Morlot Gushey Williams
     3. Lionel Maurice Williams
     4. Veanessa Williams
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2015 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Missouri Marriage Records.