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- Clarion Ledger
October 7, 2007
Robert R. Bassett
Robert R. Bassett, 87, passed away Friday, October 5, 2007 at River Oaks Hospital. Graveside services will be held 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Lakewood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home, High Street, Jackson.
Mr. Bassett was born June 11, 1920 in Akron, Ohio to Robert and Lavinia Bassett. He grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he received his degree in architecture from Carnegie Tech University. Upon graduating from Carnegie Tech, he toured the south and decided that Mississippi would be a good place to start his architecture practice. He and college friend, Art Godfrey, started Godfrey and Bassett Architects. They had a successful practice for over forty years with several different partners. Mr. Bassett was a little league coach, a member of the Levell Woods Exchange Club, the Lions Club and a long time member of Alta Woods Presbyterian Church.
He is predeceased by his wife, Marion B. Bassett. He is survived by: his daughter, Lani B. Redington (Mal), of Jacksonville, Florida; and sons, Bobby Bassett (Bete) of Ridgeland and David Bassett of Canton, Texas; four grandsons, Blair B. Redington of Jacksonville, Florida; Seth Bassett of Tallahassee, Florida; Ross Bassett of Hattiesburg and Nathan Bassett of Canton, Texas; his stepbrother, Sidney (Jan) Smith and their children Wendy and Eric of Sarasota, Florida. Memorials may be made to the Mississippi Animal Rescue League, 4395 South Drive.
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Robert Ross Bassett Jr.
Occupation: Retired architect
Born: Akron, Ohio - June 11, 1920
Education: BArch, Carnegie Mellon University, 1951
Certification: Registered architect, Mississippi
Career: Office manager Real Estate Maintenance, Inc., Pittsburgh, 1940-42; draftsman, designer Ben Hoffman, Architect, 1948-51; draftsman Malvaney, Naef and Overstreet, Architect, Jackson, Mississippi, 1951-52; draftsman, designer Raymond Birchett Architect, 1952-54; vice president, designer, architect Godfrey & Bassett, Architects, 1954-55; business manager, vice president Godfrey, Bassett & Pitts, Architects, Jackson, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1955-60; Godfrey, Bassett, Pitts & Tuminello, Architects, Jackson, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1960-65; Godfrey, Bassett, Malsel & Tuninello, Architects, Jackson, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1965-75; Godfrey, Bassett and Kuykendall, Architects, Jackson, Mississippi, 1985-90; semi-retired architect Godfrey, Bassett, Kuykendall & Campbell, Architects, 1990-.
Career Related: Participant Agri-business Seminary, Khaboorovsk, Siberia, Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs, 1994.
Creative Works: Principal works include Gunboat Cairo Exhibit, Vicksburg Military Park, Mississippi Interstate Highway Welcome Stas., designer numerous poultry and catfish processing plants in U.S., Nigerian, Iran.
Civic: Secretary Hinds County Planning Commission, Jackson, 1956-60; board directors West Point Pls., Inc. Jackson, 1984-, Helm, Inc., Jackson, 1991-93; past president Leavel Woods Exchange Club, 1970, Lake Mimosa Park Association, 1989, sec-treas., 1989-91.
Memberships: Fellow Jackson North Lions Club
Religion: Presbyterian
Family: son of Robert Ross and Lavina (Eberts) B.; married Marion Carrol Blumer, November 24, 1948; children: Harlan Wray, Robert Ross III, David Carl.
Address: Home - 1186 Lake Mimosa Drive, Raymond, Mississippi 39154-8332; Office - Godfrey, Bassett, Kuykendall & Campbell Architects, 825 South Plz, Jackson, Mississippi 39204-4936.
1930 Federal Census of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (2 Apr 1930)
Robert R. Bassett - 35 - M - PA-PA-PA - Head - Clerk Merchantile
Lavinia - 36 - F - PA-PA-PA - Wife
Robert R. Bassett Jr. - 9 - M - OH-PA-PA - Son
(Living at 243 Watson Blvd.)
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Bassett Family Association Database
1920 - 2007 (87 years)