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Richard Oliver Bass

Male 1923 - 2004  (81 years)


Personal Information

  • Name Richard Oliver Bass 
    Born 24 Jun 1923  Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Jul 2004  Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Mobile Register, Alabama, Saturday, July 31, 2004
      Richard O. Bass; Former Miles trustee dies

      FAIRFIELD, Ala. - Bishop Richard O. Bass, a former Miles College Board of Trustees Chairman, has died. He was 81.

      Miles President Albert Sloan said Bass, who died July 21, brought a dynamic leadership and administrative style to the college during a critical period.

      "Bishop Bass helped guide Miles to a new level, and he would be forever indebted to having been given the opportunity to serve at the helm of a great institution," he said.

      Student enrollment increased under Bass' leadership while expansion efforts began in 1989. Miles honored him in the fall of 2000 with the dedication of the multimillion-dollar Richard O. Bass women's dormitory, which was part of the construction project.

      Bass graduated from Lane College in 1947 and later received his master's of divinity degree from Garrett Biblical Institute in Evanston, Ill., in 1972.

      A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the South Side CME Church.
    Person ID I13  Bass195 Simon Bass of Wilson County, Tennessee
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2021 

    Father Daniel Webster Bass,   b. 3 Jun 1896, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Rosa Payne,   b. 1906 
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edith Valentine Thomas,   d. 1990 
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2021 
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart