Alvie Herbert Bassett

1912 - 1998  (85 years)

• Name	Alvie Herbert Bassett
  Birth	17 Feb 1912	Gretna, Gadsden Co, Florida
  Gender	Male
  _UID	433A9DA94EFC83438EBCC4DBACC4B6F0D281
  Death	6 Jan 1998	El Paso, Texas
  Notes	Herbert was raised by aunts and uncles. He was pulled out of high school to work in the cotton fields and decided to join the Army at age 17. Herbert served with the 4th Constabulary in Linz, Austria from 1947-1949 as HQ & HQ Detachment Commander (information provide by stepson Sterling P. Bassett). The 4th was stationed at Horsching just a few miles from Linz and was there on occupation duty in the southern half of Linz. The northern part of the city, across the Danube, was occupied by the Soviets. I found the birth records below, but also have the following: Sterling P. Bassett, was born 20 Jan 1941 in San Antonio, Texas as Sterling Putnam Clark III. His parents were Sterling P. Clark Jr. and Helen Mary Bamber Clark. His father died 29 Aug 1941. His mother remarried 31 Oct 1942 to MSGT Herbert Bassett. Helen died 1 Dec 1955. He was adopted by his stepfather 15 Mar 1957. He graduated from Texas A&M in 1963 and commissioned 2Lt in Regular Army. Retired in 1993 as Colonel. Returned to his native Texas and lived in El Paso (2009). 1930 Federal Census of Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii Hebert Bassett 20 M FL FL FL Enlisted US Army Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Fort Bliss, El Paso County, Texas Herbert Bassett, born 17 Feb 1912, died 6 Jan 1998, US Army, MAJOR Bassett Herbert Bassett, 85, passed away Tuesday January 6, 1998. He had been a longtime resident of El Paso. He was an Artillery Officer in the U.S. Army, Veteran of WWII and Korea and was an El Paso businessman after retiring from the U.S. Army. Survivors include his wife Jean Bassett; daughters, Gretchen Hinman of Anaheim, CA. and Jan Moore of Northville, Michigan; sons, Sterling Bassett of El Paso, Michael Bassett of Waxahachie, TX and Michael Monro of Homer, Alaska; sister, Bernice Earle of Jacksonville, FL; 6 grandchildren. In state Thursday 5-8 P.M. at Harding Orr & McDaniel Montana Avenue. Graveside funeral services with military honors will be private. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to a favorite charity.
  Person ID	I1648	48B Francis Bassett of South Carolina
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2013

  
  

  Father	Robert Hamilton McFarlin Bassett,   b. 1 Oct 1884, Marianna, Jackson County, Georgia d. 10 Mar 1951 (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Carrie Viola Chester,   b. 29 Oct 1886, Gretna, Gadsden Co, Florida d. 9 Aug 1919 (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	23 Jan 1907
  Family ID	F426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1
  Family ID	F741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Helen Mary Bamber,   b. 1911   d. 1955 (Age 44 years)
  Children	1. Living   2. Sterling Putnam Bassett,   b. 20 Jan 1941, Bexar County, Texas d. 28 Jul 2016, Las Ventanas (Age 75 years)   3. Michael Holloman Bassett   4. Jan Bassett   5. Elizabeth Ann Bassett
  Family ID	F742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Jean Ginter,   b. 12 May 1923, Lakewood, Ohio d. 26 Sep 2009, El Paso, Texas (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart