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- Information provided by Rie Sadler
John and Ola Bassett with son, John R. Bassett, Jr. moved from Blakes, Virginia to Gwynn's Island, Virginia in 1933. He built their home on Gwynn's Island next to a shop he had built previously. They moved into their new home in January 1936. He was a good carpenter and mechanic.
Richmond Times-Dispatch, Virginia
December 12, 1996
Gwynn's Island
John R. "Jackie" Bassett Jr.
Gwynn's Island - John R. "Jackie" Bassett Jr., 69, husband of Minnie Ethel Bassett.
Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia
December 12, 1996
John R. Bassett Jr.
MATHEWS - John R. "Jackie" Bassett Jr., 69, of Gwynn's Island passed away on Wednesday, December 11, 1996, after a courageous fight with cancer.
Jackie, a lifelong resident of Gwynn's Island and a devoted member of Gwynn's Island Baptist Church, is survived by his wife, Minnie Ethel Bassett; two daughters, Deborah B. Buchanan and Cathy B. Owens, one son, John Raymond Bassett III; and two grandchildren, Christopher Buchanan and Ashley Owens, all of Gwynn's Island.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at the Gwynn's Island Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Gwynn's Island Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Foster-Faulkner Funeral Home, Mathews.
Memorials may be made to the Gwynn's Island Baptist Church Building Fund, Gwynn, Virginia 23066; and/or the American Cancer Society, 2730 Ellsmere Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia 23513.
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