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John Raymond (Jackie) Bassett, Jr.

Male 1927 - 1996  (69 years)


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  • Name John Raymond (Jackie) Bassett 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 17/27 Oct 1927  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID A3247EC843AE02468FD2E5B8AE904D1EEDCC 
    Died 11 Dec 1996  Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Gwynn's Island Cemetery, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 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.
    Person ID I184  77B Richard Bassett of Mathews County, Virginia
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2012 

    Father John Raymond Bassett, Sr.,   b. 1 Jan 1895, Blakes, Mathews County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1978, Gwynn, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Ola Ernestine Carney,   b. 29 Mar 1896, Gwynn, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1990, Gwynn, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 20 Sep 1923  Gwynn, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F48  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Minnie Ethel Wilson 
    Married 19 May 1956  Gwynn, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. John Raymond Bassett, III
     3. Cathy B. Bassett
    Family ID F60  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart