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- Tipton Tribune, Indiana, Friday, 19 July 1996
Earl Bassett
ALEXANDRIA, Ind. ? Earl Bassett, 74, 9099 N.E. Oak St., died Wednesday at Community Hospital in Anderson as a result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident.
Born June 15, 1922, in Alexandria, he was the son of Roscoe and Grace Lee Bassett. He was married July 11, 1941, to Mary Cochran in Alexandria. She survives.
He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was an aviation machinist mate for four years, serving two years in the South Pacific.
In 1945, he joined the Alexandria Police Department, retiring in 1967 with the rank of captain. He worked as a machinist at Bassett Tool and Die in Alexandria.
He was a member of First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Alexandria Fraternal Order of Police, Alexandria Lions Club, Alexandria Masonic Lodge 178, Scottish Rite Valley of Indianapolis and Alexandria American Legion Post 87.
Other survivors include a daughter, Kathy Davis of Alexandria; a son, Bob Bassett of Anderson; a sister, Helen Peters of Alexandria; a brother, Wayne Bassett of Alexandria; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Judith Bassett; and a brother, Leroy Bassett.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church of Alexandria with the Rev. Cliff Richardson officiating. Burial will be in Park View Cemetery in Alexandria.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Owens Funeral Home?
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Bassett Family Association Database
1922 - 1996 (73 years)
d. 28 Mar 1951, Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana