| Notes |
- The Natchez Democrat, Friday, October 24, 2014
William L. Bassett
NATCHEZ ? Funeral arrangements for Willie L. Bassett, 84, of Natchez, who died Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, at Natchez Community Hospital, are incomplete at Bateaste Memorial Funeral Home.
Bateaste Memorial Funeral Home
Willie L. Bassett
June 23, 1930 ? October 23, 2014
Services: 11:00 a.m.; Saturday, November 1, 2014
Where: Jerusalem Baptist Church (Martin Luther King Jr. Road); Natchez, MS
Officiating: Reverend Walter Smith
Burial: Jerusalem Baptist Church #2 (Kingston); Natchez, MS
Funeral Home: Bateaste Memorial Funeral Home
Special Services/ Visitation: 5-7p.m., Friday, October 31, 2014 at Bateaste Memorial Funeral Home Chapel and 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 1, 2014 until service time.
Employment/ Occupation: Orleans Parish School District Retired: Yes
Religious Affiliation/ Church Activities: Zion Chapel #2 Baptist Church
Memberships: Deacon Board and Sunday School Superintendent
Preceeded in Death: his parents, Abraham Bassett and Addie Victory Bruce; Grandparents; His wife, Ernestine Green; One son, Willie Bassett, Jr.; Three brothers, Hugh Bassett, Walter Bassett and Roosevelt Bassett; One sister, Thelma Henry and one sister-in-law, Emma Lee Bassett
Survivors: his loving wife, Mother Betty Bassett of thirteen years; Four children, Richard (Lena) Bassett, Orlando, Fl, Apostle Sedella (Leonard) Welch of New Orleans, LA, Victoria (Brian) Rice, Locust Grove, GA, Calvin (Cassandra) Bassett of New Orleans, LA; One brother, Webb (Doris) Bassett of Baton Rouge, LA; One sister, Leola B. Harris of Natchez, MS; One uncle, Willie Bruce of Port Allen, LA; one brother-in-law, Warren Henry of Natchez, MS; ten grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren. His extended family: Five children, Denise (Sgt. Major) Taylor of Sunset, LA, Reverend Phineas (Elenor) Turner of Dallas, TX, Reverend Samuel Turner of Fort Worth, TX, Dwayne Turner of Dallas, TX and Christopher (Felicia) Turner of El Paso, TX; 20 step-grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. A special cousin-in-law Deacon Clarence Green and cousin James Smith and a host of nephews, nieces, other relative and friends.
|
Bassett Family Association Database
1930 - 2014 (84 years)