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Virgil Duncan Bass

Male 1883 - 1959  (75 years)


Personal Information

  • Name Virgil Duncan Bass 
    Born 23 Aug 1883  Sumter County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 5B3D8C35F75B30428B9FCC266B5AA949F0D7 
    Died 16 Feb 1959  Sumter County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Zion Methodist Church, Leslie, Sumter County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Columbus Daily Enquirer, Georgia, Tuesday, February 17, 1959
      Virgil D. Bass

      Virgil Duncan Bass, 75, died at 5:30 p.m. Monday at The Medical Center after a long illness.
      Mr. Bass was a retired merchant and farmer who was born at Leslie, Ga., August 23, 1883. He was a son of the late Taylor and Elizabeth Parker Bass. He had lived in Columbus for eight years at 1026 Benning Drive. He was a member of South Columbus Methodist Church.
      Survivors include his wife, the former Tempie Willis; three daughters, Mrs. W.R. McBride, Mrs. A.B. McBride, and Mrs. W. W. Murray, all of Columbus; two sons, Otis and Thomas W. Bass, both of Columbus; one brother, Z.A. Bass, Americus; one sister, Mrs. J.C. Page, Leslie,; 14 grandchildren.
      Funeral will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at Leslie Methodist Church. Burial will be in Leslie Cemetery.
      Striffler-Hamby Mortuary is in charge.
    Person ID I215  Bass15 Andrew Bass of NC & Georgia
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2021 

    Father Green Taylor Bass,   b. 21 Jan 1849, Sumter County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1908, Americus, Sumter County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth F. Duncan,   b. Feb 1853, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1930  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Family ID F68  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Temperance Ann (Tempie) Willis,   b. Abt 1890, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1962, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Children 
     1. Virgil Henry Bass,   b. 2 Aug 1920, Leslie, Sumter County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1926, Leslie, Sumter County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 6 years)
     2. Thomas Watson Bass,   b. 26 Sep 1922, Leslie, Sumter County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 2008, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Last Modified 15 Apr 2019 
    Family ID F69  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart