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Ethel Watkins Sandridge

Female 1923 - 2011  (88 years)


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  • Name Ethel Watkins Sandridge 
    Born 27 Apr 1923  Crozet, Albemarle County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 25 Dec 2011  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • The News & Advance, Virginia, January 25, 2012
      Ethel Watkins Sandridge Bass

      Ethel Watkins Sandridge Bass, 88, of Lynchburg went to Heaven to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus with all the Angels on Christmas Day. She was the wife of the late Bascomb Claude Bass of Charlotte County. Born April 27, 1923, in Crozet, she was the youngest child of the late Logan and Hattie Sandridge.
      Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her three brothers and five sisters. Ethel also survived three of her own children, Edward Logan Bass of Lynchburg, Carroll Connelly Bass of Madison Heights, and David Watkins Bass of Winnabow, N.C., as well as two great-grandchildren, James Lee Burns and Christopher Alan Bass, both of whom died in infancy.
      Ethel was a member of Mountain Plain Baptist Church in Crozet as a child. When she married in 1941, she moved with her husband to Hat Creek, and although he was a member of Hat Creek Presbyterian Church, Ethel remained loyal to her denomination and transferred her membership to Beulah Baptist Church, just up the road a bit. The family later moved to Lynchburg and Ethel continued to worship the lord in various Baptist churches in the Lynchburg area, with the last and longest membership being at Temple Baptist Church in Madison Heights. While at Temple, Ethel very much enjoyed being the church bus captain, assisting her oldest son, Eddie, in filling the bus each Sunday morning with her fellow worshipers.
      Ethel leaves behind four children, Jean Bass Burns, Ronald Eugene Bass and James Sinclair Bass (Sue), all of Lynchburg, and Michael Stanley Bass (Karen) of Madison Heights. She also leaves behind eight grandchildren, James Burns (Elena), Kent Burns (Karen), Lisa Burns Clark (Barry), Tammy Bowling, Travis Bass (Emily Scott) and Tracy Bass (Rennie Tomlin), all of Lynchburg, Christopher Bass of Winnabow, N.C., and Michelle Mawyer (Bobby) of Madison Heights. There are also 10 surviving great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild and one on the way.
      The family would like to send a special ?Thank You? to the staff at Lynchburg Health and Rehab for all the love and care shown to our Mother (Granny), and a special ?Thanks? to Michelle who actually called her ?Granny.? ?Thank you? also to Mrs. Ellen Wade for being a wonderful roommate to her for the last couple of years.
      A service to celebrate Ethel?s life was planned for Dec. 28 in the chapel of Heritage Funeral Service and Crematory by the Rev. Earl Clarkson and the Rev. Walter Yancey, with interment in Hat Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery. The family received friends and family at Heritage Funeral Service, 427 Graves Mill Road on Dec. 27 and other times at the residence of her daughter.
      In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in honor of Ethel can be made to Temple Baptist Church or Thomas Road Baptist Church.
      Heritage Funeral Service and Crematory, 427 Graves Mill Road (434) 239-2405 is assisting the family. Memories and thoughts may be shared with the family at www.heritagefuneralandcremation.com.
    Person ID I34837  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 14 Jul 2022 

    Family Bascomb Claude Bass,   b. 10 Jun 1909, Charlotte County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1970, Lynchburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Children 
     1. Edward Logan Bass,   b. 12 Jan 1943, Newport News, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 2004, Lynchburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     2. Carroll Connelly Bass,   b. 19 Feb 1946, Lynchburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 2010  (Age 64 years)
     3. David Watkins Bass,   b. 1948,   d. 2009  (Age 61 years)
     4. Ronald Eugene Bass,   b. 9 Dec 1949,   d. 12 Mar 2021  (Age 71 years)
    +5. James SInclair Bass,   b. 26 Aug 1952,   d. 20 Apr 2021  (Age 68 years)
     6. Jean Bass,   b. 13 Jan 1945, Charlottesville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 2021  (Age 76 years)
     7. Michael Stanley Bass,   b. 22 Aug 1951
    Last Modified 14 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F17870  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart