Matthew Phillip Bass

1919 - 1958  (39 years)

• Name	Matthew Phillip Bass
  Birth	1919	North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Dec 1958	North Carolina
  Notes	Bristol Virginia-Tennessean, 5 December 1958 Negro Janitor Dies Quietly RALEIGH, N.C., (UPI) ? Burly Negro janitor Matthew Phillip Bass, 42, stoicly went to his death today in the state gas chamber for the knife raping of a white mother of three children. Bass was pronounced dead at 10:17 a.m., 13 minutes and 55 seconds after the switch releasing the deadly cyanide gas was pulled. Bass was the 361st person to be executed by the state and the 189th to die by gas. Described by Warden K.B. Bailey as ?troublesome? during his stay on death row, Bass was handcuffed while he was led to the gas chamber, a procedure reserved for unruly prisoners. However, Bass remained quiet and offered no resistance as he was strapped into the chair.
  Person ID	I38	Bass165 Henry Bass of South Carolina
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry Bass,   b. 29 Feb 1891, Brightsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina d. 29 Nov 1964, Pinehurst, Moore County, North Carolina
  Mother	Hattie Davis,   b. 1888, South Carolina
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alberta Grimes,   b. 4 Oct 1923   d. 4 Jun 2006 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	20 Jan 1955	Wake County, North Carolina
  Children	1. Jessie Bass   2. Millicent Bass   3. Phyllis Ann Bass,   b. 1953   d. 23 Oct 2017 (Age 64 years)   4. Matthew Phillip Bass, Jr.   d. 12 May 2025, North Carolina   5. Emmanuel S. Bass
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2025