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James Otis Bass, Sr.

Male 1925 - 1983  (57 years)


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  • Name James Otis Bass 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 27 Jul 1925  Wise County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID DDA21490DCF94F48814981CA25A5A2E5F502 
    Died Feb 1983  Wise County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried American Legion Cemetery, Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Kingsport Times-News, Tennessee, Tuesday, March 1, 1983
      James Bass Sr.

      BIG STONE GAP, VA. ? James Otis Bass Sr., 57, Big Stone Gap, Va., died Sunday at Holston Valley Hospital & Medical Center after a long illness.
      Born in Big Stone Gap, Va., he worked as a welder in the Navy shipyards in Newport News, Va., for 20 years before returning to Big Stone Gap in 1953, where he owned and operated Bass Grocery for several years.
      Surviving are two sons, James Otis Bass Jr., and Timothy Carl Bass, both of Big Stone Bap, Va.; one daughter, Linda Sue Bowen, Blackwater, Va.; two brothers, Conner Bass, Big Stone Gap, Va., and Glen Bass, Michigan; one sister, Hazel Borden, Michigan.
      Friends may call from 7-9 tonight at Holding Funeral Home, in Big Stone Gap, Va.
      Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Hugh Bowers officiating.
      Burial will be in the American Legion Cemetery.

    Person ID I39324  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2022 

    Father Henry Carlyle Bass,   b. 1 Oct 1889, Hawkins County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1961, Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Mable May (Matie) Spriggs,   b. 16 Oct 1898, Hawkins County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1980, Wise County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F13839  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rachel Smith,   b. 1 Aug 1939, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1987  (Age 48 years) 
    Married 1967 
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2019 
    Family ID F13846  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart