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Ernest Tillman Bass, Sr.

Male 1893 - 1958  (65 years)


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  • Name Ernest Tillman Bass 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 3 Mar 1893  Darlington County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID BC2CE048E08B314EA5A5032FA42AFC66A671 
    Died 22 Oct 1958  Richland, Columbia County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Magnolia Cemetery, Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Federal Census of Lydia, Darlington County, South Carolina (June 8, 1900)
      Catherine Bass (Widow) - 49 - Female - Dec 1850 - SC-SC-SC - Head
      Sallie - 20 - Female - Jul 1879 - SC-SC-SC - Daughter
      George - 17 - Male - Dec 1882 - SC-SC-SC - Son
      Ernest - 7 - Male - Mar 1893 - SC-SC-SC - Son

      The State
      Columbia, South Carolina
      Thursday, October 23, 1958
      E.T. Bass, 65, Of Hartsville
      Hartsville - (Special) - Ernest T. Bass, Sr., 65, died in the Veterans Hospital in Columbia early Wednesday morning after an extended illness.
      Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Thursday from the chapel of the Brown-Pennington Funeral Home by his pastor, the Reverend Wayne Ballentin. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery with Masonic honors by Hartsville Lodge 173 AFM.
      Mr. Bass was born and reared in Hartsville, a son of the late George W. and Katherine Griggs Bass.
      He was a member of Hartsville Lodge 173 and a veteran of World War I, having served as a sergeant in Company ā€œLā€, 118th Infantry.
      He is a charter member of St. Luke Methodist Church. Until his retirement about six years ago, he was engaged in the retail furniture business in Hartsville.
      Survivors include his widow, the former Miss Frances King; one daughter, Mrs. Keith M. (Frances) Tyner of Key West, Florida; two sons, Ernest T. Bass, Jr. of Bethune and Robert K. Bass of Hartsville; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Maxey Galloway of Lydia and Mrs. Lawton E. Dampier of Lamar, and two brothers, Hood Bass, Sr. of Darlington County and Henry L. Bass of Lydia. The body will be at the Brown-Pennington Funeral Home.
    Person ID I40281  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2019 

    Father George Washington Bass, Sr.,   b. Abt 1847, Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1892, Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Mother Catherine B. Griggs,   b. Dec 1850, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1936  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Family ID F13976  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Frances King,   b. 30 Jul 1897, Darlington County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1974, Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Ernest Tillman Bass, Jr.,   b. 6 Jun 1922, Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1990  (Age 68 years)
    +2. Robert King Bass, Sr.,   b. 16 Feb 1925, Darlington County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1999, Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     3. Frances Lorraine Bass,   b. 16 Mar 1928, Florence County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1992  (Age 64 years)
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2019 
    Family ID F14195  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart