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- The Jonesboro Sun, Arkansas, Sunday, 17 September 2017
Emma Bass
JONESBORO ? Emma Lee Bass, 75, passed away Friday, Sept 15, 2017, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House
She was born April 23, 1942, in Alton, Ill, to the late Cecil and Emma Stoeckel Reed
Dr Bass worked in the educational field for 46 years including principal at Annie Camp, deputy director of the Arkansas State Department of Education, Arkansas state director of the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement and director of the Arkansas office of AdvancED She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend
She is survived by two daughters, Laura McFarlin (Stan) and Lynda Hamm (Dennis), all of Jonesboro; sister, Mary Lou Riddle (Jerry) of Jonesboro; aunt, Betty Derby of Campbell, Mo; four grandchildren, Brock McFarlin of Bono, Brooke McFarlin of Jonesboro, April Ndiaye (Baps) of Nashville, Tenn, and JC Hamm (Catie) of Smyrna, Tenn; five great-grandchildren, Emmalee, Parker, Owen, Daba and Rylie Kate, along with several nieces, nephews and other family and friends
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Bass, in 1996
A celebration of life will be held at 10 am Monday at First United Methodist Church with the Rev Patty Soward officiating Interment will follow in Pine Log Cemetery
A visitation will be held from 3 to 6 pm today at Gregg-Langford Bookout Funeral Home
Pallbearers are Stan McFarlin, Dennis Hamm, Brock McFarlin, JC Hamm, Jerry Riddle and David Leonard
Lasting memorials may be sent to Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House or First United Methodist Church Care Team.
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1942 - 2017 (75 years)