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Romark Melvin Bass

Male 1910 - 1966  (56 years)


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  • Name Romark Melvin Bass 
    Born 20 Mar 1910  Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 03259B66A5EAEC4385D57424F322543D7FDE 
    Died 6 Oct 1966  Durham, Durham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Oak Grove Memorial Gardens, Oak Grove Township, Durham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Durham Morning Herald
      North Carolina
      Friday, October 7, 1966
      Romark M. Bass
      Romark Melvin Bass, 56, of 1006 Midland Terrace, was dead on arrival at Watts Hospital Thursday at 5:15 a.m.
      He was born and reared in Sampson County, the son of Reddin Bass and Lillie Evrette Bass. He was educated in the Sampson County schools.
      In 1924 he moved to Durham from Sampson County and had lived here since. He was last employed as a painter. For a number of years he had been a member of Cheek Heights Baptist Church.
      In 1930 he was married to Miss Brooksie Browning of Durham, who survives, as do three daughters, Mrs. B.G. Beck of Cary, Mrs. R.J. Maggengill Jr. of Burlington and Mrs. D.C. Hobbs of Durham; one son, Hugh M. Bass of Durham; two brothers, Ashford Bass and Fred Bass of Durham; seven sisters, Mrs. Lena Mincey, Mrs. Margie Poe, Mrs. Claudia McFarland, Mrs. Louvenia Smith, Mrs. Iona Perry, Mrs. Faye Maynor and Mrs. Mavis Braswell of Durham; and nine grandchildren.
      Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Howerton-Bryan Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Oak Grove Memorial Gardens.
    Person ID I44708  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2020 

    Father Redden Bright Bass,   b. 11 Sep 1883, Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1944, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Lillie Bell Averitt or Averette,   b. 26 Jun 1891, Cumberland County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1962, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F15881  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Brooksie Browning,   b. 6 Sep 1913, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1997, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 12 Jul 1930  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    +3. Hugh Mark Bass,   b. 24 Mar 1939, Durham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 2006, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     4. Janice Bass
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F16004  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart