Bassett Family Association Database
Romark Melvin Bass
1910 - 1966 (56 years)-
Name Romark Melvin Bass Born 20 Mar 1910 Sampson County, North Carolina Gender Male _UID 03259B66A5EAEC4385D57424F322543D7FDE Died 6 Oct 1966 Durham, Durham County, North Carolina Buried Oak Grove Memorial Gardens, Oak Grove Township, Durham County, North Carolina 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 , d. 22 Nov 1944, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (Age 61 years) Mother Lillie Bell Averitt or Averette, b. 26 Jun 1891, Cumberland County, North Carolina , d. 10 Jun 1962, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (Age 70 years) Family ID F15881 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Brooksie Browning, b. 6 Sep 1913, North Carolina , d. 19 Aug 1997, North Carolina (Age 83 years) Married 12 Jul 1930 Virginia Children 1. Living 2. Living + 3. Hugh Mark Bass, b. 24 Mar 1939, Durham County, North Carolina , d. 20 Jul 2006, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (Age 67 years) 4. Janice Bass Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 Family ID F16004 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Durham Morning Herald