Chief Earl Lawrence Bass

1909 - 1996  (87 years)

• Name	Earl Lawrence Bass
  Title	Chief
  Birth	27 Aug 1909	Deep Creek, Norfolk County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Oct 1996	Chesapeake City, Virginia
  Notes	The Virginia-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia, Monday, October 14, 1996 Earl Bass Chief Earl 'Running Deer' Bass, 87, of the 3400 block of Galberry Road, died Saturday, Oct. 12, 1996, in his residence. A native of Chesapeake, he was the son of the late Jesse L. and Carrie Anderson Bass and was the widower of Lucille E. Bass. He was retired as a machinist in Shop 31 of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard after 31 years and was a retired farmer. He was a member of Indiana United Methodist Church, Lake Drummond Masonic Lodge (NU)178, Portsmouth Scottish Rite Bodies, Khedive Shrine Temple, Woodman of the World and president of Yadkin Hunt Club in Chesapeake. He had been chief of the Nansemond Indian Tribe since 1960. Survivors include four daughters, Clara Land of Portsmouth, Peggy Hatton of Swell, N.J., Carrie Collins of Mobile, Ala., and Sandra Garner of Chesapeake; two sons, Joe Bass and Bobby Bass, both of Chesapeake; a sister, Gladys Passmore of Fort Mill, N.C.; a brother, Leonard Bass of Roanoke; 14 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Indiana United Methodist Church by the Rev. Larry Brinkley. Burial will be in the Bass Family Cemetery in Chesapeake. The family will receive friends at Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, from 7 to 9 p.m. today. Memorials may be made to the Nansemond Indian Tribal Association, P.O. Box 6027, Portsmouth, Va. 23703. ? 1940 Federal Census of Western Branch, Norfolk County, VA (5 Apr 1940) Earl L. Bass 29 M Head VA Same Machinists Helper Navy Yard Lucille 27 F Wife VA Same Jesse E. 11 M Son VA Same Joseph A. 8 M Son VA Same Clara L. 6 F Daughter VA Same Norma A. 4 F Daughter VA Carrie W. 2 F Daughter VA Robert E
  Person ID	I46523	1A William Bassett of Plymouth
  Last Modified	5 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Jesse Lindsay Bass,   b. 22 Mar 1875, Deep Creek, Norfolk County, Virginia d. 18 Apr 1960, Portsmouth, Virginia (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Cora L. Anderson,   b. 1882
  Family ID	F16831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucille Emma Bass,   b. 1915   d. 1992 (Age 77 years)
  Children	1. Jesse Earl Bass,   b. 13 Dec 1928   d. 1945 (Age 16 years) + 2. Joseph Alwood Bass,   b. 16 Aug 1931, Western Branch, Norfolk County, Virginia d. 30 Mar 2013, Portsmouth, Virginia (Age 81 years) + 3. Living + 4. Living   5. Carrie Winbond Bass,   b. 12 May 1938   d. 12 May 2014 (Age 76 years) + 6. Living   7. Living
  Family ID	F16836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 May 2020