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Bettie Ann Bass

Female 1927 - 2024  (97 years)

Personal Information

  • Name Bettie Ann Bass 
    Birth 22 Mar 1927  Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 2 Jun 2024 
    Notes 
    • The Paducah Sun, Kentucky, Wednesday, 5 June 2024
      Bettie Ann Bass Tate

      Bettie Ann Bass Tate died Sunday, June 2, 2024, at Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Paducah, Kentucky on March 22, 1927, to Durward and Mable Wilkins Bass. She and her family moved to Detroit, Michigan during her school years before moving back to Paducah.

      At that time, she joined Immanuel Baptist Church where she met her future husband, John Dean Tate. They married on Dec. 2, 1948, and remained in Paducah where they raised their three daughters. Bettie was active in several organizations including the McCracken County Genealogical Society, DAR, Women's Club, McCracken County Homemakers, and various groups at Immanuel Baptist Church.

      She loved to paint and continued to paint well into her 90s. Bettie also dabbled in enameling ceramics and jewelry making as well as being an accomplished seamstress.

      She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her oldest daughter, Lucinda Tate Ragland.

      She is survived by her daughters, Lorna Tate Hite (Greg) of Paducah and Mona Tate Bolin of Murray; her son-in-law, Bill Ragland (Susan) of Paducah. Also surviving are three granddaughters, Elizabeth Ragland Neelley (Jason) of Metropolis, Illinois, Juliana Hite (Mike Williams) of Fernandina Beach, Florida, and Morgan Blankenship Hutchinson (Brett) of Los Angeles, California; along with great-grandchildren, Olive, Schafer and Carlyle Hutchinson of Los Angeles.

      Funeral services will be held at noon Friday, June 7, at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah with Rev. Jamie Broome and Rev. Katie McKowen officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens.

      Visitation will be held from 10 a.m.-noon Friday, June 7, at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah.

      Expressions of sympathy may be made to the ALS Foundation 2807 Amsterdam Road, Villa Hills, KY 41017; or McCracken County Humane Society 4000 Coleman Road, Paducah, KY 42001; or Immanuel Baptist Church 3465 Buckner Lane, Paducah, KY 42001.

      You leave a message of sympathy, light a candle of remembrance, and share a "Hug from Home" at milnerandorr.com.
    Person ID I47  Bass260 Archibald Bass of McCracken County, Kentucky
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2024 

    Father Durward Bellmont Bass,   b. 15 Nov 1905, McCracken County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1997 (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Birdie Mable Wilkins,   b. 15 Sep 1908   d. 6 Aug 1995 (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 13 Sep 1925  South Fulton, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Dean Tate 
    Children 
     1. Lucinda Tate,   b. 8 Nov 1950   d. 4 Dec 2013 (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F11  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2024