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Percy Edison Bass

Male - 2013


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  • Name Percy Edison Bass 
    Gender Male 
    Died 21 Jul 2013 
    Notes 
    • The Chowan Herald, North Carolina, Wednesday, July 24, 2013
      Percy E. Bass
      Edenton Resident

      Percy Edison Bass, 92, of 1634 Rocky Hock Landing Road, died Sunday, July 21, 2013 in Chowan River Nursing & Rehabilitation. Mr. Bass was born in Chowan County and was the son of the late Quinton Trotman and Bessie Virginia Pierce Bass. A retired farmer and commercial fisherman, he was a member of Rocky Hock Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sisters, Elizabeth and Elsie Bass, Edith White, Dorothy Chappell, and Hattie Ruth Owens; by brothers, Warner, Graham, and Marcus Bass; and by infant brother and an infant daughter.

      Surviving are his wife of 63 years, Mary Elizabeth Riddick Bass; two sons, Don Bass and wife, Joyce, and Bradley Bass and wife, Wendy, all of Edenton; and four grandchildren, Kim, Samantha, Joshua, and Isaac Bass.

      Funeral services will be held today at 11 a.m. in Rocky Hock Baptist Church by Dr. James Horton. Burial will follow in the family cemetery near the church. Friends joined the family Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Miller Funeral Home & Crematory, 735 Virginia Road, Edenton, and all other times at the residence. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.millerfhc.com.
    Person ID I47107  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2021 

    Father Quinton Trotman Bass,   b. Aug 1872, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1927, Norfolk, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Mother Bessie Virginia Pearce,   bur. Pearce Cemetery, Chowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F16959  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Elizabeth Riddick,   b. 1 Sep 1931,   d. 18 Dec 2020  (Age 89 years) 
    Children 
     1. Percy Donald Bass,   b. 3 Jan 1955, Chowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Bradley Riddick Bass,   b. 10 Sep 1968, Chowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F17572  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart