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Wallace Thomas Bass

Male 1920 - 1998  (78 years)


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  • Name Wallace Thomas Bass 
    Born 30 Aug 1920  Chowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 Sep 1998  Chowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Beaver Hill Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Chowan Herald, Edenton, North Carolina, Wednesday, 23 September 1998
      Wallace T. Bass

      Mr. Wallace Thomas Bass, 78, of the 1700 block of Chambers Ferry Rd., Edenton, died Saturday, Sept. 19, at his son?s home.
      A native of Chowan County, Mr. Bass was the husband of the late Ruth Lee Cartwright Bass and the son of late John Thomas and Evie Pierce Bass.
      He was a member of the Macedonia Baptist Church, and a retired farmer and carpenter.
      Mr. Bass is survived by his son, Thomas Sherwood Bass and daughter-in-law Lorraine of Edenton; two sisters, Jesse B. Bunch and Eunice B. Bunch, both of Tyner, NC; his brothers, Sanford Bass of Edenton; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
      He was preceded in death by two daughters, Barbara Bass Busby and Carolyn Bass Goodwin.
      A funeral service was held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 21, in the Macedonia Baptist Church with the Rev. Bob Young officiating. Burial followed in the Beaver Hill Cemetery.
      Memorial donations may be made to Macedonia Baptist Church Building Fund, 1004 Macedonia Rd., Edenton, NC 27932 or to the Albemarle Hospice, PO Box 189, Elizabeth City, NC 27909.
      Evans Funeral Home in Edenton served the Bass family.
    Person ID I47118  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 24 Mar 2023 

    Father John Thomas Bass,   b. 24 Jan 1883, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1964, Chowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Evie T. Pearce,   b. 1887,   d. 1942  (Age 55 years) 
    Family ID F16962  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruth Lee 
    Children 
     1. Carolyn Bass,   b. 1944,   d. 1998  (Age 54 years)
     2. Barbara Gale Bass,   b. 1948,   d. 1983  (Age 35 years)
     3. Living
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2021 
    Family ID F17591  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart