Reverend William Arch Bass, Sr.

1889 - 1942  (53 years)

• Name	William Arch Bass
  Prefix	Reverend
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	28 Feb 1889	Giles County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  _UID	175A9C4F27D7624FA9AF5E1057AEA0970DBF
  Death	19 Aug 1942	Blanche, Lincoln County, Tennessee
  Notes	The Pulaski Citizen, Tennessee, 2 September 1942 William Arch Bass Funeral services for the Rev. William Arch Bass, aged 53 years, pastor of the Blanche Methodist Church in Lincoln County, who died at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon at his home after six months' illness, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Blanche Methodist Church. The Rev. Harvey W. Seay, district superintendent of the Columbia District, and the Rev. H. H. Ogles of Smiths Grove, Ky., conducted the rites, and interment took place in Maplewood Cemetery at Pulaski. The Rev. Mr. Bass was a native of Giles County, having been the son of the late J. R. Bass and Mrs. Ellen Griffin Bass. He has been a member of the Tennessee Conference for the past fifteen years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ethel Shook Bass; four sons in the armed forces, Sgt. James T. Bass, Camp Wheeler, Ga., L. V. Bass and R. Collins Bass, both in the Navy, Pvt. Ross Bass, Camp Pickett, Va.; two other sons at home, W. A. Bass, Jr., and Horace Bass; two daughters, Mrs. Winford Watson, Lewisburg and E. V. McCarty, Columbia; five sisters, Mrs. W. M. Hayes and Mrs. W. S. Hammond, both of Minor Hill, Mrs. R. M. Powers, Temple, Okla., Mrs. Frank Herring, Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. W. L. Bonner, Lewisburg and four brothers, J. C. Bass, Columbia, E. J. Bass, Dallas, Texas, F. D. Bass, Florence, Ala., and the Rev. J. Dallas Bass, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.
  Person ID	I48563	1A William Bassett of Plymouth
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	James Richard Bass,   b. 15 Oct 1861, Minor Hill, Giles County, Tennessee d. 3 Apr 1942, Giles County, Tennessee (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Barbara Ellen Griffith,   b. 13 Jun 1861, Lawrence County, Tennessee d. 4 May 1914, Goodsprings, Giles County, Tennessee (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F17297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ethel Mae Shook,   b. Abt 1890   d. Jan 1975 (Age 85 years)
  Children	1. Mary Novelyn Bass,   b. 8 Jul 1912, Giles County, Tennessee   2. James Thurman Bass,   b. 7 Jan 1914, Tennessee d. 3 Sep 1992, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia (Age 78 years)   3. Lloyd Villard Bass,   b. 21 May 1916, Tennessee d. 3 Feb 1991, Cobb County, Georgia (Age 74 years)   4. William Ross Bass,   b. 17 Mar 1918, Giles County, Tennessee d. 1 Jan 1993, Miami Shores, Florida (Age 74 years)   5. Ralph Collins Bass,   b. 19 Mar 1920, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee d. 23 Jan 1992 (Age 71 years)   6. Bettie Ella Bass,   b. 14 Oct 1922, Tennessee d. 20 Dec 1926, Williamson County, Tennessee (Age 4 years)   7. Dora Nadene Bass,   b. 2 Sep 1924, Tennessee d. 9 Nov 1989, Georgia (Age 65 years)   8. William Arch Bass, Jr.,   b. 9 Aug 1927, Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee d. 10 Feb 1976, Tennessee (Age 48 years) + 9. Horace Clement Bass,   b. 10 Dec 1929, Big Rock, Tennessee d. 7 Aug 2018 (Age 88 years)   10. Paul Erbin Bass,   b. 6 Oct 1932, McKinnon, Houston County, Tennessee d. 23 Nov 1932, McKinnon, Houston County, Tennessee (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F17311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2023