Ethel Mae Shook

Abt 1890 - 1975  (~ 85 years)

• Name	Ethel Mae Shook
  Born	Abt 1890
  Gender	Female
  _UID	09E968AF6C901D4ABC107F25ABA3C4A7958D
  Died	Jan 1975
  Notes	The Pulaski Citizen, Tennessee, 28 January 1975 Ethel Shook Bass Mrs. Ethel Shook Bass, 84, the mother of former U. S. Congressman and Senator Ross Bass and also of Tennessee's new Welfare Commissioner Horace Bass, died Tuesday, January 28, at Donelson Hospital in Donelson, Tenn., after an extended illness. Funeral services for Mrs. Bass will be held at 2:00 on Friday afternoon, January 31, at the First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Bill Moss, the Rev. Hollis Hunt, and the Rev. J. Dallas Bass officiating. Burial will follow in Maplewood Cemetery. Born in Giles County near Scotts Hill on July 12, 1890, Mrs. Bass was the daughter of the late Fayette and Betty Yancy Shook Bass. Her husband, the Rev. W. A. Bass, Sr., died in 1942. She had been a long-time resident of Pulaski prior to her retirement to McKendree Manor in Nashville 2 � years ago. Among Mrs. Bass survivors are two daughters, Mrs. E. V. McCarty of Columbia and Mrs. Nadine Grey of Atlanta, Ga.; 6 sons, James T. Bass of Macon, Ga., Lloyd Bass of Washington, D. C., Ross Bass of Pulaski, Ralph C. Bass of South Africa, W. A. Bass, Jr. of Nashville, and Horace Bass of Nashville; 23 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers the family of Mrs. Bass requests that memorial gifts be made to Martin College, McKendree Manor, or First United Methodist Church of Pulaski. Bennett-May Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Knoxville News Sentinel, Tennessee, January 29, 1975 Mrs. Bass Dies NASHVILLE ? Mrs. Ethel Shook Bass, mother of State Welfare Commissioner Horace Bass, and former U.S. Sen. Ross Bass, died Tuesday of pneumonia. Services will be Friday at First Methodist Church in Pulaski. Mrs. Bass, 84, was the widow of Rev. W.A. Bass.
  Person ID	I48571	1A William Bassett of Plymouth
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2023

  
  

  Family	Reverend William Arch Bass, Sr.,   b. 28 Feb 1889, Giles County, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Aug 1942, Blanche, Lincoln County, Tennessee  (Age 53 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)
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2023
  Family ID	F17311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart