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- The Pulaski Citizen, Tennessee, 17 April 1957
Alva Hix Bass
Funeral services for Alvah Hix Bass, 74, retired carpenter, were held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Dr. Bruce Strother, Dr. William H. Mansfield and the Rev. J. T. Parsons, Methodist ministers. Burial took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mr. Bass who had been a patient in a Nashville hospital several weeks, died at 11:15 o'clock Friday morning, April 12, following a long period of declining health.
Born June 3, 1882, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Presley Hix Bass and Martha Ann Reed Abernathy Bass, and was a member of First Methodist Church in Pulaski.
Mr. Bass is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sallie Lively Bass; one daughter, Mrs. W. H. Birdsong, Chicago, Ill.; three sons, William Presley Bass, Pulaski, Bailey Bass, Jackson, and Billy Joe Bass, Tuscumbia, Ala.; several grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Neal Gladish, Wilmington, Del.; and two brothers, Sterlyn A. Bass and Edgar R. Bass, both of Tarpley community of Giles County. Bennett-May Company, Morticians in charge.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1882 - 1957 (74 years)