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Jerry Roam Bass

Male 1888 - 1971  (83 years)


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  • Name Jerry Roam Bass 
    Born 9 Mar 1888  Wilson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Mar 1971  Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Rocky Mounty Telegram, North Carolina, Friday, 16 Mar 1973
      Jerry Roam Bass

      Jerry Roam Bass, 85, of Tarboro Highway, died early this morning in Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, S.C., following an extended illness.
      He was born in Wilson County, son of the late Isaac and Landonie Elizabeth Petway Bass. He was employed with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad from 1907 until his retirement in 1960. Since that time he has been known in North Carolina for his large grape vineyards. He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
      Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Della Ardealier Ellis Bass; five sons, Edward R. and Ray C. Bass, both of Columbia, S.C., Marvelin I. Bass of Breenville, S.C., Thomas Eugene Bass of Indo, Calif., and Lee Roy Bass of Tamps, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. Richard (Peggy) Young of Columbia, S.C., one sister, Mrs. T.N. (Nora) Brafford of Rocky Mount; one brothers, Henry Gray Bass of Baltimore, Md.; 37 grandchildren.
      Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Saturday at Gay Yost Chapel by Elder James L. Bennett. Burial will follow Sunday in Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbia, S.C.
      The family will received friends tonight at the funeral home from 7 to 9 o?clock, and at at other times at the residence on Tarboro Highway.

    Person ID I49597  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2021 

    Father Isaac Bass,   b. 27 Feb 1854,   d. 11 Jan 1917  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Ledonia Elizabeth Petway,   b. 1857,   d. 1904  (Age 47 years) 
    Family ID F17597  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Delia Ardelier ellis,   b. 7 Apr 1897, Edgecombe County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2000  (Age 102 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Edward Roam Bass,   b. 9 Apr 1919, Edgecombe County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 2007, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +2. Marvelin Isaac Bass,   b. 2 Jan 1921, Edgecombe County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 2007, Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +3. Thomas Eugene Bass,   b. 25 Oct 1922, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 2011, Vernal, Uintah County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +4. Margaret Louise Bass,   b. 11 Mar 1927,   d. 1968  (Age 40 years)
    +5. Ray Coye Bass,   b. 20 Jun 1929, Nash County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 2017, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +6. Lee Roy Bass,   b. 20 Jun 1929, Nash County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1996, Lutz, Hillsborough County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +7. Peggy Joyce Bass,   b. 8 Apr 1933
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2021 
    Family ID F17731  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart