Bassett Family Association Database
Jerry Roam Bass
1888 - 1971 (83 years)-
Name Jerry Roam Bass Born 9 Mar 1888 Wilson County, North Carolina Gender Male Died 17 Mar 1971 Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina 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 , d. 2000 (Age 102 years) Children + 1. Edward Roam Bass, b. 9 Apr 1919, Edgecombe County, North Carolina , d. 8 Dec 2007, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina (Age 88 years) + 2. Marvelin Isaac Bass, b. 2 Jan 1921, Edgecombe County, North Carolina , d. 23 Jan 2007, Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina (Age 86 years) + 3. Thomas Eugene Bass, b. 25 Oct 1922, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina , d. 17 Aug 2011, Vernal, Uintah County, Utah (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 , d. 27 Nov 2017, Florida (Age 88 years) + 6. Lee Roy Bass, b. 20 Jun 1929, Nash County, North Carolina , d. 4 Nov 1996, Lutz, Hillsborough County, Florida (Age 67 years) + 7. Peggy Joyce Bass, b. 8 Apr 1933 Last Modified 6 Apr 2021 Family ID F17731 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Rocky Mounty Telegram, North Carolina, Friday, 16 Mar 1973