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- Tabor-Loris Tribune, Tabor City, North Carolina, Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Huger Richardson Bass Sr.
Huger Richardson Bass, Sr., resident of Hillsborough was born October 29, 1925 in Loris. In Heaven on March 24, 2007, he joined his dearly beloved wife, Frances Merlyn Holt Todd Bass.
He was a dedicated father, caring and loving, to three daughters and one son.
Surviving are his daughters, Kathryn Bass-Ray and husband, Carmel Ray, of Bahama, Lynda Lee Bass Cotton and husband, Barry Cotton, Sr., of Roxboro and Gloria Jean Bass Fortune of Hillsborough; son, Huger Richardson Bass, II, of Charlotte; grandchildren, Barry Cotton, Jr., Donald Tomlinson Fortune and wife, Crystal Loving Fortune of Lansing, Michigan, Huger Richardson Bass, III, of Durham and Jonathan Berkley Bass of Durham; great grandchildren, Justin Dale Cotton of Roxboro, Heather Lynn Fortune of Hillsborough and Taylor Marie Bass of Durham.
He left behind, many beloved nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He would want to extend his love to the families of Jenny Lynn Mills Carter and Deborah Sue Prince Duncan for their care during his last visit home to South Carolina.
In Heaven he also joined his caring and loving parents, Arthur Melton Bass and Jinnie Mae Nealy Bass. He hugged and kissed his sisters, Elma Hazel Bass Locke, Bertha Gertrude Bass Long, Ruby Lee Bass Myles and Carolina Bass Mills.
Huger served as an MM3 on the USS Epping Forest in World War II throughout the Pacific including Leyte Gulf, Lingayen Gulf, and the Okinawa Assault. He worked in textiles as a mechanic with Durham Drapery, Durham and retired from Aberdeen Manufacturing in Conway. He was active in the Boy Scouts of American and the United Way.
A Memorial service will be held at Sweet Home Baptist Church, 2340 Hwy. 9 W., Longs on Sunday, April 1 at 3:00 p.m. by Rev. Scott Seckman, followed by graveside blessings at Cushion Swamp-Boyd Cemetery, Loris.
The family requests no flowers. Donations can be made to the Cushion Swamp Cemetery Fund by mail to Jenny Lynn Mills Carter, 490 Circle M. Road, Longs, SC 29568 or to the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 123, Washington, DC 20004-2608.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1925 - 2007 (81 years)