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Phillip Benjamin Bass

Male 1875 - 1940  (64 years)


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  • Name Phillip Benjamin Bass 
    Born 16 Nov 1875  Simpson County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Mar 1940  Bridgeport, Simpson County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Armstrong Buckley Cemetery, Simpson County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • McComb Daily Journal, Monday, March 25, 1940
      Phillip Bass
      Father Summit Resident Dies

      Phillip Bass, 64, Succumbs Unexpectedly At Pinola Home
      Funeral services for Phillip B. Bass, 64-year-old father of Mrs. Henry L. Brown, of east of Summit, were held in Pleasant Hill church, near Pinola, at 3 p. m. Friday.
      Burial was in Buckley-Armstrong cemetery, at Bridgeport community, also near Pinola. The Rev. Phillips, of New Hebron, conducted the services and was assisted by the Rev. B. Frank Smith.
      Mr. Bass died at his home in Pinola, Simpson county, Thursday noon.
      Although Mr. Bass had been in ill health for two years, suffering from arthritis from which he appeared to be recovering, the immediate cause of his unexpected death was a heart attack.
      Mr. Bass was a member of the Baptist church. Besides his wife and the daughter here, others surviving are one brother. Ephraim Bass; four other daughters, Mrs. B. L. Caldwell, Jackson; Mary E. Bass, Jackson; Mrs. B. Frank Smith, Lyons; Mrs. C. A. Bush, Mobile, Ala.; three sons, Phillip B. Bass Jr., and Archibald Bass, Pinola, and Sgt. Eugene P. Bass, of Honolulu, Hawaii.
    Person ID I52267  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2021 

    Father William Louis Bass,   b. 1811, Burke County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1883  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Samantha Tyler 
    Married 31 Jan 1855  Copiah County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F18282  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Balsorah Thompson,   b. 1876,   d. 1955  (Age 79 years) 
    Children 
     1. Matie Mae Bass,   b. 1898,   d. 1968  (Age 70 years)
     2. Marzia Elizabeth Bass,   b. 1899,   d. 1989  (Age 90 years)
     3. Leona Bass,   b. 1902,   d. 1999  (Age 97 years)
    +4. Phillip Benjamin Bass, Jr.,   b. 20 Jul 1905, Simpson County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1972, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     5. Gertrude Elaine Bass,   b. 1908,   d. 1989  (Age 81 years)
     6. Eugene Pascal Bass,   b. 1911,   d. 1964  (Age 53 years)
     7. Mary Ella Bass,   b. 1913,   d. 1989  (Age 76 years)
    +8. Archibald Victor Bass,   b. 23 Jan 1917, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 2008  (Age 90 years)
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2021 
    Family ID F18541  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart