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Robert Elliott Bass

Male 1929 - 1961  (32 years)


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  • Name Robert Elliott Bass 
    Born 15 Nov 1929  Person County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Dec 1961  Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Person Memorial Cemetery, Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Greensboro Daily News, North Carolina, Friday, December 22, 1961
      Person Native Dies In Wreck

      BURLINGTON, Dec. 21 ? Robert Elliott Bass, 32, a native of Person County and resident of Burlington, died at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in Alamance County Hospital of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Hanover Road in Graham.
      Police said his speeding car ran off the left side of the road into a ditch, then veered back across the road and slid broadside down a 4-foot embankment.
      Bass was a veteran of the Korean War and was employed as a repairman in the electronic manufacturing division of Western Electric in Burlington.
      Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Shelby Duncan Bass of Route 1, Timberlake; one daughter, Jan Bass, and two sons, Brad and Robin Bass, all of Route 1, Timberlake; his mother, Mrs. Clyde Satterfield of Route 1, Timberlake; and his father, Robert L. Bass of Lumberton.
      Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday at Mount Harmony Baptist Church near Roxboro by the Rev. Dick Coleman. Burial will be in the Person Memorial Park in Roxboro.
    Person ID I53969  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2021 

    Father Robert Lee Bass,   b. 20 Jun 1907, Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1998, Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Hazel Mooney,   b. 1904 
    Family ID F18657  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Shelby Duncan 
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2021 
    Family ID F18658  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart