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- The News & Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Friday, June 5, 1998
Irvin Hoyt Bass
Irvin Hoyt Bass, 72, died Wednesday, June 3, 1998. He was born March 25, 1926 in Nash County, son of the late William Lewis and Lessie Manning Bass. He was an Army veteran of World War II, where he received a purple heart. He was also a member of the DAV, the American Legion Post 91, the Momeyer Baptist Church, a charter member of the Momeyer Rescue Squad and a member of the Momeyer Ruritan Club.
Surviving: wife, Ramona Bass; daughter and son-in-law, Sydney and Cliff Joyner of Nashville; grandchildren, Abbie and Corrie Joyner; brothers, Clarence Bass and Glenn Bass, both of Nashville; sisters, Rachel Baines of Nashville, Thelma Beard of Ahoskie.
Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Johnson Chapel of Nashville with the Rev. Hardwick Hatcher officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7-8:30 p.m. today at the chapel in Nashville.
Memorials may be made to the Momeyer Baptist Church and the Momeyer Rescue Squad.
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