William Smith Bass

1861 - 1949  (87 years)

• Name	William Smith Bass
  Birth	23 Sep 1861	Louisiana
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 May 1949	Sour Lake, Hardin County, Texas
  Burial	Sahara Cemetery, Devers, Liberty County, Texas
  Notes	Beaumont Enterprise, Texas, Friday, 13 May 1949 Smith Bass Smith Bass, 87, Sour Lake farmer, died in the home of a daughter, Mrs. S. E. Bandy, at Sour Lake yesterday afternoon at 12:45 o'clock. A native of Louisiana, he was a resident of Sour Lake for 37 years. Funeral services will be at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning in the Sahara cemetery at Devers. Rev. E. J. Heirhoser, Pentecostal minister, will officiate. Burial will be under the direction of the Roberts funeral home. Surviving besides Mrs. Bandy are two other daughters, Mrs. Bertha Delaney and Mrs. Lillie Delaney, both of Sour Lake, and a son, Dewey Bass of Cleveland. Pallbearers will be Olan Delaney, Barney Bandy, Dempsy Bandy, and Gerald McCullough, all of Sour Lake, and G. D. Freeman of Devers and Robert Bandy of El Campo.
  Person ID	I6	Bass526 Levi Bass of Louisiana
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Levi Bass,   b. 1837, Louisiana d. 1890, Tarkington Prairie, Liberty County, Texas (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Gilbert,   b. 1838, Texas d. 1864 (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Freeman,   b. 4 Sep 1861, Louisiana d. 1 Aug 1925, Sour Lake, Hardin County, Texas (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1885	Houston County, Texas
  Children	1. Oliver Bass,   b. 1887   d. 1919 (Age 32 years)   2. Levi Bass,   b. 1888   d. 1902 (Age 14 years)   3. Bertha Bass,   b. 1891   d. 1954 (Age 63 years)   4. Hannah L. Bass,   b. 1892   d. 1955 (Age 63 years)   5. Lillie Bass,   b. 1897   d. 1974 (Age 77 years)   6. Dewey Bass,   b. 4 Feb 1900, Liberty County, Texas d. 11 Jan 1956, Houston, Harris County, Texas (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025