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Gayle Bassett

Female 1946 - 2022  (76 years)


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  • Name Gayle Bassett 
    Born 1 Sep 1946  Columbia, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 9A02B968396ECC4D85538343BEB84C3B18F8 
    Died 7 Oct 2022  Haven Nursing Center Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Riser Funeral Home, Columbia, October 8, 2022
      Gayle Bassett Dortch

      Funeral services for Gayle Bassett Dortch, age 76 of Columbia, will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, October 10, 2022, from the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home, Columbia with Bro. Pete McCarty officiating. Interment will follow at Fellowship Cemetery, Columbia. The family will host visitation on Sunday, October 9, 2022, at the funeral home from 5 PM until 8 PM.
      Gayle was born September 1, 1946, in Columbia, Louisiana to the union of her parents, Emril S. "Bud" Bassett and Carrie Dale Walters Bassett, and she passed from this life October 7, 2022, at Haven Nursing Center after an extended illness. After obtaining a college degree, Gayle trained and worked as an X-ray technician for many years. She always loved to travel and enjoyed shopping. She spent a great deal of her spare time either reading or working some type of word puzzle, keeping her mind sharp. Gayle loved people and always had a smile for everyone. Due to her sweet disposition she had a multitude of friends. She will be missed so much by family and friends alike. Gayle was preceded in death by her father; her beloved husband, Jimmy Dortch; and brothers: Robert Bassett, Mike Bassett, Larry Bassett, and Billy Bassett.
      Those left to cherish her memory are her children: James Dortch (Tishea), Amy Fletcher (Arthur), and Carla Dortch (Mike); her mother, Carrie Dale Grant; brother, Ricky Bassett (Kelly); sisters: Joyce Price (Jerry) and Mary Nell Thompson (Paul); three grandsons, five granddaughters, eight great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
      Serving as pallbearers will be Ray Braddock, Tracy Howell, Hunter Dortch, Dual Simmons, Randy Hatten, and Connor Stamper.
    Person ID I802  63B Hansford Bassett of Mississippi
    Last Modified 10 Oct 2022 

    Father Emril S. (Bud) Bassett,   b. 17 Mar 1917, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1980, Grayson, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Carrie Dale Walters,   b. 30 Oct 1923 
    Family ID F260  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jimmy Dortch 
    Family ID F265  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart