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Mae Belle Bass

Female 1926 - 2011  (84 years)

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  • Name Mae Belle Bass 
    Birth 14 Jul 1926  Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 29 Jun 2011  Kenansville, Duplin County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The Sampson Independent, Clinton, North Carolina, Thursday, June 30, 2011
      Maie Bell Bass Pierce

      CLINTON ? Mrs. Maie Bell Bass Pierce, 84, of 213 Forest Trail, formerly of Magnolia, died Wednesday, June 29, 2011, at Duplin General Hospital in Kenansville.

      The funeral will be held 11 a.m., Saturday, July 2, at Crumpler-Honeycutt Funeral Home Chapel in Clinton with the Rev. Ray Kennedy officiating. Interment will follow in Grandview Memorial Park in Clinton.

      Mrs. Pierce, born in Sampson County, was the daughter of the late Jenkins Bass and Myria Mare-Ree Wilkins Bass, and she was the widow of Dock Bass. She was also predeceased by her second husband, Willie Albert Pierce. She was a retired sewing machine operator and a member of Faith Independent Baptist Church. Nine brothers and one sister preceded her in death.

      She is survived by her children, Sandra Knowles of Magnolia, Mary "M. J." Millman and husband, Robert of Richmond, Va., Diane Roberts and husband, Royce of Dudley, Henry David Bass and partner Jane of Clinton, and Juanita Wowra of Magnolia; three sisters, Alease Sanders of Rolesville, Jean Harmon of Richmond, Va., and Judy Rich of Clinton; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

      The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m., Friday, July 1, at Crumpler-Honeycutt Funeral Home and other times at 270 Tracy Brown Road, Magnolia.

      In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Magnolia, 213 Forest Trail, Clinton, NC 28328 or Faith Independent Baptist Church, P. O. Box 113, Magnolia, NC 28453.

      Condolences may be sent to the family at www.crumpler-honeycutt.com.

      Arrangements by Crumpler-Honeycutt Funeral Home, 118 Fayetteville St., Clinton.

    Person ID I83  Bass57 James Allen Bass of North Carolina
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2022 

    Family Doctor C. Bass,   b. 21 Feb 1921, Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1985, Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Children 
     1. Mary Jane Bass   d. 6 Feb 2018
     2. Henry David Bass,   b. 1950   d. 2020 (Age 70 years)
     3. Sandra Carolyn Bass,   b. 1944, Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F21  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026