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Josephine L. Richardson

Female 1874 - 1960  (86 years)


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  • Name Josephine L. Richardson 
    Born 7 Mar 1874  Leon County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Buried 1960  Limestone County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 31 Mar 1960  Limestone County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Josephine had five sisters and six brothers. She was a kind and loving wife and mother, always ready to help someone in need. She was a faithful Baptist, a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, and served as Church Clerk for many years. Although the Church is gone, Ms. Josie's minutes and other records of the Church are filed with the Limestone County Historical Society.
      THE GROESBECK, TEXAS, JOURNAL
      MRS. L.E. BASSETT Succumbs Thursday to Long Illness

      Final rites for Mrs. Josephine L. Bassett were held last Friday afternoon at the Central Baptist Church in Thornton. She passed away in Dr. Cox's Hospital in Groesbeck on Thursday, March 31, after an illness of some two years with a heart ailment.
      Rev. T.E. Caldwell and Rev. Ben L. Stohler officiated at the services. Interment was in the Thorntown Cemetery with Fisher and Nance in charge of arrangements.
      Mrs. Bassett was born march 7, 1874 in Leon County, Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Richardson. In 1895 she was married to L.E. Bassett in Thornton. He preceded her in death in 1955.
      She had lived at two addresses since her marriage, Route 2, Thornton, and Route 3, Groesbeck. She was a member of the Baptist Church and Woodman circle, always a devoted wife and mother, faithful as a Christian and truly a good neighbor.
      She is survived by the following children: Carl Bassett, Dallas; John Leslie Bassett, Houston; Mrs. Vera Beard and Mrs. Alton Shelton, Groesbeck, and the following grandchildren, Logan Bassett, Dallas, Joene Herring, of Waco, Mildred Hetzel, Cincinnati, Ohio, Garnell Beard, Groesbeck, Geneva Shepard, Waco, Doris Willard, Houston, Josie Plummer, Groesbeck, and Lucille Lehmann of Conroe, James A. Shelton of Spring, Robbie Sue Little of Tyler, and Della Cook, Lenelle West, Glenn Bassett, Wayne Bassett, and Perry Bassett of Houston. She is also survived by 22 great-grandchildren.
      Pallbearers were her grandsons, Garnel Beard, Logan Bassett, Jas. Shelton, Glenn Bassett, Wayne and Perry Bassett.



    Person ID P1222  13B RIchard William Bassett of Georgia
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2012 

    Family Alonzo Eugene Bassett,   b. 30 Apr 1872, New Prospect, Rusk County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1955, Limestone County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 17 Nov 1895  Millville, Rusk County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Carl D. Bassett,   b. 11 Nov 1896, Limestone County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1973  (Age 77 years)  [Natural]
    +2. Vera M Bassett,   b. 26 Sep 1898, Limestone County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1979  (Age 81 years)  [Natural]
    +3. Vay Bassett,   b. 10 Sep 1900, Limestone County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1972, Limestone County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)  [Natural]
    +4. John Leslie Bassett,   b. 17 Apr 1903, Limestone County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1994, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    Family ID F275  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart