Bassett Family Association Database
Joseph/John Robert Bass
1881 - 1958 (76 years)-
Name Joseph/John Robert Bass Born 26 Jul 1881 Nash County, North Carolina Gender Male Died 24 Jun 1958 Nashville, Nash County, North Carolina Notes - Rocky Mount Telegram, North Carolina, Wednesday, 25 June 1958
J.R. (Bob) Bass
MOMEYER ? Funeral services were held today at 3 p.m. from the Momeyer Baptist Church for J.R. (Bob) Bass, 75, who died suddenly at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Services were in charge of his pastor, the Rev. Morris S. Hollifield, assisted by a former pastor, the Rev. E.G. Willis. Burial was in Forest Hill Cemetery in Nashville.
He was born on July 26, 1881, son of the late Isaac Bass and Louise Abernathy Bass of Nash County.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Addie Lawrence Jenkins Bass of the home; one son, Ralph Bass of Spring Hope; two daughters, Mrs. A.K. Dickens of Castalia, and Mrs. Thomas Brantley of Momeyer; and five grandchildren.
He was engaged in extensive farming operations and was a senior member of the Bass Brothers Mercantile Co. in Momeyer. He had been associated with Bass Brothers from 1912 until 1946.
A charter member of the Momeyer Baptist Church, he also belonged to the Modern Woodmen of the World in Momeyer.
Person ID I47597 1A William Bassett of Plymouth Last Modified 21 Feb 2022
Father Isaac Wilkinson Bass, b. 13 May 1846, Nash County, North Carolina , d. 1891, Nash County, North Carolina (Age 44 years) Mother Louisa Marshbourn Abernathy, b. 27 Jan 1859, Manning, Nash County, North Carolina , d. 14 Feb 1916, Manning, Nash County, North Carolina (Age 57 years) Family ID F17064 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Frances C. Edwards, b. 1881, d. 1909 (Age 28 years) Children 1. Opie Levy Bass, b. 17 Sep 1908, North Carolina , d. 21 Dec 1953, Rocky Mounty, Nash County, North Carolina (Age 45 years) Last Modified 12 Nov 2020 Family ID F17065 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Addie Florence Jenkins, b. 1871, d. 1970 (Age 99 years) Children 1. Leaon Bass, b. 1913, d. 1993 (Age 80 years) + 2. Ralph Isaac Bass, b. 3 Jan 1915, Nash County, North Carolina , d. 14 Jan 1988, Nash County, North Carolina (Age 73 years) Last Modified 12 Nov 2020 Family ID F17066 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Rocky Mount Telegram, North Carolina, Wednesday, 25 June 1958