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Joseph/John Robert Bass

Male 1881 - 1958  (76 years)


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  • Name Joseph/John Robert Bass 
    Born 26 Jul 1881  Nash County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Jun 1958  Nashville, Nash County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1891, Nash County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Louisa Marshbourn Abernathy,   b. 27 Jan 1859, Manning, Nash County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1916, Manning, Nash County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1953, Rocky Mounty, Nash County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1988, Nash County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F17066  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart