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- Tallahassee Democrat
March 20, 2004
Melvyne Coe Bassett
Ocala - Melvyne Coe Bassett, 81, who retired as a branch manager for a bank, died Thursday, March 18, 2004, at Munroe Regional Medical Center. Services will be Monday at Hiers Funeral Home in Ocala, 910 S.E. Silver Springs Blvd. (352-629-7171). Born in Tallahassee, she moved to Ocala in 1989 and was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Ocala. Survivors include three sons, Curry J. Bassett of Ocala, William C. Bassett of Chattanooga, Tennessee; and Edward Scott Bassett of Fort Pierce; a daughter, Ruby B. Schmidt of Ocala; two sisters, Mary Elizabeth Hill of Ogden, Utah, and Billie C. Young of Treasure Island; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Florida Historic-Dramatic-Contemporary
Family and Personal History, Volume IV
Curry J. Bassett - One of the younger men to have come into prominence in the commercial sphere in Tallahassee is Curry J. Bassett, who is secretary, treasurer and general manager of Bassett Dairies, Inc., a leading milk distributor of the capital city. He has become a conspicous figure among the city's business men. One of Mr. Bassett's particular interests has been Chamber of Commerce activities, and he has held office in two such organizations as well as in the Kiwanis Club. His personality, varied abilities, and present standing among the community's leadership give indication of a career of continuing value to the city.
Curry J. Bassett was born January 21, 1921, and is a native of Monticello, Florida. He received his public school education in that city, after which he was for two years a student at the University of Florida.
Since that time he has been associated with his father in the operation of Bassett Dairies, Inc., one of the concerns with wide recognition and public acceptance in the capital city. Curry J. Basstt familiarized himself thoroughly with its operations, and has merited his position of greater responsibility as secretary and treasurer of the company, and as general manager of the Tallahassee plant of the dairy. Mr. Bassett's interest in the organization has gone beyond the day-to-day aspects of its mangement. Interested in writing, he is compiling a brief "Story of Bassett Dairies, Inc." A particularly valuable and necessary project in view of the fact that this has become one of the leading concerns in its field throughout the state.
Mr. Bassett is a past director of the Kiwanis Club, and continues to take an active part in Kiwanian affairs. He is past president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and is now a director of the regular Chamber of Commerce of Tallahassee. While an undergraduate at the University of Florida, he became a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. He is communicant of the Presbyterian Church, and serves that congregation as deacon. In his free hours, Mr. Bassett enjoys the out-of-doors, and is particularly fond of fishing.
In Tallahassee, August 21, 1941, Curry J. Bassett married Melvyne Coe, and they are the parents of three children: 1. Curry J. Jr. 2. William Coe 3. Ruby Burt. Mrs. Bassett attended Florida State College for Women, now Florida State University. She is active in the Junior Woman's Club of Tallahassee.
Mr. Bassett's address is 1945 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee.
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