Bassett Family Association Database

Oakel Burnis Bass

Male 1913 - 1989  (75 years)


Personal Information

  • Name Oakel Burnis Bass 
    Born 17 Dec 1913  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 768CB87207A9AD4BB8A2536CB72E5296BA46 
    Died 26 Feb 1989 
    Buried Oak Grove Township, Durham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Durham Sun
      North Carolina
      February 27, 1989
      Retired principal, O.B. Bass, died at 75
      (Picture included)
      Funeral services for Oakel Burnis Bass, 75, of 303 Bandock Drive, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Fletcher’s Chapel United Methodist Church. Conducting will be the Reverend Barry Lane and the Reverend Jack Ruth. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
      Pallbearers will be Ronald Terry Parrish, Franklin Lee Parrish, Douglas Howard Parrish, Robert Edward Parrish, John Ryan Bass, Fred Bass and Eddie Jones.
      He died yesterday morning in Durham County General Hospital after a long illness.
      He was born and reared in Sampson County but he had been a Durham resident since 1946.
      He was the principal of Mangum School for five years and was the principal of Oak Grove School for 24 years before retiring in 1975.
      He was a member of the City and County Retired School Personnel Association and the North Carolina Teacher’s Association.
      He was a member of Fletcher’s Chapel United Methodist Church, where for many years he taught Sunday school, sang in the choir, served on the church board and belonged to the Fellowship Class.
      He also was a member of the Oak Grove Ruritan Club.
      Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Frances Jones Bass; a daughter, Mrs. Frances B. Parrish of Beaufort; a son, John William Bass of Orlando, Florida; a brother, Leo F. Bass of Fuquay-Varina; and six grandchildren.
    Person ID I74  Bass24 Jenkins Bass of North Carolina
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2019 

    Father John Robert Bass,   b. 8 Aug 1886, Westbrook, Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1943, Westbrook, Sampson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Fannie,   b. Abt 1890, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Frances Jones,   b. 1917,   d. 2000  (Age 83 years) 
    Children 
     1. Frances Lee Bass
     2. John WIlliam Bass
    Last Modified 1 Apr 2019 
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart