Mississippi, Company H, 145 Infantry
World War I
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OLIVER H. BASS RITES HELD
WEDNESDAY IN CHAPEL SERVICE
Services were held in the Lawrence County Funeral Home Tuesday morning at ten o'clock for Oliver H. Bass, a retired civil engineer and a member of a prominent Monticello family. Mr. Bass died in a hospital in Atlanta, Ga. Saturday morning after an illness of some weeks. He was seventy-three.
Rev. Harold Bethune, pastor of the New Hope Baptist church was in charge of the services, and was assisted by Rev. C. N. Walley, pastor of the Monticello Methodist church. W. M. Nelson, Rev. F. E. Sellers and Jere Thames sang "Face To Face" and Rev. Sellers sang "Beyond the Sunset" with Mrs. Tommie Reid accompanying on the piano.
Mr. Bass was buried in the Bass family plot of the City Cemetery with the Lawrence County Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Bass was born in Lawrence county on October 28, 1890 and was the son of the late I. N. Bass and the late Mattie Odum Bass.
He was reared in Monticello. He was a graduate of Mississippi State University at Starkville and also had completed several courses in engineering from other schools. He was a veteran of World War One with Army service overseas and was a member of the Monticello Baptist church. He had lived in Atlanta, Ga., thirty or more years and had been employed by the Georgia State Highway Department for about thirty years.
He was married some years ago to Miss Addie Clark, who was living in Monticello at the time of her marriage. Mrs. Bass died in Atlanta on August 6, 1960.
Mr. Bass retired about three years ago. At the time of his retirement he was in charge of the Road Designing section.
He leaves one brother, Homer L. Bass, Poplarville; two sisters, Mrs. J. Z. McGuffee, Monticello and Mrs. H. H. Wilson of New Orleans and five nieces; Mrs. Frank C. Smith, Monticello; Mrs. W. L. Crane and Mrs. W. W. Wright, New Orleans, La.; Mrs. J. S. Moody of Poplarville and Mrs. Claggett Haynes of New Orleans.
Pall bearers were Billy Smith, Fairman Magee, L. O. Burkett, Charles E. Branning, Kenneth Rogers, Leroy King and (others illegible).
Published in The Lawrence County Press, Monticello, Mississippi, January 16, 1964
Mississippi, Company H, 145 Infantry
World War I
____________________________________
OLIVER H. BASS RITES HELD
WEDNESDAY IN CHAPEL SERVICE
Services were held in the Lawrence County Funeral Home Tuesday morning at ten o'clock for Oliver H. Bass, a retired civil engineer and a member of a prominent Monticello family. Mr. Bass died in a hospital in Atlanta, Ga. Saturday morning after an illness of some weeks. He was seventy-three.
Rev. Harold Bethune, pastor of the New Hope Baptist church was in charge of the services, and was assisted by Rev. C. N. Walley, pastor of the Monticello Methodist church. W. M. Nelson, Rev. F. E. Sellers and Jere Thames sang "Face To Face" and Rev. Sellers sang "Beyond the Sunset" with Mrs. Tommie Reid accompanying on the piano.
Mr. Bass was buried in the Bass family plot of the City Cemetery with the Lawrence County Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Bass was born in Lawrence county on October 28, 1890 and was the son of the late I. N. Bass and the late Mattie Odum Bass.
He was reared in Monticello. He was a graduate of Mississippi State University at Starkville and also had completed several courses in engineering from other schools. He was a veteran of World War One with Army service overseas and was a member of the Monticello Baptist church. He had lived in Atlanta, Ga., thirty or more years and had been employed by the Georgia State Highway Department for about thirty years.
He was married some years ago to Miss Addie Clark, who was living in Monticello at the time of her marriage. Mrs. Bass died in Atlanta on August 6, 1960.
Mr. Bass retired about three years ago. At the time of his retirement he was in charge of the Road Designing section.
He leaves one brother, Homer L. Bass, Poplarville; two sisters, Mrs. J. Z. McGuffee, Monticello and Mrs. H. H. Wilson of New Orleans and five nieces; Mrs. Frank C. Smith, Monticello; Mrs. W. L. Crane and Mrs. W. W. Wright, New Orleans, La.; Mrs. J. S. Moody of Poplarville and Mrs. Claggett Haynes of New Orleans.
Pall bearers were Billy Smith, Fairman Magee, L. O. Burkett, Charles E. Branning, Kenneth Rogers, Leroy King and (others illegible).
Published in The Lawrence County Press, Monticello, Mississippi, January 16, 1964
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