Herman Cleo "Red" Basham, 79, a resident of 1602 Myron Cory Drive, Hickman, 
died at 12:03 a.m., July 19,1993, at Parkway Regional Hospital in Fulton, where
he had been a patient for one week.

   Born Feb.7, 1914, in Obion County, he was the son of the late Herman Basham
and Ora Nettles Basham. He was married to Laverne Woods, who died June 24, 1968.

   He was a retired commercial fisherman and guide at Reelfoot Lake, a Baptist
and a U. S. Army World War II Veteran.

  Services were held at 2 p.m., July 20, at White-Ransom Funeral Home in Union
City, with the Rev. Henry Callison officiating. Burial followed in Mt. Manual
Cemetery. Pallbearers were grandsons and grandsons-in-law.

   Survivors include three daughters, Diane Henson of Union City, Judy Summers
of Hickman and Barbara Jones of Union City; two sons, Jimmy Basham and Johnny 
Basham, both of Tiptonville; two sisters,Floy Tinnon of Pheonix, Ariz. And
Dessie Marnes of St.Louis, Mo.; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

   He was preceded in death by one brother, George B. Basham and one grandson, 
Rodney Henson.

Obituary taken from Hickman Courier, Hickman, Ky. - July 22, 1993