Leonard Bass, Vernon Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jean Cupp Plummer
Date: February 17, 2010

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July 27, 2003 
Leonard Bass 
Funeral services for Mr. Leonard "Lynn" Bass will be held at 2 p.m. 
Sunday, July 27, 2003, in the Gravel Hill Baptist Church with the Revs.
Arlin Smith and Sherman Busby officiating. Burial will follow in the 
church cemetery under the direction of the Hixson Funeral Home of 
Leesville. Mr. Bass, 80, of Pitkin died Thursday, July 24, 2003, in the 
Oakdale Community Hospital in Oakdale. He was a World War II veteran, a 
lifetime member of the American Legion, a Purple Heart and Bronze Star 
recipient and a retired civil servant of 33 years at Fort Polk. He was 
a member of the Gravel Hill Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, 
Mrs. Nola Faye Bass, one son and daughter-in-law, Jack and Brenda Bass; 
one daughter and son-in-law, Diana Bass and David Blencke; five 
grandchildren, Alicia Blencke, Charles Blencke, Samantha Blencke, Luke 
Bass and Haley Bass, and two sisters, Alice Corley and Versie Green. 
Visitation will be held from 8-11 a.m. Sunday in the funeral home and 
from 1 p.m. until time of service Sunday in the church. The family asks 
that in lieu of flowers to send donations to the Vernon Parish 
Cattleman's Association, Lynn Bass Scholarship Fund, ATTN: Mr. Wayne 
Turner, 1009 Laurel Hill Road, Leesville, La., 71446.