Obituaries: John Nathaniel Bass, 1946, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 15, 1946 Winn Parish Enterprise

John Bass, 66, Of Winnfield, Rt. 3, Buried Friday

John Nathaniel Bass, 66, died Thursday morning at 1:20 o'clock at his home on
Winnfield Route 3, after suffering a heart attack.

Funeral services were held Friday at 11 p.m. in the Teagle Cemetery with Rev.
Harrison Cockerham of Route Two, officiating.  Arrangements were under
direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield.

Pallbearers were Huey Franks, Mack Varnell, Sam Ford, Paul Waites, Henry
Franks, and Edward Jordan.

Mr. Bass was a member of the Hurricane Creek Baptist Church.  He was born Dec.
9, 1879 at Coldsprings, Texas.  For the past several years he has been a
farmer in Winn Parish.

Surviving are his wife, Myrtle Varnell Bass, of Route Three, Winnfield; two
daughters, Mrs. Sam Tolbert of Corrigan, Texas; and Mrs. Howard Maxey of
Woodlake, Texas; one brother, Austin Bass of Orange, Texas; and eight
grandchildren, all of Texas.