Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bass, Thomas E. Sr., 1934 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ THOMAS EARL BASS Thomas Earl Bass, aged 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kader Bass, died at the home of his parents Sunday, February 25. He was a member of the Courtland Baptist Church and numbered many friends although he had made his home in Courtland for only a few years. Besides his parents and wife, who before her marriage was Miss Virginia Epps Edwards of Courtland, he is survived by a son, Thomas Earl Bass, Jr.; four sisters, Mrs. Shelton Raiford of Sedley, Misses Eula, Doris and Imogene Bass; four brothers, George, Wilbur, Edward and Ray Bass. Funeral services were held at the home of his parents Monday afternoon at 2:30 conducted by Rev. H.F. Turner. Burial was made in Riverside Cemetery, the active pallbearers being W.B. Ellis, W.T. Joyner, Otis Joyner, Edgar Pierce, Sidney Ward, Aubrey Ward, C.W. Parker and D.C. Magette. Thomas Earl BASS [Sr.], Chowan Co., NC native, d. 25 Feb 1934, at parent's home, Courtland, age 24, interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 18*), Courtland, 26 Feb 1934, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 2, 1934 *Thomas is buried with his in-laws; his parents are buried in Section I, Plot 52A. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Riverside list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt His widow remarried, to Gilbert L. VICK; they are buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins - Annex 2, Plot 89. SCHS Cemetery Project, Beechwood list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by William J. DelMonte (JazzyBill@aol.com) & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b200t2ob.txt