Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Teall, Martha A. Freeman, 2004 

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MARTHA ANNE FREEMAN BASS TEALL 

  WAKEFIELD - Martha Anne Freeman Bass Teall, 57, passed away Wednesday, 
May 5, 2004, at her home in Wakefield with her loving family by her side.

  Born April 7, 1947, in Sussex County she was the daughter of the late 
Melvin Allen Freeman and Laura Arville Seeley Freeman.  She was a high 
school graduate, a former employee of the Virginia Diner for 22 years, a 
member of Wakefield Baptist Church, a former member of Millfield Baptist 
Church, a former member of Millfield Baptist Church in Ivor for nine years, 
Zone #2 Governor for the Holland District Ruritans, member of the United 
Daughters of the Confederacy, General Mahone Chapter and an avid quilter 
and member of an International Quilting Club.

  She leaves to cherish her precious memory her loving and devoted husband 
of nine years, Vernon L. Teall.

  Martha Anne is also survived by three sons, Leslie Arthur Bass Jr., 
Melvin Waine Bass, both of Wakefield, and Christopher Dow Bass; adopted 
children, McAllen Freeman Jr. of Lynchburg and JoAnne Freeman Coe of 
Richmond; three grandchildren, Amber Nicole Bass, Sidney Elizabeth Bass 
and Brandon Hunter Bass; her brother, McAllen Freeman Sr. of Richmond; and 
a host of friends.

  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 8, at Purviance 
Funeral Home Chapel, Wakefield, with the Rev. Jim Kerr officiating.  Committal 
services will follow in Wakefield Cemetery.  The family will receive friends 
at the funeral home on Friday evening, 7 until 8:30 p.m.  Purviance Funeral 
Home is assisting the family with arrangements.


Martha Anne (FREEMAN FOWLER POWERS BASS; Mrs. Vernon Lavon) TEALL, 
former Virginia Diner employee, 
b. 7 Apr 1947, Sussex Co., d. 5 May 2004, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 8 May 2004, 
Purviance Funeral Home obit, 
   posted with Find a Grave Mem. #127691162 

*Her maternal grandparents, Warren Lamont & Delilah (BIDWELL) SEELY, 
   are also buried there.  Wakefield list, an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Her parents & 4th husband Leslie A. BASS, Sr., are buried in Ivor Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Ivor list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt 

Her father's (donated, 1974) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/f655m1ob.txt 

Her mother's (donated, 1977) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/f655a1ob.txt 

Leslie Sr.'s obit ("Daily Press," Mar. 2, 1994, p. B-4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/b200l2ob.txt 

She 2m. divorcee Burley McCoy FOWLER 12 May 1966 in Sedley, Southampton Co.; 
   they div. in 1970. 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/t400m1ob.txt