Veteran World War I
Funeral services for Mr. Lonnie Grover Bass, 77, were held Monday at 2 p.m. in the First Baptist Church, Rev. Norris Taylor officiating.
Mr. Bass died at his home Dec. 9. He had been in ill health for the past few months. A veteran of W.W.II, Mr. Bass came to Dickens County in 1916, where he had farming interests. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Thelma Bass, Spur; four sons: Graden and Larry Don, both of Spur; Tommy, Huntington Utah and Carlos, Post; two daughters, Adell Gannon, Post; Gaynell Smith, Lamesa; one sister, Mrs. Julia Ackerman Alabama; 19 grandchildren.
Pallbearers included Curles Bass, Otis Bass, Tom Warren, Grady Warren Dalton Warren and James Warren.
Burial was in the Spur cemetery.
©The Texas Spur, December 14, 1972
from the records of Lillian Grace Nay, transcribed by Kay Laster
Services for Thelma Bass, 91, of Spur, Texas will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at the First Baptist Church of Spur with the Rev. Richard Harbison officiating. Interment will be in Spur Memorial Cemetery.Arrangements are under the direction of Campbell Funeral Home. Mrs. Bass died Sunday, May 25, 2003. She was born in Mooresville, Texas on July 23, 1911. She married Lonnie Bass on November 22, 1928, in Dickens County. He preceded her in death in 1972. Mrs. Bass was a lifetime resident of Spur. She was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, Bluebonnets, and she was named Spur Ex-Student of the Year in 2000. She is preceded in death by a son, Tommy Gene of Huntington, Utah on December 31,1992.
Survivors include three sons, Graden Bass of Spur, Carlos Bass of Jayton, and Larry Don Bass of Spur; two daughters, Adell Gannon of Dickens, and Gay Nell Smith of Lamesa; three brothers, Carlton Watson of Summit, Ark., Douglas Watson of Holts Summit, Mo., and David Watson of Battle Bound, Wash.; a sister, Clara Hinds of Spring Valley, Calif.; 20 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren. The family suggests in lieu of flowers, memorials be sent to Dickens County Senior Citizens, 210 Burlington, Spur, Texas 79370.
© Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Tuesday, May 27, 2003
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