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Submitted: 1/20/08 • Approved: 10/11/21 • Last Updated: 10/14/21 • R11190-G0-S3
16 Oct 1939 - 04 Dec 2001
Marriage:
1) Betty Louise (Orr) Bass
2) Wanda Leatha (Bayles) Kiefer Bass
Herbert Gerome Bass husband of Wanda Louise Bayles Kiefer Bass. the son of Virgil Leonard Bass and Myrtle (Prock) Bass.
**obituary
Herbert Gerome Bass, 62, of Fontaine, died Dec. 4, 2001, at White River Medical Center in Batesville.
Born Oct. 16, 1939, in Fontaine, he was the son of Leonard and Myrtle Prack Bass. He was a self-employed carpenter for over 42 years and was of the Pentecostal faith.
Survivors include his mother, of Walnut Ridge; three daughters -- Melinda Bass of Jonesboro, Jackie Meredith of Bono, and Vickie Bass of Oklahoma; three sons -Bill Bass of Cherokee Village, Joe Bass of Black Rock, and Scott Bass of Jonesboro; a sister, Barbara South of Sedgewick; two brothers -Lovell Bass and Winford Bass, both of Fontaine; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father and a sister, Charlotte Lamb.
The funeral was Dec. 7 at the chapel of Higginbotham Funeral Home of Walnut Ridge.
Burial followed in the Old Military Cemetery in Sedgewick.
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FONTAINE — Herbert Gerome Bass, 62, of Fontaine died Tuesday, Dec. 4, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. Born at Fontaine, he was a self-employed carpenter and was of the Pentecostal faith.
Survivors include three daughters, Melinda Bass of Jonesboro, Jackie Meredith of Bono and Vickie Bass of Oklahoma; three sons, Scott Bass of Jonesboro, Bill Bass of Cherokee Village and Joe Bass of Black Rock; his mother, Myrtle Bass of Walnut Ridge; one sister, Barbara South of Sedgwick; two brothers, Lovell Bass and Winford Bass, both of Fontaine; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father, Leonard Bass, and one sister, Charlotte Lamb.
Funeral services will be at 12 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Higginbotham Funeral Service of Walnut Ridge. Burial will be in the Old Military Cemetery at Sedgwick.
Pallbearers will be Brandon Bass, Cody Bass, Eric Bass, Chris Hess, Bobby Maxie and Rick McComas.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Obituary courtesy of The Jonesboro Sun Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas posted 06 Dec 2001. Copyright The Sun 2018
Contributed on 1/20/08 by denise.bratcher63
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