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- Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia, Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Katie Lea Bass
Suffolk - Katie Lea Bass, 94 of 1510 Freeney Avenue, Suffolk, VA died Thursday, August 23, 2012 at Consulate Health Care of Windsor. She was a native of Danville, VA and the daughter of the late Thomas H. Lea and Malinda Wade Lea. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry M. Bass; daughter, Lynda D. Bass; sister, Mary Ruth Lea Thompson; two brothers, Thomas H. Lea and Clarence Lea.
She graduated from John M. Langston High School. She received her RN Degree from Saint Phillips College and an Advanced Training from Virginia Commonwealth University. Mrs. Bass retired after 30 years as a nurse from Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. She was a member of East End Baptist Church where she was on the Deaconess Board, Nurses' Unit and Women's Missionary Unit. She also was a member of the Omega Chapter of Chi Eta Phi Professional Nursing Sorority, Past President and Founder of the Suffolk Chapter.
She leaves to cherish her memory two nieces, Pearl Thompson Kirby of MD and Kathy Thompson of NC; great nieces, Judy Thompson Ampley of NC and Maya G. Middleton of MD; cousins, Irma Mead, Gertrude Morgan both of MD, Mamie Raynor, Shirley Baker and Kimberly Jenkins both of NC; extended family, Beverly White, Rashida White and Rev. & Mrs. J. J. Ferguson; and many friends.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 30, 2012 at East End Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Dr. Mark A. Croston. Interment will be in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens, 4569 Shoulders Hill Road, Suffolk.
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