Gary Franklin Bass

1901 - 1996  (94 years)

• Name	Gary Franklin Bass
  Birth	29 Oct 1901	Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  _UID	45DAE848BD5169499A0DDC403D1207588093
  Death	24 Feb 1996	Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina
  Notes	The State, Columbia, South Carolina, Sunday, February 25, 1996 Gary Bass Sr. WINNSBORO ? Services for Gary Franklin Bass Sr., 93, will be held Monday, 3 p.m. at Stephen Green Baptist Church, with burial in First Baptist Cemetery. Rev. Taylor Wells will officiate. Visitation will be tonight 6-8 p.m. at Pope Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Richard Winn Academy, Stephen Green Baptist Church Building Fund, or the Shriners Hospital. Active pallbearers will be Gary Franklin Bass III, Lunceford Lewis Bass, Gene Wesley Bass Jr., James Marion Bass, Duncan Wright Tyson, Tommy Carl Wilkes and Ronald Allen Bell. Mr. Bass died Feb. 24. Born in Richland County, he was the son of the late Henry K. and Sallie Irene Roberts Bass. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Madora Fields Bass. He was a former Fairfield County Game Warden, and former Fairfield County Road Supervisor. He was also a businessman, having been engaged in the restaurant business and farming. He was a member of Frantazia Unit of Jamil Shrine Temple, Winnsboro Masonic Lodge No. 11, Stephen Green Baptist Church, and the Men?s Bible Class No. 1. Surviving are a daughter, Joyce Bass Pope-Haizlip of Winnsboro; son, Gene Wesley Bass Sr. of Winnsboro; sisters, Sarah Pearl Albert of Topeka, Kansas, Carrie Hood of Blythewood; seven grandchildren, Gary Franklin Bass III, Lunceford Lewis Bass, Gene Wesley Bass Jr., James Marion Bass, Eugenie Pope Tyson, Connie Pope Wilkes, and Joyce C. Pope Bell; and eight great-grandchildren. 1910 Federal Census of Township #8, Fairfield County, South Carolina Henry Bass - 40 - Male - South Carolina - Head Sallie - 33 - Female - South Carolina - Wife Nezzie - 16 - Female - South Carolina - Daughter Ivia - 14 - Male - South Carolina - Son Lex - 13 - Male - South Carolina - Son Eartie - 11 - Male - South Carolina - Son Gary - 9 - Male - South Carolina - Son Maxie - 4 - Male - South Carolina - Son Douglas - 0 - Male - South Carolina - Son Daisy Boney - 17 - Female - South Carolina - Daughter
  Person ID	I12	Bass19B Henry Bass of South Carolina
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry Kalvin Bass,   b. 19 Apr 1869, Blythewood, Richland County, South Carolina d. 10 Nov 1950, Winnsboro Mill, Fairfield County, South Carolina (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Sarah Irene (Sallie) Roberts,   b. Aug 1877, South Carolina d. Feb 1938, Blythewood, Richland County, South Carolina (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Madora Fields,   b. 24 May 1905   d. 10 Dec 1975 (Age 70 years)
  Children	1. Joyce Bass + 2. Gene Wesley Bass,   b. Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina d. 11 Sep 2023 + 3. Gary Franklin Bass, Jr.,   b. 27 Jun 1927, Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina d. 23 Aug 1989, West Columbia, South Carolina (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F47	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2021