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- McAlexster News-Capital & Democrat, Oklahoma, Friday, May 29, 2020
Betty Gray Bass
November 18, 1935 ? May 28, 2020
Betty Gray Bass passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, May 28, 2020, after a valiant battle with cancer.
She was born on November 18, 1935, in Jasper, Texas. Betty graduated from Bronson High School in Bronson, Texas. She graduated from Sam Houston State University.
Betty worked at Lockheed for 10 years, worked at Carl Albert Mental Health Center and then for the office of the Honorable Carl Albert. She then obtained a master's degree in counseling and worked the next 20 years for Court Related Community Services (CRCS) at the courthouse in McAlester, where she met and married the love of her life, Gene Bass, in 1977. Betty's favorite job of all began at age 72 working as a bailiff for the Honorable Jimmy Bland, where she loved seeing and interacting with all the lawyers (especially her son, Jeff Belote), and all the people at the courthouse. She continued as a bailiff for the next 10 years.
Always sincerely interested in the well-being of others, Betty was a natural counselor, friendly, well-liked and a true "people person". She was a true and valued friend to many and her warm, bubbly, caring personality made her loved by all who knew her.
Betty loved playing bridge with friends, shopping for bargains, attending Kibois events and travelling all over the world with her beloved husband, Gene. Her favorite place to go was the Hale Koa Hotel on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii, where she and Gene enjoyed going every year for the last 22 years. Betty loved and emphasized family above all else and enjoyed attending her grandchildren's events and having family around to cook meals for and pass on family history. She was always a strong rock for her family, adored by, Gene, and beloved by her three sons, Jeff, James and Greg Belote, and her daughter-in-law and all her grandchildren.
She will be missed greatly by all, but leaves her legacy of immense strength, a caring friend, great work ethic and, most of all, the importance of family and that love goes on forever.
Betty leaves behind her husband of 43 years, Gene Bass; sons, Jeff Belote, of McAlester, James and Susan Belote, of Edmond, and Greg Belote, of Oklahoma City; brother and sister-in-law, Guy James and Mary Gray, of Kerrville, Texas; 10 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
Services to be determined at a later date.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1935 - 2020 (84 years)
d. 18 Sep 2024 (Age 91 years)