| Notes |
- News Herald, Sunday, August 5, 2001
AUDREY ROBERT BASSETT
Audrey Robert "Bob" Bassett Jr., 69, of Columbus, died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2001, at his residence. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday in Parkhill Cemetery with Pastor Tom May officiating, according to Striffler-Hamby Mortuary Macon Road Chapel. The family will receive friends today from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home and Monday after the service at Westminister Presbyterian Church, 2303 Double Churches Road. mr. Bassett was born June 6, 1932, in Gretna, Fla., son of Marguerite Chason Bassett of Lynn Haven and the lat Audrey Robert Bassett Sr. He had lived in Columbus since 1985. He was a graduate of Marianna High School, Chipola Junior College, and Florida State University. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of Korea, and Vietnam, serving as a SSGT for 12 years. He also served in the Army National Guard, and the U.S. Naval Reserve. For 28 years he served as a technical librarian for the Department of the Army Civil Service. He was a member of Westminister Presbyterian Church. He was an ordained Elder in the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. and a past deacon in the P.C.A. Presbyterian Church. Survivors other than his mother, include his wife, Sylvia June Bassett of Columbus; two sons and their spouses, David V. and Jeanette C. Bassett of Cedar Hill, Texas, Michael V. and Nancy R. Bassett of Plano, Texas; a daughter, Deidre Ann Bassett of Columbus; five grandchildren, Deborah Elizabeth Bassett, Jessica Marie Bassett, Abigail Katherine Bassett, Zachary James Bassett and Stephen Robert Bassett; two cherished pets, Smokey and Summer. Flowers are welcomed, but those so desiring may make contributions to Westminister Presbyterian Church Columbus Hospice Inc., or the Muscogee County Humane Society.
|