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- Greensboro Daily News
North Carolina
Wednesday, December 13, 1950
Homer R. Bass
Statesville, December 12 - Homer Rufus Bass, 59, retired farmer died suddenly this afternoon at his home here following a heart attack. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Annie Young Bass; a son, Cline Bass of Newport News, Virginia; three daughters, Mrs. G.W. Gibson, Mrs. W.C. Collins of Statesville, and Mrs. Marshall Holtsclaw of Ferum, Virginia; three brothers, and four sisters. Funeral plans are incomplete.
Statesville Record & Landmark, North Carolina, 14 December 1950
Homer Rufus Bass
Homer Rufus Bass, retired farmer, died suddenly about 12:30 PM Tues. at his home, 230 North Lackey St. His death followed a heart attack. The son of the late Mr. Quince R. Bass and Mrs. Hattie Combs Bass, Mr. Bass was born in Iredell Co 59 years ago, and had lived in Statesville the greater part of his life. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Young Bass; one son, Cline Bass of Newport News, VA; three daughters, Mrs. B. W. Gibson of Rt. 2, Mrs. W. C. Collins of the city and Mrs. Marshall Holtsclaw of Ferum, VA. There are three brothers and four sisters surviving: Fletcher Bass, Mrs. G. T. Summers, Mrs. C. S. Josey of Rt. 4, Statesville; Manly Bass of Rt. 1; Burkett Bass, Mrs. W. M. Milstead, and Mrs. F. A. Brown of Statesville. Funeral plans are incomplete.
The Independent, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Friday, 30 May 1930
Don?t this beat all! Owen Moose, a married man with several children is confined in the Iredel County jail in Statesville. About a month ago his wife left her home. At the same time Homer R. Bass, janitor at the Iredell courthouse, also a married man with children, disappeared. He asked for two days off in which to go fishing. He didn?t come back. This week, he and Mrs. Moose were located in West Grove, Penna., near Philadelphia. They will be brought back and charged with abdondonment and desertion.
Greensboro Daily News, North Carolina, Saturday, 31 May 1930
Will Face Charge of White Slavery
Homer Bass and Mrs. Owen Moore Returned to State From Philadelphia for Trial
(Special to Daily News)
Statesville, May 30. ? Homer Bass, 39, former janitor at the Iredell county courthouse, and Mrs. Owen Moose, 28, who are accused of leaving their homes here on April 30, having been in prison since Saturday at Westgrove, Penna., near Philadelphia, will be tried in the United States district court on a charge of white slavery, according to advices received from federal authorities by Sheriff Jesse L. Sherrill, of Iredell county.
For several days, Sheriff Sherrill had bee in communication with the United States court officials in regard to the federal authorities taking over the Bass-Moore case for jurisdiction, and today it was learned that the federal authorities would handle the case, charging Bass with violation of the Mann act, or transporting a woman across a state line for immoral purposes.
United States officers are now en route from Pennsylvania with the couple who disappeared from their homes here a month ago. Sheriff Sherrill had not been advised this morning as to whether Bass and Mrs. Moose would be imprisoned awaiting trial in Statesville or Charlotte.
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