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- The Gainesville Sune, Florida, Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Thoams Wiley Bass
Thomas Wiley "T.W." Bass, 85, passed away June 19, 2010 at E.T. York Haven Hospice Center in Gainesville, Florida. T.W. was born on November 1, 1924 to Wiley Thomas Bass and Susie Ann Polk in Trenton, Florida. He married Mary Frances Fowler of Newberry, Florida on August 16, 1945 before deploying for active duty in the US Army. He served eleven months in the European Theater of Operations with the 3rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion. His tour of duty took him to France, Italy, Switzerland and Germany.
When he returned to civilian life he was a commercial construction supervisor for Cooper Construction and Cleveland Construction in Gainesville. Later he was a construction supervisor for the State Board of Regents before retiring from the City of Gainesville as a building construction inspector.
After retiring, T.W. returned to his farm to do all those projects that he wanted to do for so many years. He helped to refurbish his church and served as an elder and business manager for the Church of Christ in Archer.
T.W. was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Frances, his brother Earl, and his parents Wiley and Susie Bass. He is survived by his two daughters Dovie Bass of Gainesville and Mary Bennett (Greg) of Trenton; two grandsons, Thomas Morgan Bennett and Colby Hiram Bennett (Taven) of Trenton; two great-grandchildren, Zane Hiram Bennett and Reina Vivian Bennett of Trenton; three sisters, Betty Sue Langford of High Springs, Lucy Mae Cook of Bronson and Ella Jane Langford of Trenton. T.W. is also survived by his extended family and friends and will be missed by all.
The family has invited the public to visit the Milam Funeral Home in Gainesville, 311 South Main Street, on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 from 2pm - 5pm. Services will be at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 24, 2010 at the Milam Funeral Home Chapel in Newberry. Interment will follow with military honors at Jonesville Cemetery.
Services are being arranged by MILAM FUNERAL HOME 22405 W. NEWBERRY ROAD; NEWBERRY, FLORIDA 32669 (352) 472-5361.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1924 - 2010 (85 years)