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- Tyler Morning Telegraph, September 4, 2013
Bettie Bass Ward
Graveside services for Bettie Bass Ward, 84, of Tyler, are scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, in Holly Tree Cemetery near Holly Lake Ranch. A celebration of her life will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the chapel at Marvin United Metho-dist Church with the Revs. Steph-anie Hughes and April McGlothin-Eller officiating under direction of Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Home.
Mrs. Ward went to meet her Lord and Savior on Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, in Tyler. She was born Sept. 16, 1928, in Jackson, Tenn., to the late Jacob Jefferson Bass and Edna Virginia Huselton Bass. Mrs. Ward was an educator for 35 years, including principal of Huntington Schools in Ferriday, La. While living at Holly Lake Ranch in her later years, she helped establish a widows' support group that grew to more than 100 members and is still active today. She was a member of Marvin United Methodist Church where she was a member and president of the Century Class. She was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, Harold Ward; and by a sister, Joyce Herrington.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Kelly and DoBe Ward, of Enigma, Ga.; three daughters and sons-in-law, Judy and Tom Sanches, of Jackson, La., Gail McGlothin, of Tyler, and Deborah and Al Shepard, of Beaufort, N.C.; a brother, Jake Bass Jr., of Mount Ida, Ark.; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and Hub McGlothin.
Memorials may be made to Marvin United Methodist Church, 300 W. Erwin St., Tyler 75702; or to one's own charity of choice.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1928 - 2013 (84 years)