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- El Dorado News-Times, Arkansas, Thursday, December 12, 3013
Williamson G. Bass
Williamson "Bill" Glenn Bass, 85, of Boulder City, Nev., and formerly of Mena, passed away Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, in Boulder City.
He was born on Sept. 7, 1928, in Columbia Miss to B.C. Bass and Mary Susie Williamson Bass. Shortly after his birth, the family movedtoSmackover, where he grew up. It was there he met his wife, Betty Jean McCauley. They married in 1947 and enjoyed 65 years of marriage. Bill attended the University of Arkansas, Oklahoma State and USC and graduated with a master's degree in engineering. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 22 years, retiring at the rank of colonel. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Betty; and a sister, Betty Marie Heffington.
He is survived by five children, Randy Bass and his wife, Connie, of Bridgeport, Texas, Rick Bass and his wife, Carrie, of Perris, Calif., Susan Zisakis and her husband, Gus, of Boulder City, Ron Bass and his wife, Sue, of Little River, S.C., and Jeff Bass of Mena; nine grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at the Beasley-Wood Chapel of Beasley-Wood Funeral Home in Mena.
A chapel service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, at Young's Funeral Home in El Dorado.
Burial will follow in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens with military honors under the direction of Beasley-Wood Funeral Home.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1928 - 2013 (85 years)