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Franklin Home Page, Tennessee, Monday, August 18, 2014
Jerald Lynn Bass: Financial adviser, civic leader
Jerald Lynn Bass, 66, of Pulaski and Franklin, died on Thurs., Aug. 14, at Alive Hospice Hospital in Nashville. He was 66.
Mr. Bass was the son of the late Thurman (Biley) Bass and Elise Bass, Pulaski. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Williams Bass; daughter, Lori (Jeff) McAdams, Brentwood; son, Benjamin (Candace) Bass, Nashville; three grandchildren, Reid, Lily, and Gray McAdams, Brentwood; brother, Tom (Janie) Bass, Murfreesboro; nephew, Rhett Bass, Nashville; niece, Leah Bass and grand-nephew, Cole Phillips, both of Murfreesboro.
He was a graduate of Giles County High School, Martin Methodist College, Middle Tennessee State University (bachelor's and master's degrees), and of the LSU School of Banking. In addition, Mr. Bass attended two years at the YMCA Night Law School in Nashville. He began his financial career in 1971 as Martin Methodist College's director of financial aid and next served as first vice-president of the Union Bank in Pulaski.
Mr. Bass also served as executive vice-president of the Bank of Putnam County in Cookeville, and as president and CEO of the Cumberland County Bank in Crossville. He spent more than 21 years as a Morgan Keegan and Co. financial adviser, and since 2008 had been a financial adviser with Raymond James in Maryland Farms and the First National Bank in Pulaski.
Mr. Bass was a past president of the Pulaski Rotary Club, past vice president of the Cookeville Noonday Lions Club, past Trustee of Martin Methodist College, and past president of the Cumberland Chapter of the Bank Administration Institute. He was a member of the Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Franklin.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at Bethlehem United Methodist Church. Burial will be at a later date at Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski. Donations may be made to the Henry Bass Scholarship at Martin Methodist College, to the Giles County Library, to Bethlehem United Methodist Church, or to the Pearl Point Cancer Support for Sarah Cannon Research Institute, 310 25th Ave N., Suite 303, Nashville, Tennessee. 37203.
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