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- Alfred E. "Gene" Bassett
Alfred E. "Gene" Bassett, 76, of Mill Shoals, died Friday, April 30, 2004 at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. He was born September 22, 1927 in Mill Shoals the son of Alfred and Alta (File) Bassett. He married Bessie L. Brown on June 7, 1962 at Mill Shoals and she preceded him in death on January 17, 2002.
Mr. Bassett retired from Airtex in Fairfield in 1990. He was a Deacon at the Antioch General Baptist Church near Mill Shoals.
He is surivived by one son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Darlene Gifford of Fairfield; two daughters and sons-in-law, Betty and Dean West of Mill Shoals and Mary and Al Brockus of Pamona, CA; sixteen grandchildren and twenty nine great-grandchildren; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Nina Faye and Don Taylor of Grayville and Catherine and Lester Fisher of Albion; one sister-in-law, Wilma Bassett of Albion.
He was preceded in death by two sons, Ronald and Dennis Gifford, two sisters, Edith Eckleberry and Corene Cullison and one brother, Norman Bassett.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday May 4, 2004 at the Antioch General Baptist Church near Mill Shoals will Burial in Shrewsbury Cemetery at Mill Shoals. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. on Monday May 3, 2004 at the Church. Oddfellows Services will be held at 7:45 p.m. The Elledge Funeral Home at Mill Shoals is in charge of arrangements.
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