Bassett Family Association Database

Tommy Leonard Bass, Sr.

Male 1915 - 1961  (45 years)

Personal Information

  • Name Tommy Leonard Bass 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 8 Feb 1915  Wilson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID AC3EC66EEAD78641A2534F2BE94F66570A40 
    Death 2 Feb 1961 
    Burial Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • News and Observer, North Carolina, 7 February 1961
      Tommy L. Bass

      WILSON ? Tommy Leonard Bass, 45, died Friday in San Jose, Calif. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lela Parrish Bass of Wilson; noe son, Tommy L. Bass, Jr. and two daughters, Connie and Winifred Bass, all of the h9ome; three brothers, Harvey of Havelock, David of Lucama and Mannie bass of Fremont; two sisters, Mrs. Paul Mathis of Castro Valley, Calif. and rms. Russell Brantley of Spring Hope; one half brother, Willie Bass of San Francisco, Calif.; one half sisters, Mrs. Frances Jones of Goldsboro; his stepmother, Mrs. Casper Lewis of Goldsboro; and one stepbrother, Edgar Davis of Goldsboro. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Hunt Funeral Home Chapel conducted by the Rev. Edwin Kringel. Burial will follow in Maplewood Cemetery.


      1920 Federal Census of Cross Roads, Wilson County, North Carolina (January 20, 1920)
      Manie Bass - 37 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Head - Farmer General Farm
      Willie T. - 27 - Female - NC-NC-NC - Wife
      Mary - 12 - Female - NC-NC-NC - Daughter
      Harvey - 9 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Son
      Leonard - 4 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Son
      Ruth - 3 - Fmale - NC-NC-NC - Daughter
      Dave - 1 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Son
      Franci E. - 70 - Female - NC-NC-NC - Mother

      1930 Federal Census of Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina (April 3, 1930)
      John J. Parrish - 52 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Head - Farmer General Farm
      Mary - 22 - Female - NC-NC-NC - Wife
      Virginia L. - 5 - Female - NC-NC-NC - Daughter
      Leonard Bass - 15 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Brother-in-Law - Laborer Farm
      Lucy P. Parrish - 13 - Female - NC-NC-NC - Daughter
      Lila M. - 11 - Female - NC-NC-NC - Daughter

      1940 Federal Census of Taylor, Wilson County, North Carolina (April 20, 1940)
      Tommie Lenard Bass - 25 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Head - Farmer Farm
      Lela Mae - 32 - Female - NC-NC-NC - Wife
      Tommie Lenard Jr. - 4 - Male - NC-NC-NC - Son
      Juanita - 2 - Female - NC-NC-NC - Daughter
    Person ID I7  Bass52 Vergus Bass of North Carolina
    Last Modified 5 Oct 2026 

    Father Manie J. Bass,   b. 12 Aug 1882, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1930 (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Willie Thompson,   b. 21 Mar 1890   d. 11 Apr 1923 (Age 33 years) 
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lila (Lela) Mae Parrish,   b. Abt 1919, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Feb 2001, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Tommy Leonard Bass, Jr.,   b. 17 Aug 1935, Wilson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 2006, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     2. Juanita Bass,   b. 9 Aug 1937, Wilson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1944, Wilson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 6 years)
     3. Winifred Bass
     4. Connie Bass
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2019