Margaret Louise Bassett^[1]

1918 - 2018  (99 years)

• Name	Margaret Louise Bassett
  Birth	18 Dec 1918	Pike, Alabama, United States
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Jun 2018	Troy, Pike, Alabama, USA
  Notes	Margaret Louis Bassett Price December 18, 1918 ? June 23, 2018 Margaret Louise Bassett Price went peacefully to her heavenly home Saturday, June 23, 2018. A family graveside service honoring her will be held at two o'clock, Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at Oakwood Cemetery with the Reverend Dave Kirby officiating and Dillard Funeral Home of Troy directing. She was born December 18, 1918 to John William and Frances Arraday Harris Bassett. Her grandparents were John Henry and Sarah Ellafair Meredith Bassett and James Edward and Elizabeth Mooney Harris. She is also preceded in death by her siblings Randal Leighton Bassett, Julian Morris Bassett (Neiva), Robert Gordon Bassett, John William (Mary) Bassett, Ouida Frances (Wyman) Harris, Sara Olene (Lamar) Floyd, Ewell Lamar (Eleanor) Bassett, James Edward (Nell) Bassett, Lawrence Duane Bassett, Mary Jeanette Renfroe Rowell. She is survived by her children, Wesley David (Suzanne) Price, Charlotte Frances (William) Davis, Marsha (James Wesley "Bo" [deceased]) Gaylard and Lt. Col. Ret. William Jefferson (Sandra [deceased]) Price; grandchildren, David Loizeaux (Carolyn) Price, Theodore Bassett (Billie Jean) Price, Mark Thomas (Catherine) Davis, Jeffrey William Davis, Juli-Anna (Bill) Lavers, Wesley O'Neal (Jenny) Gaylard, Michael Derek (Melissa) Gaylard, Elisabeth Anne (Jeff) Habel, Sara Catherine (Ed) Habel and sixteen great-grandchildren. She was a graduate of Pike County High School, Troy State University and Emory Theological Seminary. She had the distinction of being the first woman ordained into the ministry in the Alabama/West Florida Conference of the Methodist Church and was the first woman to deliver the opening convocation for the State of Alabama Legislature. She served several churches in Alabama and in Pensacola, Florida. During her career she also taught English in the Pensacola public schools. Her greatest joy was serving her Lord and Savior in many lay and professional positions of the church, nurturing her four children and developing mutually enriching relationships with her many friends and students.
  Person ID	P1363	13B RIchard William Bassett of Georgia
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	John William Bassett,   b. 18 Apr 1887, Pike, Alabama, USA d. 7 May 1963, Troy, Pike, Alabama, USA (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Frances Arraday Harris,   b. 20 Jul 1888, Texas d. 20 Dec 1972, Pensacola, Florida (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	13 Nov 1907	Pike, Alabama, United States
  Family ID	F350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living   4. Living
  Family ID	F569	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S-1772156360] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=45165897&pid=1363