Services for Opal Bass, 87, Tyler, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, at Southern Oaks Baptist Church, Tyler, with the Revs. Larry Craig and Fred Morrow and the Rev. Dr. Paul Saylors officiating. Burial will be in Elkins Cemetery in the Omen community of Smith County, under direction of Cottle Funeral Home, Troup.
Mrs. Bass died Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, in a Tyler hospital. She was born Aug. 28, 1923, in Clarendon to the late Clarence and Ava Page McWhorter.
She was a member of the Southern Oaks Baptist Church, Tyler. For the past several years she had been a resident of Garden Estates, Tyler, where she led Bible studies. She was a loving mother and grandmother and was deeply devoted to her family and friends.
Mrs. Bass married the Rev. E.L. Bass in Matador, Feb. 10, 1941. She served with him as a faithful minister's wife throughout their 60 years of marriage until his death in 2001.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by three grandchildren, two brothers and three sisters.
Survivors include son, Lynn Bass, Whitehouse; four daughters and sons-in-law, Ava and Johnny Ashby, Tyler, Charlotte and Charles Keasler, McKinney, Sybil and Jerry Kleam, Lindale, and Marilyn and Kirk Wilson, Tyler; 14 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; a nephew; and special family members, Jerry and Linda Cothran.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Justin Kleam, Trent Bass, Jeffrey McMichael, Kaleb Bass, Randy Childress, Greg Evans, Pete Ridge, Cory Hilton and Cole Green.
Honorary pallbearers will be friends and staff at Garden Estates.
Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15. Also, the family will receive friends at Southern Oaks Baptist Church Thursday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to service time.
Memorials, if desired, may be made to the Southern Oaks Baptist Church, 601 E. Amherst St., Tyler, 75701.
To view online or to sign the guestbook, go to www.cottlefuneralhome.com.
Published in Tyler Morning Telegraph on September 15, 2010
Mrs. Bass died Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, in a Tyler hospital. She was born Aug. 28, 1923, in Clarendon to the late Clarence and Ava Page McWhorter.
She was a member of the Southern Oaks Baptist Church, Tyler. For the past several years she had been a resident of Garden Estates, Tyler, where she led Bible studies. She was a loving mother and grandmother and was deeply devoted to her family and friends.
Mrs. Bass married the Rev. E.L. Bass in Matador, Feb. 10, 1941. She served with him as a faithful minister's wife throughout their 60 years of marriage until his death in 2001.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by three grandchildren, two brothers and three sisters.
Survivors include son, Lynn Bass, Whitehouse; four daughters and sons-in-law, Ava and Johnny Ashby, Tyler, Charlotte and Charles Keasler, McKinney, Sybil and Jerry Kleam, Lindale, and Marilyn and Kirk Wilson, Tyler; 14 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; a nephew; and special family members, Jerry and Linda Cothran.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Justin Kleam, Trent Bass, Jeffrey McMichael, Kaleb Bass, Randy Childress, Greg Evans, Pete Ridge, Cory Hilton and Cole Green.
Honorary pallbearers will be friends and staff at Garden Estates.
Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15. Also, the family will receive friends at Southern Oaks Baptist Church Thursday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to service time.
Memorials, if desired, may be made to the Southern Oaks Baptist Church, 601 E. Amherst St., Tyler, 75701.
To view online or to sign the guestbook, go to www.cottlefuneralhome.com.
Published in Tyler Morning Telegraph on September 15, 2010
Services for Opal Bass, 87, Tyler, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, at Southern Oaks Baptist Church, Tyler, with the Revs. Larry Craig and Fred Morrow and the Rev. Dr. Paul Saylors officiating. Burial will be in Elkins Cemetery in the Omen community of Smith County, under direction of Cottle Funeral Home, Troup.
Mrs. Bass died Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, in a Tyler hospital. She was born Aug. 28, 1923, in Clarendon to the late Clarence and Ava Page McWhorter.
She was a member of the Southern Oaks Baptist Church, Tyler. For the past several years she had been a resident of Garden Estates, Tyler, where she led Bible studies. She was a loving mother and grandmother and was deeply devoted to her family and friends.
Mrs. Bass married the Rev. E.L. Bass in Matador, Feb. 10, 1941. She served with him as a faithful minister's wife throughout their 60 years of marriage until his death in 2001.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by three grandchildren, two brothers and three sisters.
Survivors include son, Lynn Bass, Whitehouse; four daughters and sons-in-law, Ava and Johnny Ashby, Tyler, Charlotte and Charles Keasler, McKinney, Sybil and Jerry Kleam, Lindale, and Marilyn and Kirk Wilson, Tyler; 14 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; a nephew; and special family members, Jerry and Linda Cothran.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Justin Kleam, Trent Bass, Jeffrey McMichael, Kaleb Bass, Randy Childress, Greg Evans, Pete Ridge, Cory Hilton and Cole Green.
Honorary pallbearers will be friends and staff at Garden Estates.
Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15. Also, the family will receive friends at Southern Oaks Baptist Church Thursday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to service time.
Memorials, if desired, may be made to the Southern Oaks Baptist Church, 601 E. Amherst St., Tyler, 75701.
To view online or to sign the guestbook, go to www.cottlefuneralhome.com.
Published in Tyler Morning Telegraph on September 15, 2010
Mrs. Bass died Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, in a Tyler hospital. She was born Aug. 28, 1923, in Clarendon to the late Clarence and Ava Page McWhorter.
She was a member of the Southern Oaks Baptist Church, Tyler. For the past several years she had been a resident of Garden Estates, Tyler, where she led Bible studies. She was a loving mother and grandmother and was deeply devoted to her family and friends.
Mrs. Bass married the Rev. E.L. Bass in Matador, Feb. 10, 1941. She served with him as a faithful minister's wife throughout their 60 years of marriage until his death in 2001.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by three grandchildren, two brothers and three sisters.
Survivors include son, Lynn Bass, Whitehouse; four daughters and sons-in-law, Ava and Johnny Ashby, Tyler, Charlotte and Charles Keasler, McKinney, Sybil and Jerry Kleam, Lindale, and Marilyn and Kirk Wilson, Tyler; 14 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; a nephew; and special family members, Jerry and Linda Cothran.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Justin Kleam, Trent Bass, Jeffrey McMichael, Kaleb Bass, Randy Childress, Greg Evans, Pete Ridge, Cory Hilton and Cole Green.
Honorary pallbearers will be friends and staff at Garden Estates.
Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15. Also, the family will receive friends at Southern Oaks Baptist Church Thursday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to service time.
Memorials, if desired, may be made to the Southern Oaks Baptist Church, 601 E. Amherst St., Tyler, 75701.
To view online or to sign the guestbook, go to www.cottlefuneralhome.com.
Published in Tyler Morning Telegraph on September 15, 2010
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