Services for J. C. "Shorty" Basham, 73, of Pollok, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Harold Westbrook officiating. Interment will follow in the Walker Cemetery.
Mr. Basham was born November 9, 1923 in Angelina County, Texas and he died Wednesday, May 28, 1997 in a local hospital.
He was a retired crane operator with Lufkin Industries after 34 years of service. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was a member of Lufkin Masonic Lodge #669 and he was a ten year member of the Lufkin VFW. Mr. Basham was Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Bernice "Susie" Basham; daughters & sons-in-law, Betty and Johnnie Smitherman, Venita and George Knight and Junie and Randy Stephens; daughter, Rachel Rogers; 7 grandchildreb; 4 great-grandchildren; sister & brother-in-law, Barbara and Bennie Gresham and brother, J. E. Basham.
Pallbearers will be James McDougald, Joseph Stephens, Randall Stephens, Aaron Knight, Joe "Woody" Evans, Jim Hope, Larry Davis and Garland Bates.
Gipson Funeral Home, directors
Published in Lufkin Daily News, May 30, 1997
Mr. Basham was born November 9, 1923 in Angelina County, Texas and he died Wednesday, May 28, 1997 in a local hospital.
He was a retired crane operator with Lufkin Industries after 34 years of service. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was a member of Lufkin Masonic Lodge #669 and he was a ten year member of the Lufkin VFW. Mr. Basham was Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Bernice "Susie" Basham; daughters & sons-in-law, Betty and Johnnie Smitherman, Venita and George Knight and Junie and Randy Stephens; daughter, Rachel Rogers; 7 grandchildreb; 4 great-grandchildren; sister & brother-in-law, Barbara and Bennie Gresham and brother, J. E. Basham.
Pallbearers will be James McDougald, Joseph Stephens, Randall Stephens, Aaron Knight, Joe "Woody" Evans, Jim Hope, Larry Davis and Garland Bates.
Gipson Funeral Home, directors
Published in Lufkin Daily News, May 30, 1997
Services for J. C. "Shorty" Basham, 73, of Pollok, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Harold Westbrook officiating. Interment will follow in the Walker Cemetery.
Mr. Basham was born November 9, 1923 in Angelina County, Texas and he died Wednesday, May 28, 1997 in a local hospital.
He was a retired crane operator with Lufkin Industries after 34 years of service. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was a member of Lufkin Masonic Lodge #669 and he was a ten year member of the Lufkin VFW. Mr. Basham was Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Bernice "Susie" Basham; daughters & sons-in-law, Betty and Johnnie Smitherman, Venita and George Knight and Junie and Randy Stephens; daughter, Rachel Rogers; 7 grandchildreb; 4 great-grandchildren; sister & brother-in-law, Barbara and Bennie Gresham and brother, J. E. Basham.
Pallbearers will be James McDougald, Joseph Stephens, Randall Stephens, Aaron Knight, Joe "Woody" Evans, Jim Hope, Larry Davis and Garland Bates.
Gipson Funeral Home, directors
Published in Lufkin Daily News, May 30, 1997
Mr. Basham was born November 9, 1923 in Angelina County, Texas and he died Wednesday, May 28, 1997 in a local hospital.
He was a retired crane operator with Lufkin Industries after 34 years of service. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was a member of Lufkin Masonic Lodge #669 and he was a ten year member of the Lufkin VFW. Mr. Basham was Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Bernice "Susie" Basham; daughters & sons-in-law, Betty and Johnnie Smitherman, Venita and George Knight and Junie and Randy Stephens; daughter, Rachel Rogers; 7 grandchildreb; 4 great-grandchildren; sister & brother-in-law, Barbara and Bennie Gresham and brother, J. E. Basham.
Pallbearers will be James McDougald, Joseph Stephens, Randall Stephens, Aaron Knight, Joe "Woody" Evans, Jim Hope, Larry Davis and Garland Bates.
Gipson Funeral Home, directors
Published in Lufkin Daily News, May 30, 1997
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