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Rev Benjamin Jerry “Ben” Bass

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Rev Benjamin Jerry “Ben” Bass Veteran

Birth
Sellers, Marion County, South Carolina, USA
Death
16 May 2005 (aged 75)
South Carolina, USA
Burial
Latta, Dillon County, South Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.3348194, Longitude: -79.4193519
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KOREA
US Army

Son of Joe Manley and Carrie Hayes Bass, husband of Marjorie Long.

LATTA - Reverend Benjamin J. Bass, 75, entered the Church Triumphant on May 16, 2005. Born in Sellers, he was a son of the late Joe Manley and Carried Hayes Bass.

Ben attended Latta High School and Presbyterian Jr. College, Maxton, N.C. He was a graduate of the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. He served in the US Army during the Korean War, where he received the Purple Heart for wounds received in combat. Ben was ordained as a minister in June 1959.

Ben was predeceased by, Henry Bass, J. M. Bass, Guy Bass, Ella B. Cox, Carolyn B. Evans, Celia B. Basham, Annie H. Dew, J. L. Dew, Richard Dew, Walter (Pete) Dew, Jennings Dew, Mildred D. Goodyear, Edith D. Martin, and Lou D. Ranson.

He is survived by his wife, Marjorie Long Bass; daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Don Quinney of North Charleston; and foster son, James David Watson of Latta.

Services will be held May 19, 2005 at 3 p.m. at Latta Presbyterian Church with interment following at Magnolia Cemetery.

Published in The State, May 2005
KOREA
US Army

Son of Joe Manley and Carrie Hayes Bass, husband of Marjorie Long.

LATTA - Reverend Benjamin J. Bass, 75, entered the Church Triumphant on May 16, 2005. Born in Sellers, he was a son of the late Joe Manley and Carried Hayes Bass.

Ben attended Latta High School and Presbyterian Jr. College, Maxton, N.C. He was a graduate of the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. He served in the US Army during the Korean War, where he received the Purple Heart for wounds received in combat. Ben was ordained as a minister in June 1959.

Ben was predeceased by, Henry Bass, J. M. Bass, Guy Bass, Ella B. Cox, Carolyn B. Evans, Celia B. Basham, Annie H. Dew, J. L. Dew, Richard Dew, Walter (Pete) Dew, Jennings Dew, Mildred D. Goodyear, Edith D. Martin, and Lou D. Ranson.

He is survived by his wife, Marjorie Long Bass; daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Don Quinney of North Charleston; and foster son, James David Watson of Latta.

Services will be held May 19, 2005 at 3 p.m. at Latta Presbyterian Church with interment following at Magnolia Cemetery.

Published in The State, May 2005

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Cpl US Army
Korea
Purple Heart



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