Extracted from The Sunday Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Sunday, August 26, 1984

BASS SR., GENE LIONEL

Died 6:15 p.m. Friday, August 24, 1984, at Dixon Memorial Hospital, Denham Springs. He was 56, a native of Gloster, Miss. and resident of Denham Springs.

Visiting at Seale Funeral Home, Denham Springs, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Religious services at funeral home, 2 p.m. Sunday, conducted by the Rev. Frank H. Hornsby. Burial in Grangeville Baptist Church Cemetery.

Survived by wife, Mrs. Ruby Ballard Bass; a daughter, Kathy Broussard; two step-daughters, Monette Broussard and Connie Dykes; three sons, Wayne, Randy K. and Jean Lionel Bass Jr.; five step-sons, Tommy Morgan and Sidney, Mallory, Danny and Byron Ballard; three sisters, Byrdie Miller, Dollye Chaney and Floy Davis; four brothers, S.V., Loyd, Burwell and Frank Bass; and numerous grandchildren.

Preceded in death by father, Charlie Bass; mother, Mrs. Lillie Bass; a son, Garland Bass; a sister, Erlene Bourque Thomas; and a brother, Don Bass.