- Date Of Death: January 21, 2017
- State: Alabama
334 South Broad Street ~ Post Office Box 446
Cairo, Georgia 39828
229-377-1414 Office 229-377-5235 Fax
Elizabeth Henderson Bass
June 24, 1930 – January 21, 2017
January 27, 2017, at the Carolina Missionary Baptist Church in Carolina, AL. Dr. Ron McCaskill
Carolina, AL.
21, 2017.
Jacobs and Tommy Godwin.
Mrs. Bass was born on June 24, 1930, in Andalusia, AL, to the late William Washington and
Daisy Bell Hutto Henderson. On March 6, 1947, she married Joel Sidney Bass, who preceded her
in death on February 4, 1996. She worked as the communications director for the Fort Walton
Beach Medical Center before her retirement from Humana Hospital System. Mrs. Elizabeth had
a way with people and loved her family dearly. She did two things to excess…she laughed and
she worked. She was a founder of the Business and Professional Woman’s Club of Fort Walton
Beach. In her younger years, she was a factory worker. Her career included working as a
pharmacist’s assistant, Mary Kay representative, communications supervisor, licensed auctioneer,
standup comic, and award-winning fruit and vegetable canner. In her 70’s, she was still
working…in airport security for TSA of Homeland Security. She was of the Baptist Faith.
Survivors include: her sons, Joel S. “Joe” Bass, Jr. of Cairo, GA, John William “Bill” Bass, Sr.
(Celia) of Cairo, GA; grandchildren, Joel Bass, III, Julia Bass, Bill Bass, Jr. (Kelly), and Joel
Farrar Bass (Allison), all of Cairo, GA; great-grandchildren, Cooper, Caroline, Farrar, Ava and
Dray Bass, all of Cairo, GA; sister-in-law, Eunice Bass Henderson of Brewton, AL; and a host of
nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by: her parents; her husband; brothers, Archie, Harold and Bibb
Henderson; sisters, Willie Blackwell, Ethel Kennedy, Bertha Garrett and Tessie Lewis.
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