Delilah Cordelia (Myers) Bass (1883 - 1957)

Born 22 Aug 1883 in Lawrence, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Theodore Watson Bass — married 21 May 1902 in Prentiss, Lawrence County, Mississippi, USA

Descendants

Died 1 Dec 1957 at age 74 in Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, United States

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Marvin Bass [send private message] and Jorgia-Ann Bass [send private message]

Biography

Delilah was born in 1883. Delilah Myers ... She passed away in 1957. ^[1]

Cordie was born about 1885 in Mississippi.^[2]

She married Theodore Watson Bass.^[3] about 1904^[2] and the couple had the following known children:

1. Bertie May Bass was born in Mississippi about 1905.^[2]
2. Eula Bass was born in Mississippi about 1906.^[2]
3. Oliver Bass was born in Mississippi about 1908.^[2][4]
4. George F. Bass was born in Mississippi^[5][6] on 22 Jan 1923, died 08 Feb 1992 and is buried in Biloxi National Cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi
5. T.W. Bass>^[6]

Cordie and Theodore were divorced by 1940.^[5][4]

Birth: Aug. 22, 1883 Lawrence County Mississippi, USA Death: Dec. 1, 1957 Mississippi, USA

From F.A.G. contributor Ann Berry McNair:

Rory, would you please show her name as Delilah Cordelia (Cordie) Myers Bass, and that she was born in Lawrence County, Mississippi and died in Mississippi.

Family links: Parents: Sheridan Davis Myers (1857 - 1896) Rachel A. Sterling Myers (1859 - 1926)

Spouse: Theodore Watson Bass (1881 - 1949)*

Children: Bertie Mae Bass Mapp (1903 - 1973)* Eula Bass Jones (1906 - 1988)* Oliver Edward Bass (1908 - 1996)* Ruth Bass Sills (1911 - 1983)* Thomas J. Bass (1914 - 1916)* Theodore Watson Bass (1916 - 1992)* Nannie May Bass McKenzie (1919 - 2001)* George Franklin Bass (1923 - 1992)*

Siblings: William Myers (1878 - 1956)** Mary Noba Myers McNease (1878 - 1934)** Icy Carrie Myers Bridges (1881 - 1938)* Delilah Cordelia Myers Bass (1883 - 1957) William Henry Bennett Myers (1884 - 1967)* Adeline M. Myers Polk (1887 - 1976)* John Daniel Myers (1891 - 1976)*

• Calculated relationship
  • Half-sibling

Burial: White Sand Cemetery Jefferson Davis County Mississippi, USA

Created by: Rory Patterson Record added: Jun 29, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 38891349

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/%E2%80%9Chttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38891349

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Jorgia-Ann Bass, Wednesday, November 19, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8G-NTV : accessed 16 December 2016), Cordie Bass in household of Theodore Bass, Beat 1, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 67, sheet 19B, family 360, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 744; FHL microfilm 1,374,757.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3R7-WJ4 : 12 December 2014), Theodore Watson Bass, 1917-1918; citing Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,682,929.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB9Y-5X7 : accessed 16 December 2016), Theadora W Bass in household of Oliver Bass, Beat 2, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 33-6B, sheet 15B, line 72, family 73, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2034.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB9Y-VC3 : accessed 16 December 2016), George Bass in household of Cardie Bass, Beat 4, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 33-11, sheet 14A, line 38, family 217, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2034.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Obituary. The Prentiss Headlight. Prentiss, MS. November 20, 1947-

   Theodore Bass Passes

   Theodore Bass, age 69 years, died at the home of his son, T. W. Bass, Monday after having been in ill health for several years.

   Funeral services were held from Green's Creek Church Tuesday at 2 P.M. with the pastor, Rev. Duel Stewart officiating. Interment was made in the church cemetery with Aultman-Saulters Funeral Home in charge.

   Active pall bearers were Floyd Dyess, Mack Dyess, Sammy B. Miller, Gillis Smith, Toxie and Lonnie Dyess.

   Immediate survivors are the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Frank Mapp, Mrs. Fred Jones, Mrs. Ray Sills, Mrs. Roy McKenzie, Oliver, George and T. W. Bass; three brothers, Webb, Ray and Ira Bass.