Services for J.L. Bass, 89, of Farwell and formerly of Brownfield will be at 2:00 pm, Friday, August 29, 2008 at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Jerry Field and Rev. Steve Carter officiating. Burial will follow in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Brownfield Funeral Home.
J.L. passed away August 26, 2008 in Farwell, Texas. He was born June 14, 1919 in Breckenridge, TX to J.C. and Sarah Jane Bass. He attended and graduated from Union High School and attended Howard Payne University. He was a WWII US Army Veteran. He pastored churches in West Texas including Calvary Baptist in Brownfield and one in Arkansas. He was a member of Farwell First Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Curtis Bass; two sisters, Ozella Hill and Leta Mae Bryant.
He is survived by his wife, Flaura Lee Bass of Farwell; 3 daughters, Sherry Field of Jefferson City, MO, Joyce Johnson of Farwell and Jana Hensley of Hattiesburg, MS; 5 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren; a brother, Otis Bass of Brownfield, TX.
The family suggests memorials to the Calvary Baptist Church Building Fund in Brownfield or the J. L. Bass Ministerial Scholarship Fund at the First Baptist Church in Farwell, TX.
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