Courtland- Jean Addison Hall Bass, 90, passed away April 15, 2012 at Cedar Manor in Chesapeake. Mrs. Bass was born in Suffolk and reared in Windsor and was a daughter of the late, Lucien Talmage and Georgia Moore Hall. She was predeceased by a son, Talmage A. Bass, a sister Mary Emiline Jureit, a brother Lucien T. Hall, Jr., and her step-mother Marjorie Rhodes Hall.
Mrs. Bass, a retired teacher, taught in the Southampton County School system from 1942-1986. She was a graduate of Longwood College and a member of Courtland Baptist Church.
Left to cherish her memory is her daughter, Jean Carole Rawls and husband Edward of Chesapeake; a son, E. Lloyd Bass, Jr. and wife Cheryl of Courtland; a sister, Nancy Gay Lyon and husband William of Gloucester; five grandchildren, Edward L. Rawls, III of Norfolk; Christopher B. Rawls of Osaka, Japan; Catherine Marie Bass of Virginia Beach; Edward L. Bass, III and George R. Bass both of Courtland.
A graveside service will be conducted at 11 A.M. Tuesday, April 17, 2012 in the Windsor, Va. Town Cemetery, followed by a memorial service at 1 P.M. at the Courtland Baptist Church, Main Street Courtland. A reception will follow in the church fellowship hall. Memorial donations may be made to Courtland Baptist Church. The family will receive friends Monday (today) from 7-8:30 P.M. at Wright Funeral Home, Franklin.
The family would like to express their appreciation to everyone at Cedar Manor for the loving care that Jean received while residing there.