Bass Family Cemetery

Location:
From the Hancock County Courthouse, go southwest on Hwy 22 for 7.2 miles to the intersection of Hwy 22 and Main Street in Devereux. Turn right (at the backward fork) onto Main Street and go 0.2 mile to Church Street on the left. Turn left and follow Church Street for 0.3 mile until it merges into Devereux Rd. Go left on Devereux / Jones Chapel Road and follow it for 0.8 mile to the cemetery on the right. The cemetery is at the corner of Devereux and Warren Chapel Roads.

GPS coordinates: 33 13' 12.6" N 83 05' 40.9" W
or in degrees only form: 33.22017° N X 83.09469° W
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GMD: 116
Cemetery Status: Active
Predominant race: White

Indexer or Contributor: Jewel Thompson

Number of persons found: 53

 Rebecca  Amoss  Thompson
Oct 3, 1900 - Apr 3, 1967
  Middle name per Jewel Thompson.  Stone reads 'A.' only.

 Grave 1 

 Albert H.   Amoss
Sep 11, 1865 - Oct 3, 1935
  On same stone as Leila Jones Amoss. 

 Grave 2 

 Leila  Jones  Amoss
Sep 5, 1866 - Dec 1, 1939
  On same stone as Albert H. Amoss. 

 Grave 3 

 Albert C.   Thompson
Jan 5, 1918 - Dec 17, 1964
   
Military Service: World War II
Army Air Corp

 Grave 4 

 Julia  Thomas  Nelson
Apr 8, 1913 - Mar 14, 1988
   

 Grave 5 

 James Leon   Nelson
Aug 5, 1917 - Nov 8, 1918
  Interred St. Paul Church, Putnam County. 

 Grave 6 

 Mary  Nelson  Hooks
Oct 13, 1910 - Aug 20, 1945
   

 Grave 7 

 Joseph Thomas   Nelson
Aug 23, 1877 - Sep 12, 1949
   

 Grave 8 

 Marietta  Jones  Nelson
Dec 21, 1883 - Feb 28, 1968
   

 Grave 9 

 Tommie Milburn   Thompson, Jr.
Aug 21, 1922 - Feb 23, 1982
   
Military Service: World War II
Army Inf. - Pacific Theater, per Jewel
Thompson.  No military info on grave.

 Grave 10 

 Eugene Haley   Nelson
Sep 10, 1880 - Apr 1, 1942
   

 Grave 11 

 Kate  Norman  Nelson
May 6, 1887 - Jun 15, 1955
   

 Grave 12 

 Eugene Haley   Nelson
Feb 12, 1919 - Oct 15, 1963
   

 Grave 13 

 Fred Norman   Nelson
Nov 2, 1907 - Jul 13, 1950
   

 Grave 14 

 Clifford Carlyle   Nelson
Jun 7, 1906 - Dec 4, 1947
   

 Grave 15 

 Florence  Butts  Norman
Aug 23, 1855 - Sep 7, 1937
   

 Grave 16 

 Stephen Peyton   Norman
Dec 27, 1848 - Apr 2, 1923
   

 Grave 17 

 James    Bass
Jul 24, 1807 - May 10, 1883
"Dedicated by his wife, Bettie Bass"   

 Grave 18 

 Lora  Forestine  West
Feb 9, 1888 - Sep 28, 1993
   

 Grave 19 

 Julien    West
Dec 6, 1850 - Dec 6, 1926
   

 Grave 20 

 Tallulah  Amoss  West
Aug 2, 1858 - Mar 22, 1931
w/o Julien West.   

 Grave 21 

 Elmira A.   Amoss
Dec 6, 1836 - May 24, 1894
w/o George B. Amoss   

 Grave 22 

 Mattie Lou   Amoss
Sep 11, 1857 - Jul 29, 1879
   

 Grave 23 

 William H.   Amoss
Feb 22, 1860 - Apr 9, 1876
   

 Grave 24 

 William    Amoss
Jan 10, 1819 - Jun 14, 1862
   
Military Service: Confederate States of America
Lieutenant.  Co. I, 59th Ga.

 Grave 25 

 Elizabeth R.   Amoss
May 10, 1835 - Dec 5, 1922
w/o Lieut. Wm. Amoss.   

 Grave 26 

 Frederick A.   Butts
Jan 31, 1826 - May 29, 1908
   
Military Service: Confederate States of America

 Grave 27 

 Sarah A.   Butts
Aug 2, 1830 - Nov 19, 1894
w/o F. A. Butts. "She was a kind and affectionate wife and mother and a friend to all." 

 Grave 28 

 Mary Catherine   Butts
Mar 23, 1858 - Aug 30, 1879
   

 Grave 29 

 Fred    Norman
 
Infant s/o S. P. and Florence Norman.   

 Grave 30

 George A.   Amoss
Aug 13, 1862 - Nov 27, 1909
   

 Grave 31 

 Jimmie D.   Martin
May 7, 1892 - Nov 23, 1985
   

 Grave 32 

 Idolene Mae Bass  Martin
Mar 19, 1900 - Mar 25, 1934
w/o J.D. Martin   

 Grave 33 

 Benjamin S.   Bass
Mar 11, 1833 - Apr 10, 1908
"There is a beautiful region above the skies and I long to reach its shore, for I know I shall find my treasure there, the loved one gone before."
Military Service: Confederate States of America
Corp., Co. I. 59 Ga. Inf.

 Grave 34 

 Louisa M. Boyer  Bass
Dec 15, 1844 - Dec 14, 1914
w/o B. S. Bass   

 Grave 35 

 William A.   Bass
Jul 23, 1870 - Mar 10, 1945
   

 Grave 36 

 Mamie W.   Bass
Nov 12, 1878 - Jan 16, 1953
w/o Willie A. Bass   

 Grave 37 

 Rufus Cleon   Bass
Aug 28, 1897 - Jan 23, 1942
   

 Grave 38 

 James E.   Bass
Oct 11, 1871 - Jul 12, 1944
   

 Grave 39 

 Sallie Lou   Bass
Feb 5, 1879 - Mar 14, 1958
   

 Grave 40 

 John Thomas   Bass
Jan 19, 1874 - Sep 21, 1958
   

 Grave 41 

 Effie  Jackson  Bass
Dec 3, 1882 - Dec 24, 1969
   

 Grave 42 

 Cecil Lee   Bass
Mar 15, 1904 - Jul 16, 1976
   

 Grave 43 

 Roth Grimes   Bass
May 22, 1904 - Nov 30, 1993
   

 Grave 44 

 Betty  Bass  Jackson
Oct 8, 1933 - Feb 3, 2001
   

 Grave 45 

 Curtis Lee   Bass
Jul 30, 1882 - Jan 31, 1970
   

 Grave 46 

 Ruby J.   Bass
Mar 10, 1894 - Jul 22, 1988
   

 Grave 47 

 William A.   Bass, Jr.
Jun 18, 1900 - Jan 1, 1975
   
Military Service: World War I
US Navy

 Grave 48 

 Pearl Estelle   Bass
May 31, 1907 - Oct 31, 1994
   

 Grave 49 

 Mabry Ella   Grimes
Jul 19, 1902 - Jul 29, 1977
   

 Grave 50 

 Olin Ray   Reynolds
Dec 25, 1922 - Aug 11, 1989
   

 Grave 51 

 Mary Louise   Martin  Tipton
Dec 19, 1927 - Nov 19, 2004
Age 76.   

 Grave 52 

 Lois  Jackson  Reynolds
Jan 23, 1925 - Oct 29, 2006
Age 81.   

 Grave 53 