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Vester Earl Bass (79), went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Nov. 6 in Georgiana after a 10 ½-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was a lifelong resident of the Chapman/Georgiana area and was a member of the Georgiana Church of God. He was born in Greenville on a Saturday, on July 29, 1944 to Rev. Earl Bass and Pauline Bass. 

He was an electrician for 43 years at Union Camp and later International Paper and Coastal Forest Products. 

Funeral Services were held on Thursday, Nov. 9, beginning at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with Bro. Stephen P. Goodwin and Pastor James “Ron” Tubberville officiating. Burial followed in Union Cemetery in Georgiana, with Johnson Funeral Home directing. The family received friends Wednesday, Nov. 8 from 6-8 p.m. at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel. 

He was preceded in death by his parents Rev Earl and Pauline Bass and his sister Glenda Fuller, both of Georgiana. He was survived by his wife of 35 years, Diane Marie Davis Bass of Georgiana, his niece Danita (Jose) Gomez from Georgiana, his nephew Keith (Sherry) Fuller and from Georgiana, his niece Tina Miller from Bay Minette, his step-son Stephen (Cindy) Goodwin of Millbrook, and several grand nieces, nephews and grandchildren; Tyler Gomez, Victor Gomez, Katelyn Boggan, Heather Brogden, Bryce Croley, Tabatha Johnson, Tiffany Merchant, Coulter Goodwin and Elise Goodwin.   

Online condolences may be made at www.johnsonfhal.com.