Ellen Bass

Ellen Eason Bass, 91, of Stantonsburg, died Saturday, August 26, 2023.

Funeral, Stantonsburg Global Methodist Church, Tuesday, 11:30 AM.  The family will gather in the fellowship hall beginning at 11:00 AM.  Interment, Stantonsburg Cemetery.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Preston Bass who died in 2001; son, Gilbert Bass, who died earlier this year; grandson, Christopher Brooks Bass died 2005; parents, Alton Brooks and Mary Jackson Eason; son-in-law, Lee Smith, who died in 2022.

Surviving is her daughter, Donna Bass Smith of Elm City; son, Brooks Bass (Cindy) of Wilson; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; sisters, Mary Jack Yelverton of Eureka and Jane Britt of Fayetteville.

Memorials are suggested to Stantonsburg Global Methodist Church, PO Box 6, Stantonsburg, NC 27883-0006.

Arrangements by Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Dr. N, Wilson, 237-7171; www.wilsonmemorialservice.com