To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Louisiana Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Louisiana, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 2/4/14 • Approved: 4/18/14 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R22827-G0-S3
Mississippi
SERGEANT US Army
World War I
November 27, 1894 - March 9, 1937
Page 383-383 Bass Family History, published 1955 by Admiral Ivan Ernest Bass
Robert E Lee Bass, son of Joseph Jackson and Cora (Ragland) Bass, was born near Harrisville, Mississippi, November 27, 1894. He died March 7, 1937, in the Veterans Hospital, Alexandria, Louisiana, and was buried at Monroe, Louisiana.
Robert E. Lee Bass was a veteran of World War I. He enlisted Aug 21, 1916, at Jackson, Mississippi, for service in the United States Army and trained at Fort Hancock, New York. He was in the following campaigns and battles: Artois Sector July 23 to August 18, 1918; St. Mihiel September 12 to 16, 1918; Meuse Argonne September 26 to November 7, 1918 -- all with Second Company Coast Artillery Corps; he left the United States May 26, 1918 and returned June 3, 1919; and was honorably discharged Jne 23, 1919, at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. During his service, he had the following promotions: Gunner First Class, April 28, 1917; Sergeant, December 15, 1918.
Robert E. Lee Bass and Minnie Elizabeth Pierce were married December 3, 1921, at West Monroe, Louisiana; they had the following issue:
1. Cora O'rilla Bass
2. Annie Vee Estelle Bass
3. Robert E. Lee Bass, Jr.
[*Robert Earl Lee Bass, Jr. is buried at Twin Cities Memorial Gardens at West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana]
Provided by:
Ron Roberts
Contributed on 2/4/14 by lanesmeme1
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 22827