Owen G Bass

View Funeral Service WebcastMr. Owen Griffin Bass, 88, retired employee of Ford Motor Company Glass Plant in Nashville and resident of Spainwood Street, died Friday, December 30, 2011 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with John Vaughan and Wendell Robinson officiating. Burial will follow in Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski with military honors provided by Herbert Griffin American Legion Post 19. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 2:00- 4:00 p.m. and Monday after 12:00 noon at the funeral home.The family suggests memorials to Churches of Christ Disaster Relief, Inc., 410 Allied Drive, Nashville, TN 37211. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. The Giles County native was the son of the late Leonard Houston Bass and the late Aileen Owen Bass. Married June 7, 1941, he and his wife Ruth Peden Bass celebrated seventy years and six months. Mr. Bass was a 1941 graduate of Giles County High School where he was an all-star on the football team and played on the baseball team. He worked for the Jarman Shoe Company in Pulaski from 1941 - 1943.He entered the U. S. Army December 14, 1943 and served with Company B, 264th Medical Battalion. He was in the New Guinea campaign, one of the major military campaigns of World War II, and the Luzon campaign. He was a member of the Allied Powers that occupied Japan at the end of World War II. He was discharged February 16, 1946. Mr. Bass was awarded the World War II Victory Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, AP Theater Ribbon and two Bronze Service Stars, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon and Bronze Star. He was a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.After the War, he re-established his employment at Jarman Shoe Company until 1956. He retired from Ford Motor Glass Plant in Nashville after thirty-one years of service. After retiring, he transferred cars for local dealers and drove all over the country. He was a member of the United Auto Workers.Mr. Bass was a member of Graymere Church of Christ and volunteered with the Churches of Christ Disaster Relief. He volunteered with Maury Regional Auxiliary and had logged 2517 hours and 12 minutes.In addition to his wife, he is survived by one daughter, Donna (Mike) Parris of Columbia; one son, Ronnie (Alyce) Bass of Bonifay, Florida; one grandson, Jeremy R. Bass of Peoria, Arizona; brothers-in-law, George A. Peden of Columbia; Carl T. Peden of Pulaski; sister-in-law, Ruby Peden of Pulaski; and several nieces and nephews.Active pallbearers will be M. T. Potts, Moore Landers, William Burns, Ricky Peden, Jeff Peden, Carl Peden, Dr. Fred Porter, and Billy White. Honorary pallbearers will be Doug Burgett, Edwin Derryberry, Bob Sweeney, Sam Sweeney, Jim Carrigan, Jim Thomas, Nick Nicholas, Billy Martin, Jimmy Hale, members of Williams-Riddle Sunday School Class and Elders and Deacons of Graymere Church of Christ.