Johnnie Sasser Bass February 23, 2010

Johnnie Sasser Bass, age 59, passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2010 at Carteret General Hospital in Morehead City.

Funeral services will be held Friday, February 26, 2010 at 11 a.m. at Rosewood First Baptist Church with burial following at Wayne Memorial Park. The Reverend Vernon Braswell and Reverend David Wheeler will officiate.

Mrs. Bass was born in Wayne County on May 25, 1950 to the late Clarence Sasser and Lillian Wadsworth Sasser. She was a member of Rosewood First Baptist Church.

She is survived by two sons, Trey Bass and wife, Alanna of Edenton and Jordan Amburn of Newport; two daughters, Paula Rackley and husband, Steve of Kinston and Susan Lilly and husband, Michael of Newport; two brothers, Jesse Paul Sasser and wife, Peggy of Rosewood and Kenneth “Gene” Sasser and Rudine of Pikeville; three sisters, Ruth Davis of Rosewood, Carolyn Braswell and husband, Henry of Rosewood and Marjorie Forbes of Rosewood; four grandchildren, Colin Rackley, Samuel Lilly, Carson Lilly and Gray Bass; nineteen nieces and nephews, including a special one, Tim Allen; and her special daschund companion, “Mjowey”.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Graham Bass and her brother, L.J. Sasser and his wife, Lorraine.

The family will receive friends Thursday evening, February 25, 2010 from 7 until 8:30 p.m. at Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro and other times at the home of her sister, Ruth Daivs, 655 Hwy 581 South in Rosewood.

The family is being served by Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro.