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DATE: Thursday, February 29, 1996            TAG: 9602290248
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   33 lines

LONZA C. BASS JR.

Lonza Clarence Bass Jr., 71, died Feb. 27, 1996, in a Virginia Beach Hospital.

He was a retired teacher, sportsman and businessman. He was a native of Chesapeake and a member of Indiana Methodist Church. He was also a member of SAE Fraternity at William and Mary College of which he was a graduate of the Class of 1950. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and served under the command of General Omar Bradley.

He was the loving husband of Marian Kay Bass; and the beloved father of daughter,Robin Bass Jarvis of Norfolk; son, Christopher Bass of Virginia Beach. He is also survived by his sister, Betty Bass Gifford and her husband, Dick Gifford of Louisiana; two grandchildren, Sheridth S. Martin of Richmond, Gabriel I. Garnto of Leesburg, Fla. He was preceded in death by his brother, Alvin R. ``Buddy'' Bass as well as his parents, Lonza Clarence Bass Sr. and Margaret Anderson Bass.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel, by the Rev. E. Clifton Whitlock. The eulogy will be said by Dr. Edward E. Brickwell. Burial is in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. The pallbearers will be Douglas Chenalt, Vernie Bass Jr., Theodore Bacalis, John L. Smith, Josh Tunnell Jr. and Alan Poulter. The family will be at the funeral home today from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

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