Jo Bass

Graveside services for Jo Beth Bass, 85 of Grand Saline are scheduled for 11 a.m., Monday, May 18, 2009 at Mexia, TX with Bro. Ronald Cantrell officiating. Mrs. Jo Beth Bass, 85 of Grand Saline was born November 1, 1923 in Mexia to W.A. and Stella Mixon Phillips. She was a housewife and a member of Main Street Baptist Church. Jo Beth was fondly known as "Toots" to her children and grandchildren. She loved her 2 mile daily walks, reading and talking to her friends. Mrs. Bass was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bill Bass; two sisters, Ruby Bolen and Jule Floyd; and one brother, W.A. Phillips Jr. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Sammy & Cindy Lattner of Lancaster; daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth & Jimmy Patschke of Livingston; three step-daughters, Mary Lynn Fulton and husband Jim of Lake Conroe, Carolyn Bass and Stephanie Hutchison of El Segundo, CA; three grandchildren, Eric Arnett and wife, Pam, Sammy Lattner and wife Jessica, Gil Patschke and wife Emily; and four great-grandchildren, Parker Arnett, Mallory Hathcock, Zane Lattner and Jillian Elizabeth Patschke.