This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BASS, MORRIS, Agleton, Davison, Cornley or Carnley, Floyd Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RS.2ADI/1530 Message Board Post: Rennie BASS MORRIS was my aunt by marriage to my uncle Houston Deleon MORRIS. She died when I was three years old. This is the little bit of information I've gathered on her and her family: ---------- from the Mobile Register, Oct. 23?, 1953 Mrs. Rennie MORRIS, a native of Covington County, Ala. and a resident of Prichard, Ala. for the past 11 years, died at the family residence, 335 Baldwin Ave., Wednesday morning, Oct. 21, 1953 at 10:15 o'clock. Survivors include her husband, H. D. MORRIS, Prichard, Ala.; three daughters, Miss Frances MORRIS, Miss Louise MORRIS, and Miss Geraldine MORRIS, all of Prichard, Ala.; four sisters, Mrs. Queenie AGLETON, Lakewood, Fla., Mrs. Minnie DAVISON, Houston, Texas, Mrs. Beulah CORNLEY, and Mrs. Ruby FLOYD, both of Opp. Ala.; three brothers, Need BOSS [BASS], Winter Haven, Fla., Jonnie BOSS [BASS], Dover, Fla., and Fletcher BOSS [BASS], Opp, Ala., nieces, nephews, and other relatives. The remains will be shipped to McKenzie, Ala. at 8:45 p. m. Thursday, where funeral services will be held at the Bethel Church at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning, Oct. 23, 1953. Interment will be in the Bethel Cemetery. Funeral arrangements by the Higgins Mortuary, Mobile, Ala. ------------------------------ 1900 Crenshaw Co. Ala. Aiken Precinct, June 21, 1900, ED 52 Sheet 11B 203/203 Bass, Steven head w m Mar 1869 31 M17yrs Ala Ala Ala Farmer Martha wife w f Sep 1869 30 M17yrs 9/4 Ala Ga. Ga. Elizabeth Mother w f Mar 1840 60 Wd. Ala Ala Ala Need son Feb 1889 11 Farm laborer [Needham] Queeny dau Jan 1887 13 [m. AGLETON] Beulah dau June 1891 8 [m. CORNLEY or CARNLEY] John son Sep 1894 5 Minnie dau Dec 1897 2 [m. DAVISON] --- 1910 Covington Co. Ala Davis Shop Beat 8, April 20 p. 121 ED 52 42/42 Bass, Stephen J. head m w 47 M27yrs Ala Ga. Ga. Farmer Martha S. wife f w 41 M1 27yrs 15/8 Ala Ala Ala Needham son m w 21 Laborer/Home farm John son 16 Laborer/Home farm Minnie O. dau 11 Laborer/Home farm Abbie dau 9 Rubie dau 4 [m. FLOYD] Lonie S. son 1 11/12 Elizabeth Mother 82 Wd. 1child living Ga Ga Ga ----- 1930 Covington Co. Ala. Census Precinct 23, Bulah, Roll: 10; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 35; Opp-Florala Highway April 2, 1930 17/19 BASS, Steve head m w 67 Wd. Ala Ala Ala Farmer ***Rennie dau f w 19 Fletcher son m w 15 Farm laborer 17/20 Bass, John head m w 35 Wd. Farmer Sherman son m w 9 Fla. Ala Ala ----------- Name: Rennie V Morris Death Date: 21 Oct 1953 Death County: Mobile Volume: 43 Certificate: 21038 Roll: 6 ---------- from the Alabama Death Index Name: James Steve Bass (Rennie's father???) Death Date: Sep 1936 Death County: Covington Volume: 42 Roll: 3 Page #: 20961 ----------------------------- possibly Rennie's grandparents and father in 1880 1880 US Federal Census Browns, Crenshaw Co., Alabama Family History Library Film 1254010 NA Film Number T9-0010 Page Number 457D Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace James BASS Self M Male W 65 GA Farmer NC NC Elizabeth BASS Wife M Female W 35 GA K. House NC GA **Stephen G. BASS Son Male W 16 AL Works Farm GA GA Matilda BISHOP Servant Female W 36 GA GA GA ------------------------- If anyone can connect to this family or share information about anyone in this family, please let me know. Thanks.