Evangeline (Eva) Bass, age 98 of Hollywood, Florida, formerly of North Miami and Brooklyn, New York, passed away on Friday, May 25, 2019 at Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, Florida. Born on May 23, 1921 in Tortola, British Virgin Islands to Florence Smith.
Eva worked most of her life as a dressmaker and hair stylist. She married her husband, Lester Claxton Bass on December 31, 1960. She is survived by her beloved husband, Lester C. Bass, cousin, Carlton Thomas, niece, Alice George; brother-in-law, Albert Bass; and friends Deborah Parrott and Rodney Lee. She is preceded in death by her mother and sister.
The family will receive friends at Fred Hunter Funeral Home, 6301 Taft Street, Hollywood, Florida 33024 on Friday, May 31, 2019 from 10:00 to 11:30a.m., with a funeral service to follow in the funeral home chapel at 11:30a.m. Burial will take place in South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth Florida, at 2:15p.m. in Lane 5.[more]