Earnestine F. Bass

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, March 3, 2009

OAKLAND, Calif. — Earnestine F. Bass died Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, at her home in Oakland, Calif. She was 66.

Mrs. Bass was a member of First Evangelical Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, the Rev. Harry Foster Sr. and Aretha D. Foster; one brother, the Rev. Thomas E. Foster Sr.; and two sisters, J. Delores Johnson and Arleen F. Sims.

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She is survived by her husband, Henry Bass of Oakland; one son, Charles D. Foster of Vicksburg; seven brothers, Riley Watson of Bay St. Louis, Robert Foster of Oakland, and Harry Foster Jr., James Foster, Reuben Foster, Archie Foster and Odell Foster, all of Vicksburg; four sisters, Gwinetta F. Brooks of Berkeley, Calif.,  and Aretha F. Gaskin, Irene Foster and Betty F. Pendleton, all of Vicksburg; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and members of the Davis, Bridges and Booze families.

Services will be today in Oakland under the direction of Hudson Fouche Funeral Home.