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Ivan and Carrie Byrn Bass}}

Ivan and Carrie Byrn Bass}}

 

'''Roy Byrn Bass, Sr.''' (October 31, 1918 &ndash; December 16, 1978), was an [[attorney]] with the firm Bass and Hobbs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/463/463.F2d.716.71-1732.html|title=First National Bank at Lubbock v. United States of America|date=1972|publisher=ftp.resource.org|accessdate=January 5, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> who served from 1974 until 1978 as the [[mayor]] of [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.lubbock.tx.us/council/CityCouncilHistory.aspx|title=Lubbock City Council History|publisher=ci.lubbock.tx.us|accessdate=January 5, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> In 2008, prior to the 100th anniversary of the founding of Lubbock, observed in 2009, Bass was named one of the "100 Most Influential Persons" in the city's history.<ref name=influentialpeople>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/030908/loc_255257382.shtml|title="The City's Most Influential People"|date= March 9, 2008|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=January 5, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

'''Roy Byrn Bass Sr.''' (October 31, 1918 &ndash; December 16, 1978), was an [[attorney]] with the firm Bass and Hobbs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/463/463.F2d.716.71-1732.html|title=First National Bank at Lubbock v. United States of America|date=1972|publisher=ftp.resource.org|accessdate=January 5, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> who served from 1974 until 1978 as the [[mayor]] of [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.lubbock.tx.us/council/CityCouncilHistory.aspx|title=Lubbock City Council History|publisher=ci.lubbock.tx.us|accessdate=January 5, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> In 2008, prior to the 100th anniversary of the founding of Lubbock, observed in 2009, Bass was named one of the "100 Most Influential Persons" in the city's history.<ref name=influentialpeople>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/030908/loc_255257382.shtml|title="The City's Most Influential People"|date= March 9, 2008|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=January 5, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

==Background==

==Background==

==Political life==

==Political life==

 

Though Bass was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], the offices of mayor and city council are nonpartisan in all Texas municipalities. Bass met in Lubbock with [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]], on the day before<ref name=ford>{{cite web|url=http://www.ford.utexas.edu/library/document/diary/pdd760430.pdf|title=The Daily Diary of President Gerald R. Ford, April 30, 1976|publisher=ford.utexas.edu|accessdate=January 5, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> Ford lost his fight to challenger [[Ronald W. Reagan]] of [[California]] for all delegates at stake in the Texas [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[primary]] election held on May that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,914158,00.html|title=Republicans: Reagan's Startling Texas Landslide|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|date=May 10, 1976|accessdate=November 18, 2019}}</ref> The Ford diary does not indicate that Bass crossed party lines to endorse Ford but relates merely that he, along with [[radio]] broadcaster [[Clint Formby]] of Plainview in Hale County, greeted the President.<ref name=ford/>​

Though Bass was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], the offices of mayor and city council are nonpartisan in all Texas municipalities. Bass met in Lubbock with [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]], on the day before<ref name=ford>{{cite web|url=http://www.ford.utexas.edu/library/document/diary/pdd760430.pdf|title=The Daily Diary of President Gerald R. Ford, April 30, 1976|publisher=ford.utexas.edu|accessdate=January 5, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> Ford lost his fight to challenger [[Ronald W. Reagan]] of [[California]] for all delegates at stake in the Texas [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[primary]] election held on May that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,914158,00.html|title=Republicans: Reagan's Startling Texas Landslide|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|date=May 10, 1976|accessdate=November 18, 2019}}</ref> The Ford diary does not indicate that Bass crossed party lines to endorse Ford but relates merely that he, along with [[radio]] broadcaster [[Clint Formby]] of Plainview in Hale County, greeted the President.<ref name=ford/>​

Bass and his wife, the former Anita Seay (May 3, 1919 &ndash; February 27, 2001), a native of Briscoe County, Texas, married in 1942 in [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]. After his death, Mrs. Bass maintained the family's involvement in Lubbock civic and community affairs. Bass died of an apparent [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] after working out with a son at the Lubbock [[Young Men's Christian Association]] gymnasium.<ref name=baptpress/> Some six months earlier, he had completed his second two-year term as mayor. Mrs. Bass died twenty-two years later of [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref name=abass/>

Bass and his wife, the former Anita Seay (May 3, 1919 &ndash; February 27, 2001), a native of Briscoe County, Texas, married in 1942 in [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]. After his death, Mrs. Bass maintained the family's involvement in Lubbock civic and community affairs. Bass died of an apparent [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] after working out with a son at the Lubbock [[Young Men's Christian Association]] gymnasium.<ref name=baptpress/> Some six months earlier, he had completed his second two-year term as mayor. Mrs. Bass died twenty-two years later of [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref name=abass/>

The Basses had three sons, Roy Byrn Bass, Jr. (born 1947), also a Lubbock attorney,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pview.findlaw.com/view/1929871_1|title=Bass, Jr., Roy Byrne|publisher=pview.findlaw.com|accessdate=November 18, 2019}}</ref> David Dewey Bass (born 1949) of [[Tampa]], [[Florida]], and Mark Ivan Bass (born 1951), a Lubbock financial planner,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parentcaresolution.com/blog.asp?cat_id=34&id=99|title=What Wall Street, Boomers, and Parents could learn from Mark Bass|date=November 9, 2007|publisher=parentcareresolution.com|accessdate=January 6, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> and five grandchildren. The couple is interred at Resthaven Memorial Park in Lubbock. The Basses were charter members of the Second [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Lubbock. Mrs. Bass was one of the first women to sit on the executive committee of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. She also was a founding member of Second Baptist Church and was one of the first female deacons in the convention.<ref name=abass/> Bass himself was also a Second Baptist deacon.<ref name=baptpress/>​

The Basses had three sons, Roy Byrn Bass Jr. (born 1947), also a Lubbock attorney,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pview.findlaw.com/view/1929871_1|title=Bass, Jr., Roy Byrne|publisher=pview.findlaw.com|accessdate=November 18, 2019}}</ref> David Dewey Bass (born 1949) of [[Tampa]], [[Florida]], and Mark Ivan Bass (born 1951), a Lubbock financial planner,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parentcaresolution.com/blog.asp?cat_id=34&id=99|title=What Wall Street, Boomers, and Parents could learn from Mark Bass|date=November 9, 2007|publisher=parentcareresolution.com|accessdate=January 6, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> and five grandchildren. The couple is interred at Resthaven Memorial Park in Lubbock. The Basses were charter members of the Second [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Lubbock. Mrs. Bass was one of the first women to sit on the executive committee of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. She also was a founding member of Second Baptist Church and was one of the first female deacons in the convention.<ref name=abass/> Bass himself was also a Second Baptist deacon.<ref name=baptpress/>​

Anita Bass was vice president of the founding board of the South Plains Food Bank. She was cited for her long-term dedication to community service as the recipient of the George Mahon Award, named for former [[U.S. Representative]] George Herman Mahon (1900-1985) and given by the group, Women in Communications. She was also active with the American Cancer Society, Lubbock Arts Festival, and Muscular Dystrophy Association.<ref name=abass/>​

Anita Bass was vice president of the founding board of the South Plains Food Bank. She was cited for her long-term dedication to community service as the recipient of the George Mahon Award, named for former [[U.S. Representative]] George Herman Mahon (1900–1985) and given by the group, Women in Communications. She was also active with the American Cancer Society, Lubbock Arts Festival, and Muscular Dystrophy Association.<ref name=abass/>​

[[Image:Roy Bass plaque.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Plaque honoring Roy Bass at the Texas Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock]]

[[Image:Roy Bass plaque.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Plaque honoring Roy Bass at the Texas Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock]]