Jimmy Ray Bass

Coushatta, LA - A funeral service celebrating the life of Jimmy Ray "Joe" Bass, 86, will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, April 30, 2020 at First Baptist Church of Coushatta with Dr. Nathan Davis officiating. Interment will follow in Zion's Rest Cemetery in the Wallace community near Pleasant Hill, LA. The family will receive friends from 12:00 PM until service time at the church. Due to current policy, friends will be limited to small groups during visitation, and those waiting to pay their respects are asked to wait in their vehicles until directed by funeral staff. Joe was born June 26, 1933 in Pelican, LA to Peyton L. Bass, Sr. and Armalee Reed Bass. He passed away April 28, 2020 in Coushatta. Joe was an avid outdoorsman, and enjoyed duck hunting, fishing, and golf. He played minor league baseball in his early years and in the Navy. He loved collecting arrowheads, guns, and attending gun shows. He had an extraordinary collection of military rifles. Joe enjoyed family and church gatherings, fellowship, and food. Preceding him in death are his parents; ex-wife Shirley Bass Fry; brother Robert Reed Bass; sister Barbara Jean Hamilton; grandson Peyton Joseph Bass; nephew Steve Hamilton, and "favorite" nephew Sam Bass. Left to cherish Joe's memory are his sons, Denny and Daryl Bass; daughters, Joni Bass and Jenni Bass Walker (Robert); brothers, Billy Burton Bass and Peyton L. "June" Bass, Jr. (Monty); grandchildren, Sydney Bass, Samantha Bass, Dawson Bass, Logan Bates, Jesseca Korn (Patrick), Ryan Tomerlin, Carson Walker, Avery Walker, Breanne Dupree (Kevin), and Chad Shirley (Kellie); special nieces Shelia, Shelly, Sharon, and Deanna, Danielle, and Susannah; and seven great-grandchildren. Honoring Joe as pallbearers will be Chad Shirley, Dawson Bass, Ryan Tomerlin, Robert Walker, Richard Meylain, and Rayburn Covington. Honorary pallbearers are the Hope Sunday School class of FBC and Jerry Glover.