Services for Harvey Lee Bass, 88, of Snyder will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bell Cypert Seale Chapel. Burial will be in Snyder Cemetery directed by Bell Cypert Seale Funeral Home.

Mr. Bass died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007. He was born Oct. 11, 1918 in Jones County, Texas. He was the last of thirteen children born to Henry Isom Bass and Mary Evaline Jones Bass.

Harvey graduated from Meadow High School in 1939. After graduation he worked for Burleson-Garrett Engineering, laying telephone line in east Texas. Before World War II, he began working for North American Aviation in Hawthorne, California, building P-51 Mustangs and B-25 Bombers. During his time in California, he joined the Primitive Baptist Church in Lindsey. After the war, Harvey returned to Texas joining his brother-in-law, Afton Richards, in publishing The Aspermont Star, and the Banner of Love. Harvey married Marie Bingham in Crosbyton on July 24, 1946. Harvey and Marie moved to Muleshoe in 1948, where they opened Harvey Bass Appliance and Furniture and were blessed to operate it for 55 years.

The focus on his life was the Primitive Baptist Church, his family, his work and his community. He served as a deacon in the Primitive Baptist Church first in Rule, Texas, and then in Muleshoe, teaching church singing schools in Texas and Oklahoma. He helped organize the Chamber of Commerce and was a charter member of the Rotary Club in Muleshoe. He was a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow. Harvey served as Democratic Chairman of Bailey County for 26 years, and served on multiple local and boards committees, tirelessly working to promote Muleshoe and Bailey County. He was known for his positive attitude, optimistic outlook and his ìcan-doî attitude. Harvey and Marie moved to Snyder in 2006.

Survivors include his wife, Marie Bass of Snyder; two daughters and sons-in-law, Carolia and Ron Johnson of Yorba Linda, Calif. And Vina and Thomas Strayhorn of Snyder; five grandchildren, Julie Johnson of Corona, Calif., Ellen Strayhorn Musallam and Hisham of Fort Worth, Eric and Joyce Johnson of Austin, Carol Strayhorn of Fort Worth, and David Strayhorn of Snyder; two great grandchildren, Maya Musallam of Fort Worth and Eva Johnson of Austin; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family thanks Teressia Shoemake, Dr. Carl Dillaha, Susan Bills and the staff at Resident Care, and Joani Singleton for their loving care.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Odyssey Hospice or the Muleshoe Primitive Baptist Church.