Mrs. Edna Pearl Bass, 91 years of Sarcoxie, Missouri departed this life on Tuesday morning, July 28, 2009 at the Sarcoxie Nursing Center in Sarcoxie, Missouri after several months of declining health. Edna entered this life on December 28, 1917 in Picher, Oklahoma daughter of the late Woodard and Ethel (Jackson) Pauley. She was a lifelong area resident of Sarcoxie. On December 11, 1933 in Carthage, Missouri she was united in marriage to Richard Daniel Bass and to this union six children were born. Throughout her life she was a hardworking and devoted homemaker to her husband and family. She was a wonderful cook who enjoyed preparing large family get-togethers. She attended the Redwood Church near Sarcoxie, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of seventy-three years, Richard Bass on August 30, 2007; two sons, Ronnie and Gerald Bass; two daughters, Shirley Jordan and Sheila Sageser; three grandsons, Terry, Eugene and Duane Bass; a great grandson, Zeth Joyce; four sisters, Elsie Ray, Mamie Dennison, Florene Edwards and Bernice Williams; and a brother, Bucky Pauley. Edna is survived by a son, Dale Bass of Joplin, Missouri; a daughter, Charlene Long of Carthage, Missouri; a daughter in-law and caregiver, Sue Bass of Sarcoxie, Missouri; twenty-two grandchildren; several great and great great grandchildren; a sister, Jesse Owens of Carthage, Missouri; several nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other family and friends. Funeral services for Mrs. Bass are 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 31, 2009 in the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home Chapel in Sarcoxie, Missouri with Reverend Kenneth Filsinger officiating. Burial will follow in the Sarcoxie Cemetery. Those honoring his life by serving as pallbearers are Chad Bass, Matt Bass, Terry Bass, Steve Royster, David McNary and Bill Long. The family will receive friends on Thursday evening from 6-8:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.housh-goodwinfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri.