Dolores Bass Obituary

Dolores Linda Edwards Bass, 87, of Swannanoa passed away April 22, 2023 at Rose Hill Retirement Community. Dolores was born November 11, 1935 to the late Mary Eloise Bright Edwards and Hugh McClellan "Rebo" Edwards. She was a 1953 graduate of Lee Edwards High School and also attended St. Genevieve Secretarial School. Growing up in downtown Asheville, in what is now the historic Montford district, Dolores enjoyed spending afternoons at her aunt and mother's hair salon, Vanity Fair Salon of Beauty, going to the movies and soda shop, and many summer trips to Virginia Beach with family. She spent her early years working as a secretary in the textile industry for Beacon Manufacturing Company, Northrup, Chemtronics, Wamsutta, Winston Mills, and continued on as an emergency room patient registration clerk at Mission Hospital. She finished her working years with the payroll department of Asheville Anesthesia Associates where she retired at the age of 70 in September of 2006. Dolores thoroughly enjoyed cooking, reading, completing crossword puzzles, watching NFL and Carolina basketball, and Jeopardy, in which she would win against any who challenged her. She loved attending the Women's Bible Study at The Cove and she had a passion for stray animals, which included many furry kittens joining her homestead. Her biggest joy was her grandchildren, whom she loved immensely. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Sidney Earl Bass; brother and sister-in-law, Gary and Marilyn Edwards; and grandparents, James Oliver Bright and Margaret Elizabeth McLean Bright. Left to cherish her memories are her children, Margaret Elizabeth Bass den Heijer (Charles), Joseph Sidney Bass (Sonya), and Mary Josephine Bass Adams (Sheldon); grandchildren, Joseph Stephen Bass, Johnathan Noah Bass, Sydney Briann Adams Ford (Caleb), and Lucas Marc Adams; great granddaughter, Annabelle Rae Bass; brother and sister-in-law, Bruce and Rita Edwards; and several nieces and nephews. A private family graveside service will be held at Bee Tree Cemetery. The family would like to extend a special thanks to the staff at Rose Hill Retirement Community and the staff of CarePartners Hospice of McDowell. In lieu of flowers the family would like to request a memorial donation to be made to the Asheville Humane Society.