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Frances Jacqueline 'Jackie' Bassett, 77, Buford Native

Funeral services will be held on Sunday, Oct. 5, at 3 p.m. at Hightower's Memorial Chapel in Douglasville.

Submitted by Hightower’s Memorial Chapel

Frances Jacqueline “Jackie” Bassett, age 77, of Winston, passed away October 2, 2014. She was born on October 19, 1936, in Buford, Georgia, the daughter of the late Wade J. Harper and the late Anna Nell Pruett Harper. She was a retired Toddler Teacher for La Petite Day Care and a member of New Genesis Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her son, Randy Bassett; and daughter-in-law, Gennia Bassett.

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Survivors include her husband, Thomas O. “Bobby” Bassett, of Winston; children and their spouses, Chris and Tina Bassett and Sandy and Ronnie Rogers; daughter-in-law, Gigi Bassett; former son-in-law, Keith Hardy; brothers and sisters-in-law, Luther and Ellen Harper, Wendell and Frances Harper, and David and Mary Harper; 8 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; and 5 great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday, October 5, 2014, at 3:00 P.M. at Hightower’s Memorial Chapel in Douglasville, with Reverend Lloyd Latham officiating.

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Interment will follow in the Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery in the Fairplay Community.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday, October 4, 2014 from 5:00-9:00 P.M.

You may share your thoughts, memories, and condolences online at www.hightowersmemorial.com

Arrangements are entrusted with Hightower’s Memorial Chapel of Douglasville. 770-489-2818

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