MILDRED W. BASSETT 90 OF HENDERSON
DIED WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2020. SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE POSTAL CARRIER IN KENTUCKY AND THE FIRST FEMALE POSTMASTER IN HENDERSON. SHE WAS ALSO THE FIRST FEMALE MEMBER AND THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THE HENDERSON ROTARY CLUB. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR AND MANY OTHER CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS. A MEMBER OF COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH, SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER DAUGHTER, CYNTHIA DIANE HOLLIFIELD WHO DIED IN 2004, BY A BROTHER, FRED B. WILLIAMS, JR., 1 SISTER, NANCY F. BRYANT AND BY HER HUSBAND, ROBERT L. BASSETT.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE:
4 SONS JOHN L. BASSETT, ROBERT BRUCE BASSETT, GEORGE YOUNG BASSETT AND FRED WILLIAM BASSETT, ALL OF HENDERSON
12 GRANDCHILDREN, 12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES AND NEPHEWS
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE 2 PM SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2020 AT RUDY ROWLAND FUNERAL HOME
DR. TIM HOBBS WILL OFFICIATE
BURIAL WILL BE IN FAIRMONT CEMETERY
FRIENDS MAY CALL FROM 10 AM TO SERVICE TIME SATURDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME
EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY MAY TAKE THE FORM OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH
FOR MILDRED W. BASSETT
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