Bass, Randolph "Ran"

U.S. Navy Veteran Held Long Career With Roto Rooter

  • Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Randolph Bass
Randolph Bass

Randolph “Ran” Bass, 71, of Chattanooga, passed away on Monday, March 29, 2021, in the Hospice Care Center. 

 

He was a 1967 graduate of Howard High School.  He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy.  Randolph retired from Roto Rooter after 20 years of service.  He was a member of St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church. 

 

He was preceded in death by his mother, Evelyn Brownlow-Sanders; father, Thomas Bass; stepmother, Barbara Jean Bass; father-in-law, Paul Leon Haden, Sr. 

Survivors include his loving wife of 34 years, Lisa Bass; daughters, Tiffaney Collier of Chattanooga and Marneshia Bass of Atlanta, GA; stepchildren, Alisha Anderson of Atlanta, Quinneshia Patterson, and Marqita Hambrick, both of Chattanooga; 18 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three god-children, Alonzashia Satterwhite, LaShonda (Roy) Upshaw, and Alonte Bush, all of Chattanooga; three sisters, Mary B. Parks, Connie B. (Ronald) Colvin, both of Chattanooga, and Shelia B. Gipson of South Haven, MI; two brothers, Thomas W. (Levena) Bass and Kenneth Bass, both of Chattanooga; four aunts, Noel Brownlow-Dodds, Kay Brownlow, Mary Hayden, and Della Kellogg, all of Chattanooga; one uncle, Napoleon Brownlow of Elk Grove, CA; mother-in-law, Gloria Haden; brothers-in-law, Tracey Haden and Paul Haden, Jr.; sisters-in-law, Gwendolyn Jones, Tanika Haden, and Elaine Jenkins; several nieces; nephews; cousins; other relatives and friends. 

Randolph will lie in state on Thursday, April 8, from 1-5 p.m. at Taylor Funeral Home. 

 

Family services will be on Friday, April 9, at 10:30 a.m. in the chapel with Elder Keith Jones as the eulogist.  Burial will be in Chattanooga National Cemetery. 

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