85 year old Mildred Louise Bass died Wednesday at NHC Healthcare in Smithville. The body is at Avant Funeral Home where the service will be Friday at 1:00 p.m. Matt Long and Bobby Colvert will officiate and burial will be in Salem Cemetery in Liberty. The Bass family will receive friends at Avant Funeral Home on Friday from noon until the service at 1:00 p.m. She was born in Dowelltown, the daughter of the late Lillian Corley and Lannis Archie Bass and she was a sister to the late Thurman Oakley Bass, Sarah Avant, Clara Sanders, and Bessie Lee Colvert. She was a native of Dowelltown and a resident of NHC of Smithville. She is survived by a sister, Martha Corley Bass Banks of Dowelltown along with numerous nieces and nephews. Avant Funeral Home in Alexandria is in charge of the arrangements.