GARY SANFORD BASOM, BORN APRIL 15, 1955

BASOM, GARY SANFORD, 61, A RESIDENT OF GREENVILLE, AL. DIED SUDDENLY FRIDAY JUNE 10,2016 AT JACKSON HOSPITAL.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 38 1/2 YEARS, FRANCES ( CARTWRIGHT) BASOM; TWO SONS: GARY BASOM AND JOSEPH BASOM; ONE DAUGHTER: TABITHA BASOM ALL OF GREENVILLE. HE HAS 5 GRAND-DAUGHTERS AND 2 GRANDSONS. HE ALSO HAS A BROTHER: DENNIS BODLEY ( MARTY) OF WASHINGTON; A SISTER: LINDA MANNING OF ILLINOIS AND A SISTER: VICTORIA MONGEON ( DAVID) OF NORTH DAKOTA AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERING WILL BE AT DUNKLIN DANIELS IN GREENVILLE ON MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2016, AT 5:00 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M. THE VISITATION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY CREMATION.

GARY WAS AN EAGLE SCOUT WITH THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, AN ASE CERTIFIED MASTER DIESEL TECHNICIAN AND HE LOVED TO WATCH OLD WESTERNS WITH HIS GRANDDAUGHTERS. HE SERVED IN THE US ARMY AS A MARKSMAN.

HE WAS A MICHIGAN NATIVE AND HAD BEEN IN GREENVILLE FOR 27 YEARS.