Gerald Kelly Bass, born August 4, 1967 to Lillian Pratt and Lee Bass Jr in Stroud, Oklahoma, passed away December 27, 2020.

Gerald grew up and went to school in Cushing, OK.  He had 5 sisters, Debbie, Patricia, Jane, Judy, and Sue, and  5 brothers, Sammy, Joey, Monty, Dewey, Eric, and Rick. He married Peggy Blue and had 3 children, Kerri, Sarah and Justin.

Gerald later married Nicole (Keyworth) Bass in 1997 and had 4 children, Hunter, Cheyenne, Braden and Wyatt. They moved to Arkansas City,  where he worked as a carpenter and often took his youngest boys fishing at a local pond.  He spent his fall evenings in a hunting blind or in a tree stand.   He never missed an OU game, either watching with a football in hand on the couch or in person.  He moved back to Cushing in 2012, where he worked as a welder, continued hunting and fishing in his spare time, and enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.

Gerald was preceded in death by his parents, Lillian and Lee, siblings, Gena and Rick, along with his daughter, Sarah, and son, Justin.

He leaves behind two daughters, Kerri Hysaw and Cheyenne Bass, and three sons, Hunter Keyworth, Braden Bass and Wyatt Bass.

He was a prank filled grandpa to 11 kids, Hayden, Tylan, Natalia, Timbraly, Isaiah, Daleighysa, Xaine, Justin, Jaxton, Lillian and Creek.

Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Chapel of Palmer Marler Funeral Home.  Interment will be held at Hunter Cemetery, Cushing, Oklahoma.