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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Samuel Murphey Bason
| image=Samuel Bason of NC.jpg
| caption= Bason in undated early photo
| office=[[North Carolina State Senator]] for District 15 (Caswell and Rockingham counties)
| term_start=1947–1948, 1953–1954,
| term_end=1959
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| birth_place=Swepsonville, North Carolina
| birth_date=December 3, 1894
| death_date=January 15, 1986 (aged 91)
| death_place=Danville, [[Virginia]]
| resting_place= Yanceyville [[Presbyterian]] Church Cemetery in Yanceyville, North Carolina
| residence=Caswell County, North Carolina
| spouse=Martha Eliza Hatchett "Marnie" Bason (married 1921-1986, his death)
| children=Carolyn Elizabeth Bason Long 
William Hatchett Bason 
Dorothy Helen Bason Burke 
Five grandchildren
| relations=[[Russell Long]] (son-in-law) 
'''Parents''': 
William Henry and Flora Green Murphey Bason
| occupation=Banker; [[Insurance]] agent
| alma_mater=Burlington (North Carolina) High School 
Oak Ridge Military Academy
| branch=[[United States Army]]
| battles=[[World War I]]
}}

'''Samuel Murphey Bason''', known as '''Sam Bason''' (December 3, 1894 – January 15, 1986), was a [[banker]] in Yanceyville, [[North Carolina]], who served nonconsecutively from 1947 to 1959 as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] state senator<ref>Bason, Samuel, The Political Graveyard</ref> for District 15 in Caswell and Rockingham counties.

==Biography==
Bason was a son of William Henry Bason (1847-1927), a veteran of the Army of the [[Confederate States of America]] in the [[American Civil War]], and the former Flora Murphey (1866-1948). He attended Burlington High School, where he was a pitcher for their [[baseball]] team; the institution is located in Burlington in his native Alamance County in northern North Carolina. He then attended the nearby Oak Ridge Military Academy in Oak Ridge in Guilford County. He (County)." The bank temporarily closed during the [[Great Depression]], but Bason worked feverishly and successfully to reopen it. Prior to stepping down after fifty-two years, Bason managed to merge the Bank of Yanceyville with a larger institution, Northwestern Bank. Bason also established Caswell Insurance and Realty Company which sold fire, life], and hail]insurance to [[tobacco]] [[Farming|farmers]]. In 1937, Democratic [[Governor]] Clyde Hoey appointed Bason to a four-year term on the North Carolina State Highway Commission. In 1947, he began serving three nonconsecutive terms in the North Carolina Senate.

Bason and his wife, the former Martha Eliza "Marnie" Hatchett (1896-1993), had three children, Carolyn Elizabeth Bason Long (1922-2015), William Hatchett Bason (1924-2000), and Dorothy Helen Bason (1926-2011).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bason&GSfn=Samuel&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=29&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=80804213&df=all&|title=Samuel Murphey Bason|publisher=
Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref> Carolyn Long, a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro , worked for Clyde Hoey, who after his gubernatorial service became a [[U.S. Senator]]. When Hoey died in office, she became the long-term secretary to his successor, [[Sam Ervin]]. In 1969, she became the second wife of Senator [[Russell Long]] of [[Louisiana]], to whom she was married until his death in 2003. Carolyn Long was active in a plethora of charitable and civic causes and historical preservation during her 34-year marriage to Senator Long.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=carolyn-elizabeth-bason-long&pid=175384893&fhid=2167|title=Carolyn Elizabeth Bason Long|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=July 29, 2015}}</ref>

In 1979, after suffering from a series of [[stroke]]s, Samuel Bason entered the Roman Eagle Memorial Home in Danville, [[Virginia]]. He died early in 1986 at the age of ninety-one. Bason, his wife, and children are all interred at the Yanceyville [[Presbyterian]] Church Cemetery. He was a [[deacon]], elde], and [[Sunday school]] superintendent at the church. He was also active in Rotary International and the Masonic lodge.<ref name=bio/> His son-in-law, Russell Long, is interred in [[Baton Rouge]].

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 '''Samuel Murphey Bason''', known as '''Sam Bason''' (December 3, 1894 &ndash; January 15, 1986), was a [[banker]] in Yanceyville, [[North Carolina]], who served nonconsecutively from 1947 to 1959 as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] state senator for District 15 in Caswell and Rockingham counties.<ref>Bason, Samuel, The Political Graveyard.</ref>
 ==Biography==
-Bason was a son of William Henry Bason (1847-1927), a veteran of the Army of the [[Confederate States of America]] in the [[American Civil War]], and the former Flora Murphey (1866-1948). He attended Burlington High School, where he was a pitcher for their [[baseball]] team; the institution is located in Burlington in his native Alamance County in northern North Carolina. He then attended the nearby Oak Ridge Military Academy in Oak Ridge in Guilford County. He began working at the [[rural]] Bank of Yanceyville, which used the motto: "The Bank Whose First Interest is Caswell (County)." The bank temporarily closed during the [[Great Depression]], but Bason worked feverishly and successfully to reopen it. Prior to stepping down after fifty-two years, Bason managed to merge the Bank of Yanceyville with a larger institution, Northwestern Bank. Bason also established Caswell Insurance and Realty Company which sold fire, life], and hail]insurance to [[tobacco]] [[Farming|farmers]]. In 1937, Democratic [[Governor]] Clyde Hoey appointed Bason to a four-year term on the North Carolina State Highway Commission. In 1947, he began serving three nonconsecutive terms in the North Carolina Senate.
+Bason was a son of William Henry Bason (1847-1927), a veteran of the Army of the [[Confederate States of America]] in the [[American Civil War]], and the former Flora Murphey (1866-1948). He attended Burlington High School, where he was a pitcher for their [[baseball]] team; the institution is located in Burlington in his native Alamance County in northern North Carolina. He then attended the nearby Oak Ridge Military Academy in Oak Ridge in Guilford County. He began working at the [[rural]] Bank of Yanceyville, which used the motto: "The Bank Whose First Interest is Caswell (County)." The bank temporarily closed during the [[Great Depression]], but Bason worked feverishly and successfully to reopen it. Prior to stepping down after fifty-two years, Bason managed to merge the Bank of Yanceyville with a larger institution, Northwestern Bank. Bason also established Caswell Insurance and Realty Company which sold fire, life], and hail]insurance to [[tobacco]] [[Farming|farmers]]. In 1937, Democratic [[Governor]] Clyde Roark Hoey (1877-1954) appointed Bason to a four-year term on the North Carolina State Highway Commission. In 1947, Bason began serving three nonconsecutive terms in the North Carolina Senate.
 Bason and his wife, the former Martha Eliza "Marnie" Hatchett (1896-1993), had three children, Carolyn Elizabeth Bason Long (1922-2015), William Hatchett Bason (1924-2000), and Dorothy Helen Bason (1926-2011).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bason&GSfn=Samuel&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=29&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=80804213&df=all&|title=Samuel Murphey Bason|publisher=
-Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref> Carolyn Long, a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro , worked for Clyde Hoey, who after his gubernatorial service became a [[U.S. Senator]]. When Hoey died in office, she became the long-term secretary to his successor, [[Sam Ervin]]. In 1969, she became the second wife of Senator [[Russell Long]] of [[Louisiana]], to whom she was married until his death in 2003. Carolyn Long was active in a plethora of charitable and civic causes and historical preservation during her 34-year marriage to Senator Long.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=carolyn-elizabeth-bason-long&pid=175384893&fhid=2167|title=Carolyn Elizabeth Bason Long|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 28, 2015|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref>
+Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref> Carolyn Long, a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, worked for Clyde Hoey (1877-1954), who after his gubernatorial service became a [[U.S. Senator]]. When Hoey died in office, she became the long-term secretary to his successor, [[Sam Ervin]]. In 1969, she became the second wife of Senator [[Russell Long]] of [[Louisiana]], to whom she was married until his death in 2003. Carolyn Long was active in a plethora of charitable and civic causes and historical preservation during her 34-year marriage to Senator Long.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=carolyn-elizabeth-bason-long&pid=175384893&fhid=2167|title=Carolyn Elizabeth Bason Long|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 28, 2015|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref>
-In 1979, after suffering from a series of [[stroke]]s, Samuel Bason entered the Roman Eagle Memorial Home in Danville, [[Virginia]]. He died early in 1986 at the age of ninety-one. Bason, his wife, and children are all interred at the Yanceyville [[Presbyterian]] Church Cemetery. He was a [[deacon]], elde], and [[Sunday school]] superintendent at the church. He was also active in Rotary International and the Masonic lodge. His son-in-law, Russell Long, is interred in [[Baton Rouge]].
+In 1979, after suffering from a series of [[stroke]]s, Samuel Bason entered the Roman Eagle Memorial Home in Danville, [[Virginia]]. He died early in 1986 at the age of ninety-one. Bason, his wife, and children are all interred at the Yanceyville [[Presbyterian]] Church Cemetery. He was a [[deacon]], elde], and [[Sunday school]] superintendent at his church. He was also active in Rotary International and the Masonic lodge. His son-in-law, Russell Long, is interred in [[Baton Rouge]].
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-'''Samuel Murphey Bason''', known as '''Sam Bason''' (December 3, 1894 &ndash; January 15, 1986), was a [[banker]] in Yanceyville, [[North Carolina]], who served nonconsecutively from 1947 to 1959 as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] state senator<ref>Bason, Samuel, The Political Graveyard</ref> for District 15 in Caswell and Rockingham counties.
+'''Samuel Murphey Bason''', known as '''Sam Bason''' (December 3, 1894 &ndash; January 15, 1986), was a [[banker]] in Yanceyville, [[North Carolina]], who served nonconsecutively from 1947 to 1959 as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] state senator for District 15 in Caswell and Rockingham counties.<ref>Bason, Samuel, The Political Graveyard.</ref>
 ==Biography==
 Bason was a son of William Henry Bason (1847-1927), a veteran of the Army of the [[Confederate States of America]] in the [[American Civil War]], and the former Flora Murphey (1866-1948). He attended Burlington High School, where he was a pitcher for their [[baseball]] team; the institution is located in Burlington in his native Alamance County in northern North Carolina. He then attended the nearby Oak Ridge Military Academy in Oak Ridge in Guilford County. He began working at the [[rural]] Bank of Yanceyville, which used the motto: "The Bank Whose First Interest is Caswell (County)." The bank temporarily closed during the [[Great Depression]], but Bason worked feverishly and successfully to reopen it. Prior to stepping down after fifty-two years, Bason managed to merge the Bank of Yanceyville with a larger institution, Northwestern Bank. Bason also established Caswell Insurance and Realty Company which sold fire, life], and hail]insurance to [[tobacco]] [[Farming|farmers]]. In 1937, Democratic [[Governor]] Clyde Hoey appointed Bason to a four-year term on the North Carolina State Highway Commission. In 1947, he began serving three nonconsecutive terms in the North Carolina Senate.

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 Bason and his wife, the former Martha Eliza "Marnie" Hatchett (1896-1993), had three children, Carolyn Elizabeth Bason Long (1922-2015), William Hatchett Bason (1924-2000), and Dorothy Helen Bason (1926-2011).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bason&GSfn=Samuel&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=29&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=80804213&df=all&|title=Samuel Murphey Bason|publisher=
-Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref> Carolyn Long, a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro , worked for Clyde Hoey, who after his gubernatorial service became a [[U.S. Senator]]. When Hoey died in office, she became the long-term secretary to his successor, [[Sam Ervin]]. In 1969, she became the second wife of Senator [[Russell Long]] of [[Louisiana]], to whom she was married until his death in 2003. Carolyn Long was active in a plethora of charitable and civic causes and historical preservation during her 34-year marriage to Senator Long.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=carolyn-elizabeth-bason-long&pid=175384893&fhid=2167|title=Carolyn Elizabeth Bason Long|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=July 29, 2015}}</ref>
+Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref> Carolyn Long, a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro , worked for Clyde Hoey, who after his gubernatorial service became a [[U.S. Senator]]. When Hoey died in office, she became the long-term secretary to his successor, [[Sam Ervin]]. In 1969, she became the second wife of Senator [[Russell Long]] of [[Louisiana]], to whom she was married until his death in 2003. Carolyn Long was active in a plethora of charitable and civic causes and historical preservation during her 34-year marriage to Senator Long.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=carolyn-elizabeth-bason-long&pid=175384893&fhid=2167|title=Carolyn Elizabeth Bason Long|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 28, 2015|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref>
 In 1979, after suffering from a series of [[stroke]]s, Samuel Bason entered the Roman Eagle Memorial Home in Danville, [[Virginia]]. He died early in 1986 at the age of ninety-one. Bason, his wife, and children are all interred at the Yanceyville [[Presbyterian]] Church Cemetery. He was a [[deacon]], elde], and [[Sunday school]] superintendent at the church. He was also active in Rotary International and the Masonic lodge. His son-in-law, Russell Long, is interred in [[Baton Rouge]].

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 | image=Samuel Bason of NC.jpg
 | office=[[North Carolina]] State Senator<br> for District 15 (Caswell and Rockingham counties)
-| term_start=1947–1948, 1953–1954,
+| term_start=1947 (three nonconsecutive terms)
 | term_end=1959
 | party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

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