Guide to the Jerrie Watson Bass Collection

Ref. No.:  ART 018-03-002-AR2-001--World War 1 U. S. Army Helmet of Thomas Asa ("Ace") Watson.

Ref. No.:  ART 018-03-002-AR2-002--Woven Coat Cuff made by Malvina Scarborough for Hardy Scarborough, Civil War.

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-001--Malvina Carter Scarborough (1833-1896).  Illiterate wife of Hardy Scarborough of Mt. Andrew, Barbour County, Alabama.  Grandmother of Alma Scarborough.  Alma was Jerrie Bass's paternal grandmother.

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-002--Hardy Franklin Scarborough (1832-1864), private in Georgia Volunteers, Terrell Light Artillery, Capt. Brooks's Company.  Died during the Civil War in Savannah, Georgia.  Hardy was husband of Malvina and grandfather of Alma Scarborough.  Alma was Jerrie Bass's paternal grandmother.  Scarborough describes this photograph in his February 17, 1863 letter [see folder 018-03-002-001-018 above]. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-003--Joseph Howell Watson.  Served in the 33rd Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company I, during the Civil War.  Later, he served as sheriff of Enterprise, Alabama.  Joseph was grandfather of Thomas Asa (Ace) Watson and twin brother Joseph Masa (Mace) Watson.  "Ace" was Jerrie Bass's paternal grandfather. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-004--Antoinette "Nettie" Cariker Watson, wife of Joseph Howell Watson.  Nettie was grandmother of Thomas Asa (Ace) Watson and twin brother Joseph Masa (Mace) Watson.  "Ace" was Jerrie Bass's paternal grandfather. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-005--Joseph Watson holding granddaughter, Louise. Granddaughter Nettie is standing. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-006--Joseph Howell Watson Family.  L-to-R: Nettie Sue-granddaughter, Joseph Howell Watson, Lucille-granddaughter, Anna Louise-daughter and mother of Nettie Sue, Antoinette Cariker Watson-wife. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-007--Sheriff Joseph Watson with young man, possibly his nephew, on the streets of Enterprise, Alabama.

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-008--Left-to-right:  Joseph Masa Watson, Jerry Frank Watson (little boy), Thomas Asa Watson.  Joseph and Thomas were twins.  Jerry Frank is Thomas' son and Jerrie Bass's father. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-009--Thomas Asa "Ace" Watson.  Served in 42nd Infantry Division ("Rainbow Division"), 167th Regiment, Company G  in World War I.  Ace was Jerrie Bass's paternal grandfather. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-010--Thomas Asa "Ace" and Alma Scarborough Watson before their marriage.  Ace in WWI uniform.  Ace and Alma were Jerrie Bass's paternal grandparents. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-011--Thomas Asa and Alma Scarborough Watson after their marriage.

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-012--42nd Infantry Division, 167th Regiment, marching into Montgomery, Alabama, after returning from World War I.  Ace Watson, who served in the regiment, marched in this parade. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-013--167th Regiment of the 42nd Infantry Division (Rainbow Division) Reunion, Ozark, Alabama, July 19, 1958.  Photograph by Kingsley. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-014--Isaac David Collier, Sr., holding dog.  Other young man unidentified.  "Ike" Collier served in the U. S. Navy in World War I aboard the USS Birmingham and was Jerrie Bass's maternal grandfather. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-015--Isaac David Collier, Sr., seated and friend (World War I).  

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-016--Isaac David Collier, Sr. (middle) U.S. Navy (World War I).  

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-017--Verla Lee Lambert, later wife of Isaac D. Collier, Sr., mother of Mary Nell Collier and maternal grandmother of Jerrie Bass. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-018--Verla Lee Lambert, at Fort Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama.  ca. 1917 or 1918. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-019--Obituaries of Isaac David Collier, Sr. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-020--Isaac David Collier, II, as a child.  This second "Ike" Collier served in the 7th Special Seabee Battalion, 1st Platoon, of the U. S. Navy in World War II and is Jerrie Bass's maternal uncle. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-021--Ike and Louise Collier (brother and sister) taken during World War II.  He served in the U. S. Navy.  Ike and Louise are maternal uncle and aunt of Jerrie Bass. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-022--Ike and Mary Nell Collier (brother and sister) taken during World War II.  He served in the U. S. Navy.  Mary Nell is Jerrie Bass's mother. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-023--Collier siblings, 1991-(Martha, Louise, Ike, II, and Mary Nell). 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-024--Mary Nell Collier as a member of the Dothan High School Band. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-025--U. S. Army Air Force Cadet Jerry F. Watson, standing with Stearman training airplane, World War II  Jerry is Jerrie Bass's father. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-026--U. S. Army Air Force Flight Cadet Jerry Frank Watson, Physical Training Instructor, Selma, Alabama, during World War II. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-027--U. S. Army Air Force Flight Cadet Jerry F. Watson standing with P-51 Mustang, World War II 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-028--Service Portrait of Jerry Frank Watson, U. S. Army Air Force, in "Pinks and Greens" uniform.  World War II. 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-029--Jerry Frank Watson, United States Army Air Forces, in Japan, 1949. World War II uniform.  (notice the "Ike" jacket-named after Eisenhower) 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-030--Lt. Col. Jerry Frank Watson, United States Air Force, near retirement 

Ref. No.:  PH 018-03-002-031--Extra copy of PH 018-03-002-007