Hulan Bass

FROM THE BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF PRIMITIVE OR OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST MINISTERS BY DAVID MONTGOMERY AND MARK GREEN: ELDER HULAN F. BASS I was born to Jesse and Georgia Bass on March 21, 1931, at Crosbyton, TX. My first church memories are at Gravel Hill P.B.C., Afton, TX. I joined the church in 1942 at the West Texas Association convened with the Tulia, TX P.B.C. My uncle Jimmie Bass baptized me. I was raised in the P.B.C., as Dad's Family of children were all P.B.'s. I met Jacquelynn Ann Bovell of Muleshoe, TX, in the late fall of 1950. We married in 1952. We have three children, David, Eddy, and Sherrye, and 7 grandchildren. Jacque was a Missionary Baptist, but joined the P.B.C. in 1954. Dad performed our wedding ceremony and baptized Jacque and our three children. I had early impressions and burdens of the ministry in my twenties; however, I kept them to myself. My secular profession moved me to the Odessa, TX area in the mid-1950s, where our membership was in the Odessa P.B.C. My first public speaking in a worship service was in the Odessa P.B.C. about 1956. In Jan. 1958, we moved to Lubbock, TX, as my employment demanded. We moved our membership letters to the same church. Lubbock Church called for my ordination as a deacon in 1961, which I refused, as I had no impression for such. They then gave me a regular 1st Sunday appointment there for several years. I was ordained at the Lubbock Church to the ministry in July 1972. I served as Pastor at Levelland, TX. P.B.C. for 17 years, concurrently at Brownfield, TX, P.B.C., for 8 years, and with regular appointments at Muleshoe, TX, for 7 years, then again a regular 1st Sun. appointment at Lubbock for several years. Bethel P.B.C., McMahan, TX, called me as Pastor in the Spring of 1988, and I have now tried to serve there since then. (1999.)

The Passing of Elder Hulan Frank Bass - March 21, 1931 - June 15, 2026, Katy, Texas

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“Elder Hulan Frank Bass, 95, formerly of Abilene, Texas, passed away peacefully at his daughter's home in Katy, Texas, on Monday, June 15, 2026.

A man of deep and abiding faith, Hulan was ordained as a minister in the Primitive Baptist Church in 1972. During 54 years of faithful ministry, he pastored churches in Levelland, Texas, for 17 years and concurrently served the church in Brownfield, Texas, for eight years. He also maintained regular appointments in Muleshoe for seven years and conducted first-Sunday services in Lubbock for several years. Later, he served as pastor of the McMahan Primitive Baptist Church for 19 years, followed by 12 years as pastor of the Abilene Primitive Baptist Church.

Throughout his ministry, Hulan traveled extensively across many states, preaching the Gospel and ministering wherever he was called. His devotion to God, his love for the King James Bible, and his commitment to the Primitive Baptist Church were THE guiding forces of his life.”