Notable deaths in the Bass Lake Beacon coverage area, 2014. They will be missed.

Cornwall “Spud” Buckminster
Ice-fishing legend

Betsy “Commander” Nelson
Oldest previously-living resident

Smiley “Smiley” Tackett
Champion, First Death of the New Year Contest

Brantley Currant
“Commander Nelson Jr.”

Jason Membridge
Closet NASCAR-disliker

Barry Wessonsmith
He probably knew it would end this way. It always did.

Ellie Eling
Call her ‘E’

Chuck “Charles” Bevins
Devoted farmer-machinest