
You May Be independent In Your Old Age 
H ERE is a picture of Father and Mother Bass taken in their declining years. 
I. E. Bass was the founder of this business, but he was 58 years old when he 
planted his first papershell pecans. Father Bass, like thousands of other men, had 
worked hard all his life, made sacrifices, and saved practically nothing. He was past 
middle age, facing old age, financial embarrassment, and possibly would have been 
dependent on his family. 
But in spite of the fact that friends and neighbors predicted he would never 
live to see his trees support him, he succeeded, through pecans, was able to carry 
on this business, send eight children to college, and retire with absolute independ- 
ence. 
Father Bass has now been gone for several years, but Mother Bass at 94 years 
old is still healthy, happy, and enjoying not only nice profits from these trees, but 
the shade, the beauty and the birds that flit in and out of the branches, and sing so 
loudly throughout the day. Pecan trees are truly a living monument to Father Bass. 

Resting and Relaxing Under a Beautiful Pecan Tree. 
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