test content

test accordion

test content


Frankie Holliman
Office Manager
601-792-5903

Gary Russell Bass photo

Gary Russell Bass
Executive Director
601-792-5903
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Born on an Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, Gary was raised in the small rural South Mississippi town that bears his family name — Bassfield. After graduating from Columbia Academy with honors and USM with a BS in Business, he worked as a corporate trainer for a franchise sales company before moving to New York City. After 8 years in New York and New England, he moved West to Sedona, Arizona where he honed his sales and marketing skills in the travel and tourism industry. In 2011, he returned home to Mississippi and has worked as a community activist, marketing consultant, marketing director for a manufacturing start up as well as a small business entrepreneur. He buried a time capsule to commemorate the founding of Bassfield in December 2020.

In February 2021 Bass was unanimously named Director of the Jefferson Davis County Economic Development District. One year later, Bass received a CEDA -Community Economic Development Award from the MEDC - Mississippi Economic Development Commision for the 125th Anniversary Time Capsule Ceremony for the town of Bassfield. He was also selected as a 2022 Fellow in the Delta Regional Authority’s Leadership Institute. He will be learning best practices in Economic & Community Development. Bass lives in the house he grew up in with his rescue dogters - Elly Mae and JuneBug.

Frankie Holliman photo
Frankie Holliman
Office Manager
601-792-5903


Gary Russell Bass photo
Gary Russell Bass
Executive Director
601-792-5903
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Born on an Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, Gary was raised in the small rural South Mississippi town that bears his family name — Bassfield. After graduating from Columbia Academy with honors and USM with a BS in Business, he worked as a corporate trainer for a franchise sales company before moving to New York City. After 8 years in New York and New England, he moved West to Sedona, Arizona where he honed his sales and marketing skills in the travel and tourism industry. In 2011, he returned home to Mississippi and has worked as a community activist, marketing consultant, marketing director for a manufacturing start up as well as a small business entrepreneur. He buried a time capsule to commemorate the founding of Bassfield in December 2020.

In February 2021 Bass was unanimously named Director of the Jefferson Davis County Economic Development District. One year later, Bass received a CEDA -Community Economic Development Award from the MEDC - Mississippi Economic Development Commision for the 125th Anniversary Time Capsule Ceremony for the town of Bassfield. He was also selected as a 2022 Fellow in the Delta Regional Authority’s Leadership Institute. He will be learning best practices in Economic & Community Development. Bass lives in the house he grew up in with his rescue dogters - Elly Mae and JuneBug.


Ellen Porter photo

Ellen Porter
Jeff Davis County Miss Hospitality 2024

Gary Russell Bass photo

Gary Russell Bass
Executive Director
601-792-5903
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Born on an Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, Gary was raised in the small rural South Mississippi town that bears his family name — Bassfield. After graduating from Columbia Academy with honors and USM with a BS in Business, he worked as a corporate trainer for a franchise sales company before moving to New York City. After 8 years in New York and New England, he moved West to Sedona, Arizona where he honed his sales and marketing skills in the travel and tourism industry. In 2011, he returned home to Mississippi and has worked as a community activist, marketing consultant, marketing director for a manufacturing start up as well as a small business entrepreneur. He buried a time capsule to commemorate the founding of Bassfield in December 2020.

In February 2021 Bass was unanimously named Director of the Jefferson Davis County Economic Development District. One year later, Bass received a CEDA -Community Economic Development Award from the MEDC - Mississippi Economic Development Commision for the 125th Anniversary Time Capsule Ceremony for the town of Bassfield. He was also selected as a 2022 Fellow in the Delta Regional Authority’s Leadership Institute. He will be learning best practices in Economic & Community Development. Bass lives in the house he grew up in with his rescue dogters - Elly Mae and JuneBug.

Ellen Porter photo
Ellen Porter
Jeff Davis County Miss Hospitality 2024


Gary Russell Bass photo
Gary Russell Bass
Executive Director
601-792-5903
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Born on an Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, Gary was raised in the small rural South Mississippi town that bears his family name — Bassfield. After graduating from Columbia Academy with honors and USM with a BS in Business, he worked as a corporate trainer for a franchise sales company before moving to New York City. After 8 years in New York and New England, he moved West to Sedona, Arizona where he honed his sales and marketing skills in the travel and tourism industry. In 2011, he returned home to Mississippi and has worked as a community activist, marketing consultant, marketing director for a manufacturing start up as well as a small business entrepreneur. He buried a time capsule to commemorate the founding of Bassfield in December 2020.

In February 2021 Bass was unanimously named Director of the Jefferson Davis County Economic Development District. One year later, Bass received a CEDA -Community Economic Development Award from the MEDC - Mississippi Economic Development Commision for the 125th Anniversary Time Capsule Ceremony for the town of Bassfield. He was also selected as a 2022 Fellow in the Delta Regional Authority’s Leadership Institute. He will be learning best practices in Economic & Community Development. Bass lives in the house he grew up in with his rescue dogters - Elly Mae and JuneBug.


Handshake icon

Call to action text

code here

Content

Handshake icon

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis fringilla nisl est, at molestie mi semper sit amet. Vestibulum a pharetra ligula. Suspendisse leo nisi, pharetra id viverra vitae, volutpat eu turpis. In ante mi, blandit vitae interdum in, scelerisque eu libero. Nulla vehicula ac lacus id blandit. Donec quis felis a magna facilisis interdum. Morbi nisi orci, mattis eu hendrerit at, ultrices sit amet enim. Nullam sed nisl lacus. Sed pellentesque quam consectetur vestibulum efficitur. Fusce sollicitudin hendrerit varius.

Content 2

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis fringilla nisl est, at molestie mi semper sit amet. Vestibulum a pharetra ligula. Suspendisse leo nisi, pharetra id viverra vitae, volutpat eu turpis. In ante mi, blandit vitae interdum in, scelerisque eu libero. Nulla vehicula ac lacus id blandit. Donec quis felis a magna facilisis interdum. Morbi nisi orci, mattis eu hendrerit at, ultrices sit amet enim. Nullam sed nisl lacus. Sed pellentesque quam consectetur vestibulum efficitur. Fusce sollicitudin hendrerit varius.

Content

Handshake icon

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis fringilla nisl est, at molestie mi semper sit amet. Vestibulum a pharetra ligula. Suspendisse leo nisi, pharetra id viverra vitae, volutpat eu turpis. In ante mi, blandit vitae interdum in, scelerisque eu libero. Nulla vehicula ac lacus id blandit. Donec quis felis a magna facilisis interdum. Morbi nisi orci, mattis eu hendrerit at, ultrices sit amet enim. Nullam sed nisl lacus. Sed pellentesque quam consectetur vestibulum efficitur. Fusce sollicitudin hendrerit varius.

Content 2

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis fringilla nisl est, at molestie mi semper sit amet. Vestibulum a pharetra ligula. Suspendisse leo nisi, pharetra id viverra vitae, volutpat eu turpis. In ante mi, blandit vitae interdum in, scelerisque eu libero. Nulla vehicula ac lacus id blandit. Donec quis felis a magna facilisis interdum. Morbi nisi orci, mattis eu hendrerit at, ultrices sit amet enim. Nullam sed nisl lacus. Sed pellentesque quam consectetur vestibulum efficitur. Fusce sollicitudin hendrerit varius.

Headline

test

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis fringilla nisl est, at molestie mi semper sit amet. Vestibulum a pharetra ligula. Suspendisse leo nisi, pharetra id viverra vitae, volutpat eu turpis. In ante mi, blandit vitae interdum in, scelerisque eu libero. Nulla vehicula ac lacus id blandit. Donec quis felis a magna facilisis interdum. Morbi nisi orci, mattis eu hendrerit at, ultrices sit amet enim. Nullam sed nisl lacus. Sed pellentesque quam consectetur vestibulum efficitur. Fusce sollicitudin hendrerit varius.

Etiam ut lobortis nisi. Suspendisse non arcu sagittis, finibus eros vitae, congue ex. Mauris iaculis fringilla enim non faucibus. Morbi non tellus auctor, volutpat metus vitae, viverra eros. Etiam semper, turpis quis pulvinar sodales, ante quam ullamcorper lorem, et sodales est nisl quis mi. Curabitur molestie hendrerit diam, non molestie lectus blandit non. Suspendisse lobortis augue eros, eget cursus erat suscipit nec. Curabitur pellentesque finibus augue, sed convallis purus laoreet eget. Quisque ut mi sollicitudin nibh congue volutpat. Orci varius natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Suspendisse nisi felis, tincidunt ut nulla id, iaculis sagittis mi. Cras in vulputate purus, non elementum diam. Nunc gravida blandit finibus. Suspendisse auctor tempor malesuada. Nulla venenatis orci ut velit ornare condimentum.

Vestibulum odio lorem, rhoncus at blandit eget, interdum nec lacus. Mauris sed nulla augue. Fusce et urna vitae ipsum faucibus luctus fringilla sed nunc. Vestibulum ultrices nunc neque, at cursus velit molestie maximus. Nullam rhoncus nisl vel quam dapibus, quis euismod ligula tincidunt.

asdf asdf

screen reader content here

Section Title