Death Calls Teacher Here For 40 Years.

Mrs. Fannie Allen Baskett, 71, of 2917 Douglas, veteran Dallas school-teacher and wife of Albert S. Baskett, attorney, died Sunday at a local hospital.
A native of Mansfield, La., Mrs. Baskett had been a resident of Dallas for the last forty years, and had taught in public schools here for most of that time, retiring in June 1942.  At that time she was principal of the Clinton P. Russell and Trinity Heights Elementary Schools, a position she had held for fifteen years.

Taught at Uvalde.
Mrs. Basket first came to Texas in the 1890's to teach at Uvalde. She later returned to Louisiana where she was married in 1899 to Mr. Baskett at Monroe, La.  Soon after their marriage they moved to Texas, and for a short time, Mrs. Baskett operated a private school at her home in Hubbard City and then in Hillsboro before they moved to Dallas in 1903.
In 1907 she joined the public school system here as a teacher and served in capacity and as principal until her retirement in 1942.  Before joining the Dallas schools she also had taught in schools at Palestine, Farmers Branch and other small towns over the state.
During the early years of Southern Methodist University Mrs. Baskett studied there and was graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.  She later took her Master of Arts degree there.  She also had done graduate work toward her doctor's degree at Columbia University, Peabody and the Colorado State Teachers College. At one time she taught in the SMU department of education at a summer session.

Longtime Baptist.
Mrs. Baskett had been a member of the Highland Baptist Church since her arrival in Dallas.  She had joined the congregation when it was known as the McKinney Avenue Baptist Church.  She also was a life member of the Eastern Star.
She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs.. Everett B. Parks and Mrs. Martha E. Graham, Dallas; a son, Major John Lewis Baskett, San Antonio, and one grandson.
Funeral services will be held at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Guardian Funeral Chapel with Dr. Julian Atwood, pastor of the Highland Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery.

The Dallas Morning News - November 29, 1943
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

FANNIE A. BASKET
1872 - 1948

Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas