Bassett Fire Department presents check to American Cancer Society

BASSETT – The Bassett Volunteer Fire Department recently made a contribution in an effort to eliminate cancer.

Fire Chief Junior Lynch and President Manker Stone presented a check in the amount of $1,900 to the American Cancer Society.

The fire department says the proceeds were from a September breakfast in memory of Jennifer Lynch Ferguson, Lynch's sister, and Sam Pilson, former chief and former member of the Henry County Board of Supervisors.