Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV Obituary of Basil Mutter
September 30, 1934
CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES
Bassell Mutter, 98-year-old Confederate war veteran, died September 17 at the home of his son, Thomas Mutter, on the Jones road. He was buried in the Jones cemetery. Mr. Mutter served throughout the Civil war under Captain J. C. Gent and was a galland and daring soldier.