Barbara Reid Bass (born January 29, 1954) is the former mayor of Tyler, Texas.

[3] She left office in 2014 because of term limits[2] and was succeeded by Martin Heines, a real estate businessman.

[1] For two decades, she has served on the Texas Society of CPAs, including three terms on the executive board.

[4] Bass is a native East Texan and moved to Tyler with her husband, Billy, in 1977.

[1] She is a partner in the CPA firm, Gollob Morgan Peddy PC.