1980
Gil
2005
Gil Ross
May 1, 1980 — August 11, 2005
GIL ROSS
New Albany - Richard Gilbert (Gil) Ross, 25, died Thursday, August 11, 2005, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford after a short illness. He was born in Aberdeen but had lived most of his life in East Tupelo and Mooreville. He had worked for North Mississippi Steel and later W. W. Specialty before becoming disabled. For the past couple of years, he had been living in New Albany. He enjoyed fishing, loved working with computers, and he was a member of Ozark Baptist Church.
Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in the Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues with Rev. Rowland Dempsey officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery south of Plantersville.
Survivors include his parents, John and Wanda Bishop of New Albany, and Richard Ross of Ecru; three sisters, Joy Ruth and her husband, Michael, Candace Roberts and her husband, Adam, and Tammy McDonald and her husband, Tony, all of New Albany; two brothers, Russell Bishop and his wife, Novalee, of New Albany, and Timothy Ross of Ecru; his grandmothers, Bertha Ross and Judy Ruth, both of Aberdeen, and Beaulah Bishop of New Albany; his grandfather, Johnny Brooks of New Albany; two nephews, Hartley Ruth, and Richard Bishop; and three nieces, Misty and Brianne McDonald, and McKayden Price.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Travis Bishop, a grandmother, Mary Brooks, a grandfather, Gilbert Ruth, and a nephew, Daniel Fonseca.
Pallbearers will be Eddie Ruth, Tyrone Jefferson, Terry Prestidge, Robbie Ross, David Ross, Brian Jones, and Gene Shields.
Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at W. E. Pegues in Tupelo.
New Albany - Richard Gilbert (Gil) Ross, 25, died Thursday, August 11, 2005, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford after a short illness. He was born in Aberdeen but had lived most of his life in East Tupelo and Mooreville. He had worked for North Mississippi Steel and later W. W. Specialty before becoming disabled. For the past couple of years, he had been living in New Albany. He enjoyed fishing, loved working with computers, and he was a member of Ozark Baptist Church.
Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in the Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues with Rev. Rowland Dempsey officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery south of Plantersville.
Survivors include his parents, John and Wanda Bishop of New Albany, and Richard Ross of Ecru; three sisters, Joy Ruth and her husband, Michael, Candace Roberts and her husband, Adam, and Tammy McDonald and her husband, Tony, all of New Albany; two brothers, Russell Bishop and his wife, Novalee, of New Albany, and Timothy Ross of Ecru; his grandmothers, Bertha Ross and Judy Ruth, both of Aberdeen, and Beaulah Bishop of New Albany; his grandfather, Johnny Brooks of New Albany; two nephews, Hartley Ruth, and Richard Bishop; and three nieces, Misty and Brianne McDonald, and McKayden Price.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Travis Bishop, a grandmother, Mary Brooks, a grandfather, Gilbert Ruth, and a nephew, Daniel Fonseca.
Pallbearers will be Eddie Ruth, Tyrone Jefferson, Terry Prestidge, Robbie Ross, David Ross, Brian Jones, and Gene Shields.
Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at W. E. Pegues in Tupelo.
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