Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
George L. Ross of Franklin Parish Dies Early Monday
George L. Ross, 71, prominent retired planter of Franklin parish, died at a Winnsboro hospital early Monday. Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Boeuf Prairie Methodist church at Ft. Necessity, with the Rev. O. L. Tucker, pastor of the Winnsboro Methodist church, officiating. Interment, with Masonic rites, was in the Boeuf Prairie cemetery.
Mr. Ross, a life-long resident of Franklin parish, retired several years ago due to ill health.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Della Dark Ross, the following children, Mrs. Mary Kincaid, Mrs. Ada Thornton, Mrs. Luther Lanier, Miss Jeanette Ross, George, Marvin, Charles, Roy, Alvin, and Buddy Ross and a step-son, R. L. Ross, all of Winnsboro; a brother, J. H. Ross, and a sister, Mrs. Rosa Lee Turner, both of Ft. Necessity.
Active pallbearers were Ernest Mason, Bobby Mason, Buddy Wooldridge, Oscar Kincaid, Guy Kincaid, Nuttle Dailey and Neil Dailey.
Honorary pallbearers were P. B. Brown, Harry Scriber, Eli Moore, Jim Buie, Walter Clinton, John Dailey, L. E. May, Joe Brock, J. R. Wooldridge, Buddy Wiggers, B. S. Landis, Joe Vetsch, G. W. Potter, Jim Wooldridge, Spencer Desha, J. F. King, George King, K. E. King, Henry Buie and J. M. King.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro.
Thursday, March 27, 1941
Funeral Services Held At Fort Necessity Tuesday At 3 P.M.