Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
Thursday, January 2, 1975

Jesse W. Ross

Funeral services were held at the Mulhearn chapel Sunday for Jesse W. Ross, 59, of Fort Necessity, who died Saturday at the Franklin Parish Hospital.

Services were conducted by Rev. Ruth Holly with interment in the Boeuf Prairie Cemetery.

A lifelong resident of Franklin, he was a farmer and a member of the Baptist Church.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Yvonne Jewel Ross, a daughter, Mrs. Gue Grinet [sic Sue Grivet] of Winnsboro; two brothers, B. L. and Willie Ross, both of Winnsboro; three sisters, Mrs. Agnes Moore of Ft. Necessity, Mrs. Mattie Grace McMurry of Winnsboro and Mrs. Vera Lee Seffins of Sterlington and two grandchildren.