Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Tuesday, October 6, 1987

Ross Roy McCarty

HARRISONBURG -- Services for Ross Roy McCarty will be at 10 a.m. today in his residence at 960 La. Highway 8 West with Dr. Ralph Webber and the Rev. Jessie Lott officiating. Burial will be in Rosefield Cemetery under direction of Riser & Son, Columbia.

McCarty, 81, of Harrisonburg died Sunday in his residence.

He was a native of Sikes and a retired petroleum engineer. He was a graduate of Louisiana State University and Harvard University. He was an employee of Exxon for 39 years and was a member of First Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Molly Poole McCarty of Harrisonburg; two daughters, Gwendolyn M. Beakley of Lake Charles and Elizabeth M. Glenney of Houston, Texas; one brother, Troy A. McCarty of Midland, Texas; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.