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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 18, 1993                   TAG: 9303180066
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: GREENSBORO, N.C.                                 LENGTH: Short

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OBIT ROSS, JAMES HAROLD

ROSS, James Harold, 78, of 5614 Tower Rd., Greensboro, N. C., died March 16, 1993. He was born in Franklin County, August 8, 1914, son of the late Joseph Peter Ross and Victoria Ross Ingram, Martinsville. Mr. Ross was a retired plumbing wholesaler of Crane Branches, in Roanoke, Greensboro and the Washington-Baltimore area. He was a member of the Guilford College United Methodist Church, having served on the administration board and chairperson of the board of trustees. He was an Army World War II veteran, a Lions Club and Moose Club member. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Alice Ramsey Ross of Greensboro; two daughters, Phyllis Ross of Greensboro, and Judith Barringer of San Francisco, Calif.; one son, James H. Ross of Allentown, Pa.; six grandchildren; a half brother, Basil E. Ross of Martinsville; one stepbrother, Poff Ingram of Ridgeway; five stepsisters, Elva I. Turner and Ruby I. West, both of Ridgeway, Va.; Marie I. Hazelwood, Mrs. Jewel (Chester) Hagwood, both of Fieldale, and Mrs. Iva (Odell) Moran of Collinsville. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 19, 3 p.m. at the Collins Funeral Service Chapel in Bassett. Dr. Hurley Thomas and the Rev. Charles Daughton will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday evening at Collins Funeral Service from 7 to 9. Private family interment at the home place in Henry, Va. Memorials may be made to the Guilford College United Methodist Church, 1205 Fleming Rd., Greensboro 27410 or the Fork Mountain Rescue Squad, Rt. 3, Bassett, Va. 24055.

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