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Obituary
Donald A. Ross,
79 of Huntington, WV passed away on Tuesday May 20, 2014 at St. Mary’s
Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 2:00 p.m. at
Beard Mortuary with Pastor Darrell Wooten officiating. Burial will follow in
Spurlock Cemetery, Wayne, WV. He was born December 1, 1934 in Wayne, WV. He
was preceded in death by his father, Otto Ross, a special mother and father,
who raised him, Kay and Tennessee Cooksey. He was also preceded in death by
his wife, Evelyn Chatterton Ross, and a brother, Robert Ross. He worked for
the Kenny Shoe Company and retired from Owens Illinois. He was a member of
the Western Star Lodge 11 A.F. & A.M. and was a 32nd degree Mason, a member
of American Legion Post 177, Barboursville, Moose Lodge and the DAV. Don was
an avid steel guitar player, very talented on the bass and banjo and enjoyed
performing with his brothers over the years. He is survived by a daughter
and son-in-law, Tonya and Nate Anderson of Barboursville; a son, Dwane Ross
of Barboursville, two grandchildren, Madalyn Cooper and Jordan Ross; a
brother, Bill Ross of Teays Valley, WV; a sister and brother-in-law, Pat and
Dennis Stonestreet of Glasgow, WV and several nieces and nephews.
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