On June 22, 2019; JAMES HOWARD GRESS, JR. passed away. He is the beloved husband of Betty Lee Gress (nee Taylor); loving father of James Howard Gress III, the late Linda Lee Ross, Gail Jean Harris and her husband Ronald, Cathy J. Wilson and her husband Richard, and Steven C. Gress and his wife Julia Elizabeth; cherished grandfather of twelve grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren; dear brother of Melvin and the late Charles Gress.
Family will receive friends on Thursday, June 27 from 3-5 & 7-9PM at the Sterling-Ashton-Schwab-Witzke Funeral Home of Catonsville, Inc., 1630 Edmondson Avenue, Catonsville, MD 21228. A funeral service will be celebrated 11AM, Friday, June 28 at the funeral home. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. For those desiring, donations may be made in his memory to Audubon Maryland – DC, 2901 E. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21224.