Bettie Lou Ross

Bettie Lou White Ross, 71, died Wednesday December 28, 2011 at Hospice Ministries. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon Saturday December 31, 2011 from the chapel of Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home Ridgeland, MS. Visitation will be Saturday from 10:00am till 12:00noon. Burial will be in Lakewood Memorial Park.

Mrs. Ross was a native of Meridian, MS., where she graduated from Meridian High School with honors. She graduated from Gilfoy School of Nursing 1961 with honors and William Carrey College with a BS Degree; she was a Registered nurse for over 40 years. A member of First Baptist Church Jackson.

With her husband, they founded our Town for Youth at Brookhaven, MS (now known as Dickerson Place-Baptist Children’s Village). A volunteer at Hospice Ministries, she provided over 50 years of dedicated people care including nursing at Kings Daughters Hospital, Brookhaven,MS, VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS and Miss Baptist Medical Center, Jackson.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert L. White and Katherine Reed White, and an Uncle, James White.

Survivors include her husband Thomas “Tommy” Lee Ross, son, Thomas “Tom” lee Ross Jr., Star, MS., daughter, Rebecca Ross Camp and husband Ronald of Calhoun, LA., son, Robert Timothy “Tim” Ross of Jackson, seven grandchildren, Trey, Sarah, and Grace Ann Ross, Katherine, Patrick, Rachael and John Ross Camp.

Memorials may be made to Bettie W. Ross Nursing Scholarship Fund, c/o Mississippi College Nursing School, Clinton, MS.