Lynn Joseph Ross Sr.

Lynn J. Ross, Sr. was born on October 2, 1923 in Berwick, LA and died on March, 29 2014 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at the age of 90. He served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He was a branch manager at Bancroft Paper Company throughout the southern part of the United States. After his retirement, Lynn and his wife started Mary's Country Crafts, which they enjoyed as a hobby for many years. Lynn was also an avid sports fan. He was a beloved, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He is survived by his sons, Lynn "Lucky" J. Ross, Jr. and his wife, Juanita, David A. Ross, and wife, Dianne, and Earl A. Ross; daughters, Shirley Ross Marsden and Mary Lynne Ross Stowell and husband, Ralph; grandchildren, Melanie Ross Alexander, Anita Ross Robert, Lynn J. Ross, III, Jamie Ross Simmons, Katie Ross Richardson, Bette-Brooke Ross, Brett Ross, Daisy Ellisor Bourassa, Meshell Durden, Madelon Stowell, LCpl Joseph Ross Stowell; great-grandchildren, Emily Alexander, Ross Alexander, Olivia Alexander, Lyndsey Quirk, Abigail Quirk, Brenna Robert, Brooke Robert, Jude Robert, Victoria Ross, Caleb Ross, Cade Ross, Anne-Marie Ross, Emma Durden, James Durden, and Whitt Simmons; brother, Bert J. Ross; sister, Sister Ann Regina Ross. Pallbearers will be Lynn Ross, III, Caleb Ross, Morris Alexander, Ross Alexander, Mike Robert, Brett Ross, Hunter Simmons, Lan Richardson, and Bill Lang. He is preceded in death by his loving wife of 66 years, Mary Ann Kramer Ross; parents, Alfred Phillip and Alice Verrett Ross; sister, Regina Ross Hollingsworth; brothers, Garland "Buster" Ross, Alfred P. Ross, Jr., and John H. Ross. Visitation will be at Greenoaks Funeral Home on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 from 5 to 9 p.m. Visitation will resume at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church on Wednesday April 2, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Interment will follow at Greenoaks Memorial Park.