J.E. Ross

J. E. Ross, 95, of Lott, died Saturday, March 14, 2015 in a Temple Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday in Clover Hill Cemetery in Lott. Rev. John Self officiating.
Mr. Ross was born September 10, 1919 in Lott to Omer and Carrie Perteet Ross. In 1925 he moved to Dunn, Texas where he graduated from High School in 1937. He attended Texas A&M University and served in the U.S. Air Force. He was employed by the Lott National Bank in 1943 and assisted in organizing the Lott State Bank in 1945 and served as cashier. He worked as a Bank Examiner for the Federal Deposit Corp for a short time and then returned to the Lott State Bank as Executive Vice President. In 1962 he went to work for the Planters National Bank in Rosebud and retired as President in 1981.
He is survived by one nephew, Andrew Omer Ross of Worthington, Ohio and several cousins.
Viewing will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday and visitation will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Friday at Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud.