This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ross, Daugherty, Davis, Clagett, Nedervelde, Chavis, West, Anderson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1589 Message Board Post: Mr. Columbus Ross, age 78, of Hastings, passed away Friday, February 4, 2000 at Tendercare in Hastings. Mr. Ross was born on September 19, 1921 in Strunk, Kentucky, the son of George and Rachel (Daugherty) Ross. He spent most of his life timber hauling in Kentucky. He also worked at Frank's Foundry in Muncie, Indiana. Mr. Ross moved to Hsatings in 1998 form Muncie. He married Effie Davis on April 4, 1942 and she survives. Mr. Ross was preceded in death by three sons, Clyde, Robert Lee, and Russell; one daughter, Stella Ross; five brothers; and two sisters. He is survived by sons, George (Ann) Ross of Muncie, Indiana, Marshall Ross of Muncie, Indiana, Daniel Ralph Ross of Lafayette, Indiana, Kenneth Ross of Kentwood; daughters, Fay (David) Clagett of Hastings, Wanda (Paul) Nedervelde of Kentwood, Jewell (James) Chavis of Ashland, North Carolina; 16 grandchildren; and 18 great grandchildren; sisters, Laura West of Revelo, Kentucky, and Etta Anderson of Muncie, Indiana. ! Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, February 8, 2000 in Whitley City, Kentucky. Memorials can be made to the Alzheimer's Disease Association. Arrangements were made by the Girrbach Funeral Home of Hastings. (The Hastings "Reminder" - Tuesday, February 8, 2000) Transcriber has no family connection