Biography of Maurice L. Gross, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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The accomplishments of Maurice L. Gross in the ownership and management of the
Gross Laundry & Dry Cleaners, Inc., have been both numerous and outstanding. He
moved here in 1934 from Malvern, Ark.. He was born in Erin, Tenn. on Nov. 3,
1911, the son of J. E. and Julia (England) Gross, later of Texarkana, Ark. After
finishing Malvern High School, he studied at Quachita College in Arkadelphia. On
July 12, 1934 he married Jennie Bell Baker, daughter of Mrs. Louise (Wilkins)
Baker of Forrest City and the late W. J. Baker. They have two children, a son
and a daughter. He is an active member of the First Methodist Church, the
Forrest City Masonic Lodge #198, and is a 32nd Degree Mason. He is also a member
of the Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of the World, Chamber of Commerce, St.
Francis County Farm Bureau, the Rotary Club, and the Young Business Men's Club,
active in the Boy Scouts. He opened his business on June 15, 1934, the Forrest
City Cleaners, and on Oct. 1, 1944, he bought the Moseley's Steam Laundry,
moving to present quarters at 303 West Broadway in 1950.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas