Obituaries:  Mrs. Myrtle Bowman Ross, Sabine Parish       R-200
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 3, 1987
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Myrtle Bowman Ross (Photo)

  Mrs. Myrtle Bowman Ross, 92, a lifelong resident of Shreveport,
passed away August 24, 1987, at Autumn Leaves Nurse Care Center.
Services were held at 2:30 p.m., Friday, August 28, at
Rose-Neath's Marshall Street Chapel. The Rev. David Rakes,
assistant pastor of Broadmoor Baptist Church, officiated.

  Mrs. Ross was a devoted and active member of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, joining Shreveport Chapter 237 in
September 1951. She will be especially remembered for her
loyalty, good works, and leadership, as director for six years
for the Betty Youree Chapter of the Children of the Confederacy.

  Mrs. Ross was preceded in death by her husband, William E. Ross.

  She is survived by two daughters, Katherine Ross Osteen of
Shreveport, and Mrs. Ella V. Pryor of Laurel, Miss.; a
son-in-law, Edward N. Tucker of Shreveport; five granddaughters,
Patricia O. Franklin, and Mrs. Donna O. Comito, both of Denver,
Colo., Mrs. Marguerite O. Pollard of Slidell, La., Mrs. Mary
Ellen Thornhill of Gulfport, Miss., and Edward R. Tucker of
Council Bluff, Iowa; eight great granddaughters, Valerie, Alison,
and Kathleen Pollard of Slidell, La., Edie K. Tucker, and Tiffany
Tucker of Council Bluff, Iowa, Laura B. Schwein, and Susan
Spincken of Denver, Colo., and Melanie Thornhill of Gulfport,
Miss.; three great grandsons, Brad Ross Tucker, and Joel Smith of
Oklahoma City, Okla.; one great-great granddaughter, Jennifer
Spincken; two nephews, L. D. Todd of Shreveport, and Bobbie Rains
of Zwolle; three nieces, Elaine Grace of Keithville, Judy Rains
of Fort Morgan, Colo., and Billie Jo Rains of San Francisco.

  Pallbearers were Paul L. Osteen, Lander Osteen, Cecil C.
Bettevy, Steve Baker, W. A. Hendrick, and Jesse Young.