Ross Applewhite, Washington Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Beth Van Cleave
Date: August 29, 2006

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07-29-1949	
Ross Applewhite died Wednesday
Funeral services will be conducted today at 4 p.m. for Ross Applewhite, 59, 
who died Wednesday in the Veterans hospital in New Orleans after a lingering 
illness. Mr. Applewhite was a veteran of World War I, and a long-time resident 
of Bogalusa.

The funeral will be held at the Second Baptist church with the Rev. D. W. Nix 
officiating. Interment will be in Ponemah Cemetery with Poole Funeral Home in 
charge of arrangements.

The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Evelyn Reid Applewhite; two sons, 
Vernon and Billy Applewhite; two daughters, Gladys and Murel Applewhite; four 
brothers, Walter, Johnny, Vince and Lawton Applewhite; three sisters, Mrs. 
Tero Keaton, Misses Lucille and Olo Applewhite, all of Bogalusa.