Obit of Gross, Joseph Burton - Grady County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandi Carter 14 Aug 2005 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== The Chickasha Express-Star 12 May 2005 J. B. GROSS Funeral service for J. B. Gross, age 88, of Chickasha is pending with McRay Funeral Home. Mr. Gross was born on November 24, 1916. He died on May 12, 2005. ========= The Chickasha Express-Star 13 May 2005 JOSEPH BURTON GROSS Funeral service for Joseph Burton Gross, age 88 of Chickasha, Oklahoma,m will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 16, 2005, in the McRay Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Don Horton will officiate. Joseph Burton Gross was born the son of Samuel M. Gross and Elsie Vineyard Gross on November 24, 1916, in Guntersville, Alabama. He died at his home in Chickasha on May 12, 2005. Interment will be in Fairlawn Cemetery under direction of McRay Funeral Home. ========= The Chickasha Express-Star 15 May 2005 JOSEPH BURTON GROSS Funeral service for age 88 of Chickasha, Oklahoma, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 16, 2005, in the McRay Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Don Horton will officiate. Joseph Burton Gross was born the son of Samuel M. Gross and Elsie Vineyard Gross on November 24, 1916, in Guntersville, Alabama. He died at his home in Chickasha on May 12, 2005. J. B. graduated from Chickasha High School in 1936, and then served in the Civilian Conversation Corp. During WW II, he entered the United States Army and served in the 95th division of General Patton's Third Army. J. B. was a Master Sergeant and saw front line action in Germany. J. B. served from 1941 - 1945. Prior to going overseas, J. B. married Alpha West on May 28, 1943, in Chickasha. After the war, he returned to Chickasha and worked for Bolton Dairy, as well as Par Mar Real Estate, for seventeen years. He was a member of the Epworth Methodist Church and belonged to the Wedding Ring Class. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Wade Vernon Gross and one sister, Neva Caroline Gross. Survivors include: a wife Alpha Gross of the home; two daughters and son- in-laws: Karen and Duane Bennett of Chickasha and Sharon and William Venable of Chickasha; two grandsons: Brett A. Bennett of California and Christopher Bennett of Arizona; two granddaughters: Shari Bennett of Arizona and Jennifer Crawford of Chickasha; two great grandchildren: Heather Crawford and Daniel Bennett; one sister: Gladys Greenwood of Lawton; numerous nieces and nephews, and other family and friends. Interment will be in Fairlawn Cemetery under direction of McRay Funeral Home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html