Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ross, John Franklin January 15, 1961
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Virginian-Pilot, Monday, January 16, 1961


John Franklin Ross, Jr.,57, senior vice president of the National Bank of 
Commerce, died Sunday at 7 a.m., in his home, 408 Fairfax Ave.
He suffered a heart attack six week ago. A second attack Sunday resulted in his 
death.
He was born in Washington, N.C. in 1904 and was the son of the late John 
Franklin and Mrs. Caroline Dail Ross. He came to Norfolk in 1916 and was first 
employed by Norfolk National Bank in January 1919.
His early education was received in the public schools of Washington, N.C. and 
Norfolk. He graduated from the American Institute of Banking in 1925.
He was in charge of the Midtown Branch of the National Bank of Commerce at the 
time of his death. He was at one time treasurer of Christ and St. Luke’s 
Episcopal Sunday School and also treasurer at one time of the Norfolk Chapter 
of the American Red Cross.
He was a member of the American Institute of Banking, the Virginia Club, the 
Norfolk Chamber of Commerce and Park Place Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife Mrs. Elizabeth Borland Ross; one sister, Miss 
Lyndall Caroline Ross, one brother, George Henry Ross, and two nieces, all of 
Norfolk.
A funeral service will be conducted Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in H.D. Oliver Funeral 
Apartments by the Rev. Herbert H. Smith of Christ and St. Luke’s Episcopal 
Church. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.



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