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Thursday, August, 9 1979
SPRINGHILL - Mrs. Bessie L. SKELTON, 63, of Springhill died Thursday in
Parrsboro. Born in Upper Granville, Annapolis County, she was the
former Bessie Luella Keefe, a daughter of the late Edward W. and Emily
E. (O'Connell) Keefe. She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Mary
O'Keefe; Brantford, Ont.; Eiola (Mrs. Herb Cox), Springhill; Mrs. Alice
Pust, Minnesota; a brother, William, Minnesota; and several nieces and
nephews. Besides her husband, Hubert, she was predeceased by a son,
Arthur, a brother Benjamin, and two sisters, Ada and Margaret. The body
is at A.H. Brown Funeral Home, Springhill. Funeral mass will be held at
10 a.m. Saturday, in St. John's Roman Catholic Church, with Rev. Robert
Day officiating. Burial will be in Hillside cemetery, Springhill.
[Source: Kathryn Jeffers 2001-10-28]
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On 02/10/2011 11:35 AM, David Winter wrote:
> Kathryn:
>
> Thanks. I thought you might possibly have something to help.
>
> If the word, ³Parrsboro² pops up, like Otis Charles Ross being born there,
> I¹m on it like a hot potato.
>
> Dave
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>
> On 02/10/11 10:56 AM, "Kathryn Jeffers"<k.jeffers@...> wrote:
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>> Gerry and Dave
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>> I have all the obituaries for Minnie Celia (Stone) Ross siblings and parents,
>> since her brother
>> Hugh "Stanley" Stone was my grandfather.
>>
>> Kathryn
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>> OBITUARY
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>> Oxford Jct. -- The death occurred suddenly at his home on Junction Road of
>> Otis Charles ROSS,
>> 63, on Thursday, May 18. For many years a valued employee of the Cobequid
>> Lumber Co. Ltd., he
>> suffered a heart attack while at work and passed away shortly after being
>> taken to his home. He
>> was born at Parrsboro on July 12, 1903, a son of Thomas and Margaret Ross. On
>> Dec. 23, 1917, he
>> married Minnie Cecelia Stone of Oxford Jct., by whom he is survived. Also
>> left to mourn are two
>> sons, Walter, of Oxford Jct., and Gary of Amherst, and two daughters, Mildred
>> (Mrs. Wesley
>> Smith) of North Rustico., P.E.I., and Roberta (Mrs. Joel MacCallum) of
>> Lewisville, N.B.; also
>> seven grandchildren. He is also survived by one brother, Dewis Ross,
>> Springhill. Mr. Ross was
>> educated at Parrsboro, where he spent his boyhood. He was a member of St.
>> John's Anglican
>> Church. He was an ardent fisherman and hunter and was always interested in
>> community
>> activities. He was employed as tallyman at Cobequid Lumber Co. Ltd. The
>> funeral was held on
>> May 20th, from Black's Funeral Home, Oxford, and was conducted by Rev.
>> MacAllister Ellis, of
>> Pugwash. The hymns sung were "Old Rugged Cross" and "Abide With Me". Burial
>> took place in the
>> Anglican Church cemetery, Oxford Jct. The pallbearers were Henry Elmers,
>> Victor Kaluza, Newton
>> Rector, Russell MacDonald, Charles Sperry and John Scott. The floral tributes
>> were very
>> beautiful and testified to the high esteem in which Mr. Ross was held by his
>> many friends.
>> Pillow - Wife and family.
>> Casket Spray - Grandchildren.
>> Potted Plant - June and Newt. Rector.
>> Cross - Ethel, John and Illa.
>> Star - Minor and Lena Stone.
>> Cut Flowers - Douglas Perry and Mary Harrison.
>> Baskets - Cobequid Lumber Co.; Hector, Jessie and family; Pansy and Henry;
>> Community of Oxford Jct.
>> Wreaths - Employees of Cobequid Lumber Co.; Flora, Dellie, Andrew and James
>> Forrest, Jr.;
>> Kenneth, Josephine and Barry.
>> Sprays - Bessie Skelton; Hal., Millie and family; Ron and Lois, Eleanor and
>> Bruce; Gordon, Erma
>> and family; Molly and John Scott; Rose and Joe Mattinson; Edith and Hedley
>> Rector; Olive and John.
>> Containers - The MacCallum family; Garnet and June Rector and Jack Harvey;
>> Staff, H.R. Doane&
>> Co.; John, Anna and Victor; Bonnie, Jimmie& Danny; Alfretta; Matthews family;
>> Ann and Tom
>> Dunham, Roy andd Rose Chapman; Darrell, Retia and family; John, Kay and girls;
>> Diane, Boyd and
>> Jimmie; William Mattix and family; Brother Dewis and Marjorie; Lawrence, Creta
>> and Robbie,
>> Rennie and Bruce Fulton; Mrs. Ann den Ouden; Bart, Muriel and Suzanne; Marg.
>> and Pete; Paul,
>> Rita Mae and family; Audrey and Stan, Carol and Hugh; Helen and Foster.
>> Gideon Bibles - Bob and Annette MacCallum (1); The Wesleyan Methodist Church,
>> Moncton (3);
>> Berean Sunday School Class, Wesleyan Methodist Church, Moncton (1); Mr. and
>> Mrs. Edward Wilbur (1).
>> Monetary Donations - Mrs. Woodlock; Harvey, Dorothy and Debbie; Helen
>> Canfield; Wesley Smith;
>> Stan. and Audrey; Harold Cummings; Myra and Frank Jones; Bev. and Dick
>> Anderson; Cecelia and
>> Guy; Jeanne and Russell; Marg. and Bruce; Dolly and Chick; Art. and Gladys;
>> Jean and Elwood;
>> Della and Frank; Joyce and Carl; Daisy Darragh; Sammy and Lawrence; Jack and
>> Inez; Mr. and Mrs.
>> Arthur Deacon; Mr. Charles Sperry. (From the Oxford Journal Newspaper,
>> published Thursday, 25
>> May 1967, page 8.)
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