OA Jan 20 2004
ODESSA — Olive DeLay Ross, 65, passed away Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004, at Medical Center Hospital. She was born Dec. 1, 1938, to Herbert H. and Stella L. DeLay in Atoka, Okla. Her parents preceded her in death.
She grew up in Monahans and graduated in Grandfalls, Texas, in 1956. She married Oscar H. Ross on Feb. 14, 1986, in San Angelo. Together, they owned and operated Osco Services, where she was the office manager. She was a Chamber of Commerce Ambassador, a member of the Ladies Oriental Shriners, the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary and also involved with the Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang. She enjoyed playing bridge.
Survivors include her husband, Oscar Ross of Odessa; son, Kelly Higginbotham of Odessa; daughters, Kerry Carter and husband, Kyle, of Austin; and Kimberly Randolph of Austin; step-daughters, Bonnie Easter and Shanis Simons of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Tory Margeson and husband, Dan, of Odessa; sister, Lee Williams of Odessa; nephew, Don Allen Burney of Lubbock; nine grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and a large circle of friends.
Services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers will be V.J. Snyder, Dody Snyder, Wayne Wheat, Jack Reynolds, Wayne Kennedy and Buz Baker.
The family suggests memorial be made to the Home Hospice or to a charity of choice.
Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.