Jerome Ross

Grubbs Family Mortuary sadly announces the passing of Mr. Jerome Ross 68, of Eufaula Alabama. Service's are entrusted to. Grubbs Family Mortuary. A Name You Can Trust And Stand On. When Only The Best Will Do! We ask That you please keep the Ross family in your prayers as they travel through this most difficult journey.

Brother Jerome Ross Sr. was born in Detroit, Michigan on

August 19, 1956 to the parentage of the late Willie Ross Jr. and Annie Nell

Ross ( Smiley) . He was preceded in death by his brother Chester “ Pat”

Ross and two sisters, Addie “ Veronica” Smiley and Melissa Smiley-

Hollins.

After moving to Eufaula, Alabama, Jerome Sr. was reared in a blended

family by the late James Smiley and his mother Annie Nell Smiley . He was

educated in the Eufaula City School system where he graduated in 1974 .

He worked at American buildings for 20 years and was married to Anne

Welborn during that time. 3 children were born into this union. He later

moved to Montgomery, Alabama where he worked as a security officer until

retirement . During that time, he met and married Debra Parker Ross.

He later moved back to Eufaula where his healthy began to decline . God

saw Jerome was getting tired and he called him home on June 16, 2025 at

Medical Center Barbour .

He leaves to cherish his memory: His son Jerome ( Barbara) Ross Jr. , his

daughter, Kimberly ( Bernard) Ross, and his daughter, Sherika Ross; his

mother, Annie Watts; his brothers, James Smiley Jr., Theophylius Smiley,

Thirston ( Don) Ross, and Gary “ Lonzo” ( Dora) Smiley; 4 sisters,

Victoria Smiley, Glenda Akinbinu, Doris ( Johnny) Morris, and Juliette (

Albert) Walker . 7 grandkids, 3 great grandkids, and a host of nieces, neph-

ews, cousins and friends .

Order of Service

Prelude

Processional ............................................................ Ministers and Family

Prayer ..................................................................... Pastor Marvin Brown

Old and New Testament ........................................ Pastor Marvin Brown

Solo ..................................................................................... Tashira Smiley

Reflections (3 People, 3 Minutes please)

Words of Comfort .......................................................... Barbara Welborn

Eulogy .................................................................... Pastor Marvin Brown

Recessional

A Distant Echo

We walked different paths, you and I,

A Gulf between us beneath the sky .

A longed for connection, a guiding hand,

But silence fell across the land.

Now you’re gone, and the ache remains,

A bitter sweet melody of love and pains.

I search for echos of what could have been,

A father’s love, A daughter’s Kin.

Though closeness eluded us in life’s design,

A daughter’s life forever thine.

I whisper your name on the gentle breeze,

And hope you hear, a midst the trees,

Love your Daughter,

Kimberly.

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