Sarah P. Ross of Smyrna, Delaware passed away peacefully Monday July 19, 2010 in Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital surrounded by her family. She was 98.
Mrs. Ross was born May 3, 1912 in Smyrna, the daughter of the late Arthur and Sarah Price Bennett.
Mrs. Ross and her husband were lifelong farmers on their farm near Smyrna and she was a Class of 1930 graduate of Smyrna High School.
She enjoyed cooking and delivering meals for her elderly friends.
Mrs. Ross was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, J. Homer Ross Sr.; a brother, Joe Bennett and two sisters, Mary Durney and Elizabeth Virdin and a son-in-law, Ray E. Calloway.
Mrs. Ross is survived by a son, James H. Ross, Jr. and his wife, Betty of Sebring, FL; three daughters, Shirley Halfen and her husband, John of Dover, DE, Barbara Calloway of Houston, DE and Frances R. Gingerich and her husband Enos of Smyrna; three grandchildren, William Robinson, Dawn Coverdale and Rick Legar and seven great grandchildren, Amber and Brian Robinson, Jacob and Garrett Coverdale and Ivy, Autumn and Jade Legar.
Services will be Saturday, July 24 at 12 noon in the Faries Funeral Chapel, 29 South Main Street, Smyrna, DE where friends may call one hour prior to the services. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery Smyrna, DE.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Smyrna, 118 West Commerce Street, Smyrna, DE 19977 or to Citizens' Hose Company #1, PO Box 97 Smyrna, DE 19977.
Arrangements are by Faries Funeral Directors and Crematorium Inc., Smyrna.
Condolence letters may be sent by visiting www.fariesfuneralhome.com.
