Leon Harrison Ross (1927 - 1993)

Born 1 Feb 1927 in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States

Died 25 Mar 1993 at age 66 in Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina, United States

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Seaman first class Leon Ross served in the United States Navy in World War II
Service started: 1 Mar 1944
Unit(s):
Service ended: Service end date as 23 May 1946

Biography

Leon was born 1 February 1927 in Guilford County, North Carolina, the son of Toillman J. Ross and Annie Jane Pitchford.^[1] He was the husband of Audrey Mae Rigdon. In 1930^[2] and 1940,^[3] Leon was living with his parents and siblings in Greensboro, Guilford County, where his father was an overseer in a cotton mill.

USS LST-916

Leon was a overseas veteran of the United States Navy during World War II. He enlisted on 1 March 1944 and served aboard the LST 916. Leon was honorable discharged on 23 May 1946 at Shelton, Virginia. Included in his $103.95 final pay was $13.35 for travel to home in Greensboro. Leon's preference for additional training upon separation was to finish high school (he had only completed two years of high school prior to enlistment).^[4]

Leon was a mechanical contractor in the heating and air conditioning industry. He died of a heart attack on 25 March 1993 at his home in Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina,^[5] and was buried beside his wife (who had predeceased him by less than a year) in the Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory in Transylvania County, North Carolina.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHTQ-Z4D : 8 December 2014), Harrison L Ross, 01 Feb 1927; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 25, p. 245, Guilford, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X337-3CL : accessed 28 August 2019), Leon Ross in household of T J Ross, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 2B, line 68, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1694; FHL microfilm 2,341,428.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWQQ-136 : 28 July 2019), Leon Ross in household of Tillman J Ross, Area A, Greensboro, Gilmer Township, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41-14, sheet 5A, line 26, family 82, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2919.
4. ↑ "North Carolina, Discharge and Statement of Service Records, 1940-1948," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WK-KPH3 : accessed 28 August 2019), Leon Harrison Ross, 23 May 1946; citing Shelton, Clay, Virginia, United States, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh; FamilySearch digital folder 007434201.
5. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGNR-Q6B : 17 July 2017), Leon Harrison Ross, 25 Mar 1993; citing Mebane, Alamance Co., North Carolina, v 10A cn 10066, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,992,098.
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLZ-13TV : 13 December 2015), Leon Harrison Ross, 1993; Burial, Pisgah Forest, Transylvania, North Carolina, United States of America, Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory Cemetery; citing record ID 91645956, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.