LaVerne Weeks Ross
Funeral services for LaVerne Weeks Ross, 80, of Silsbee will be 2:00 pm Wednesday,December 14, 2016 at First United Methodist Church in Silsbee. Visitation will begin at 12:30 pm at the church prior to the service. There will be a private graveside service for family afterward at R.S.Farmer Memorial Cemetery.
LaVerne was born March 03, 1936 in Diboll, TX to John Harrison and Lela Weeks. She was Co-Valedictorian of the Diboll High School Class of 1954 and received her Bachelor Degree in Elementary Education from East Texas Baptist College in 1958. She began her first teaching job in Pine Tree ISD in Longview where she met and married her husband Bonnie Wayne (B.W.) Ross in 1959. They were happily married for 51 years.
After moving to Silsbee in 1970, she worked for Silsbee ISD where she taught first grade at Kirby Elementary until her retirement in 1991. She most loved teaching her students to read and seeing that light in their eyes when the world of reading opened up for them. “Boss Ross” was also known for her gift of writing and she wrote poems on many occasions for her friends and family. She spent her retirement years enjoying time with her grandchildren,playing Bunco,and riding along with her husband as he played many rounds of golf.
LaVerne is preceded in death by her parents John Harrison and Lela Evelyn Lowe Weeks;husband Bonnie Wayne Ross; and daughter Sheila Kathleen Ross. Survivors include daughter LaNita Ross Gilchriest and her husband Brook of Silsbee; grandson Ross Gilchriest of Annapolis, Md.; granddaughter Gracie Gilchriest of Silsbee; sister Polly Leavell and husband James of Diboll; sister Donnie Smith of Diboll; several nieces, nephews and special friends.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Children’s Miracle Network or the charity of your choice.
