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|death_date=September 15, 2009
|death_date=September 15, 2009
|death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
|death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
|spouse=Barbara Faye Paul Ross (married c. 1958-2009, his death)
|spouse=Barbara Faye Paul "Bobbie" Ross (married c. 1958-2009, his death)
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]; ran for governor of Louisiana in 1971 and 1983 and [[United States Senate]] in 1984 and 1986
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]; ran for governor of Louisiana in 1971 and 1983 and [[United States Senate]] in 1984 and 1986
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
Ross died from a lengthy illness at the home of his daughter, Cathy Ross Mitchell, and her husband, Patrick Mitchell, in Baton Rouge. In addition, he was survived by his wife of fifty-one years, the former Barbara Faye Paul (born February 1940), originally from Simmesport in Pointe Coupee Parish; a son, Kenneth Ross and wife, Lottie Fields Ross, of Covington in St. Tammany Parish, and two other daughters, Tricia Ross Guidry and husband, Ricky Guidry, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Christy Ross Maier of [[Montgomery]], [[Alabama]]; nine grandchildren, two sisters, Maxine Smart of Vidalia in Concordia Parish, and Terry Jean Agnew and husband, Raymond Agnew, of Monroe. Ross's late brother, Jimmy Dale Ross, was a Republican leader in Jonesville in Catahoula Parish. He also had a third sister, the late June Ross Rowland of Alto, Louisiana.
Ross died from a lengthy illness at the home of his daughter, Cathy Ross Mitchell, and her husband, Patrick Mitchell, in Baton Rouge. In addition, he was survived by his wife of fifty-one years, the former Barbara Faye "Bobbie" Paul (born February 1940), originally from Simmesport in Pointe Coupee Parish; a son, Kenneth Ross and wife, Lottie Fields Ross, of Covington in St. Tammany Parish, and two other daughters, Tricia Ross Guidry and husband, Ricky Guidry, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Christy Ross Maier of [[Montgomery]], [[Alabama]]; nine grandchildren, two sisters, Maxine Smart of Vidalia in Concordia Parish, and Terry Jean Agnew and husband, Raymond Agnew, of Monroe. Ross's late brother, Jimmy Dale Ross, was a Republican leader in Jonesville in Catahoula Parish. He also had a third sister, the late June Ross Rowland of Alto, Louisiana.
Ross's graveside services were held on September 18, 2009, at Gwin Cemetery in Mangham under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home in Rayville. The Clingans are also interred there.
Ross's graveside services were held on September 18, 2009, at Gwin Cemetery in Mangham under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home in Rayville. The Clingans are also interred there.