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It is with sadness that we note the passing of Jim Ross, a stalwart of the group in the '80s. A death notice appeared in Sunday's Washington Post, page C11.
Jim was a professor at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, and hosted a number of (NC)TCUG meetings on campus. Hard to believe it's been 22 years since I took over editing the group's TCUG Newsletter from Jim with the June/July 1985 issue.
I've always remembered the title of the article Jim wrote for that issue - "To and Fro with My CoCo". Jim was a big fan of the Radio Shack Color Computer, and wrote a series of articles about it, after retiring from the editor's job. As I recall, he also became an expert on Microsoft's Flight Simulator program when he moved into the MSDOS world. Paul Howard, NCTCUG Treasurer
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| From Jim's daughter, via Will Monahan Rebekah Ross said Mon May 28, 06:08:00 PM EST... Thank you all for your prayers. My father, James F. Ross, passed away today. Two weeks ago he had open heart surgery to replace an extremely compromised heart valve. He was in good spirits and optimistic about the surgery, but unfortunately he simply wasn't strong enough to make it through. He is survived by his wife, Joyce Gillard, and his three children, Deborah, Steve, and Rebekah (me). Memorial services will be held Friday, June 15, 1 p.m. at the Virginia Theological Seminary chapel on Seminary Road, Alexandria. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to a charity of the donor's choice. |
Dr. JAMES F. ROSSRetired Professor of Theology at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, died on May 28, 2007 from complications of heart surgery. He was 79. Dr. Ross is survived by his wife, Joyce Gillard; his sister, Ruth Olsen; his children, Deborah Ross, Steven Ross and Rebekah Ross; and five grandchildren. Memorial services will be held Friday, June 15, 1 p.m. at the Seminary's chapel on Seminary Road, Alexandria. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to a charity of the donor's choice. Published in The Washington Post from 6/2/2007 - 6/3/2007. View/Sign Guest Book |
| James Francis Ross, Theology Professor James Francis Ross, 79, a former professor at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, died May 28 of complications from heart surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. He lived at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg. Dr. Ross taught at the seminary, which is affiliated with the Episcopal Church, from 1968 to 1996, when he retired. His academic specialty was the literature and theology of the Hebrew Bible. He was also an archaeologist who worked on excavations in Israel and Palestine from the 1950s to the 1980s. Dr. Ross was born in Omaha and was a summa cum laude graduate of Doane College in Crete, Neb. He was ordained as a minister of the United Church of Christ in 1952 and received a doctorate in theology in 1955 from Union Theological Seminary in New York. He was a professor of religion, theology and ancient languages at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., and Drew University in Madison, N.J., before coming to the seminary. He was the author of many articles on theology, biblical literature and archaeology. Dr. Ross lived in Alexandria until 1996, when he moved to Asbury Methodist Village. He was a member of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington for many years and later attended Bethesda United Church of Christ. He was a member of the Society for Biblical Literature, American Academy of Religion and American Schools of Oriental Research. His other interests included photography, for which he won several awards, computers and digital imagery. He enjoyed traveling and studied the history and architecture of many parts of Europe and the Mediterranean. He had owned a home in Nova Scotia since 1969. Dr. Ross visited bookstores almost every day and became interested in crossword puzzles, English history and astronomy late in life. His first wife, Miriam Dewey Ross, whom he married in 1949, died in 1996. Survivors include his wife of nine years, Joyce Gillard of Gaithersburg; three children from his first marriage, Deborah Ross of Olympia, Wash., Steven Ross of Baton Rouge and Rebekah Ross of Olympia, Wash., and Brinnon, Wash.; and five grandchildren. -- Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 06/11/07 |