Margie Evelyene Ross, 89, of Madison, Ind., formerly of Echols, Ky., passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014, at Hickory Creek at Madison. She was born Feb. 2, 1925, in Echols, Ky., to the late Tom and Maggie Key.
She was a member of Echols General Baptist Church and she was a homemaker. She enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening and involvement in her church group, The Ladies’ Prayer and Action Group. In her later years, she enjoyed singing. Her favorite song was “What A Day That Will Be.” She was very kind to others and told most that she met that she loved them.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Osburn D. Ross; her brothers, Everett Key, Herbert Key, and William Key; and her sister, LouAnna Saling.
Survivors include two sons, Larry Ross and wife, Jenny, of Bowling Green, Ky., and Phillip Ross and wife, Nancy, of Madison, Ind.; one daughter, Joyce Hinton and husband, Gary, of Rockport, Ind.; one brother, Willard Key of Beaver Dam, Ky.; one sister, Brenda Scott of Beaver Dam, Ky.; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 23, at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam, Ky., with Michael Hamby, Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church of Madison, Ind., officiating. Burial will be in Pond Run Cemetery in Echols, Ky. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. until the time of service Wednesday at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donation to the Pond Run Cemetery Fund or Echols General Baptist Church. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Online messages of condolence may be made at: www.danksfuneralhome.com.