LINCOLNTON, GA. - Longtime resident of Lincoln County, Mobley Gamble Ross, passed away January 8, 2014 at her home in Lincolnton, Georgia. She was born June 2, 1921. Her parents were James Mobley Gamble and Ethel Bonner Gamble. When her father died shortly before birth, she and her mother moved to Jones County to live with her mother's sister, Pearle Hawkins and her husband, Sheriff John Preston Hawkins, and their five children, (Holmes, Harold, Edith, Vivian, and John), who became Mobley;s brothers and sisters. Mrs. Ross graduated from Jones County High School with high honors and earned an associate degree from Georgia State College for Women. Upon marrying her high school sweetheart, Ben Ross of Clinton, they moved to Lincolnton where he opened his law office, and she began teaching elementary school. Mrs. Ross later became the Elementary Curriculum Director for the Lincoln County School System and was responsible for it's elementary school testing program. She was a Star Teacher for Lincoln County School System and an outstanding educator for over forty years. During her years in Lincolnton, Mrs. Ross was an active member of the Lincoln County Hisotrical Society and the Lincolnton United Methodist Church where she served many years as its Elementary School Superintendent and Communion Chairman. She was the longtime Chairman of the Lincoln County Library Board and started the first library in Lincolnton. Mrs. Ross was a leader of the Oliver Morton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Jones County. She was a member and past president of the Fort James Chapter of Colonial Dames and Delta Kappa Gamma. Mrs. Ross's family includes former Georgia representative Ben Barron Ross, her husband of sixty-eight years, her nieces, Cara Smalley (Robert) of Augusta,, Dr. Preston Hawkins (Don Taliaferro) of Griffin, her nephews, Bonner Hawkins (Virginia) of Covington, Holmes Hawkins (Patsy) of Lilburn, Justice Harris Hines (Helen) of Marietta, and Jeff Bridges (Delia) of Macon. Additional nephews and nieces are Wayne Ross (Norma) of Macon, Roland Ross of Clinton, and Kate Ross Williams (Tommy) of Macon. She has many great nieces, great nephews, and cousins. The family is deeply grateful for the friends, neighbors, and caregivers who have been so faithful, loving and kind to her. Funeral services will be held at the Lincolnton United Methodist Church at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 11, 2014. A visitation will precede the service beginning at 9:30 a.m. at Rees Funeral Home. Burial will be at 4:00 p.m. in the Clinton United Methodist Church Cemetery, Clinton, GA. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to the Lincolnton United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 85, Lincolnton, GA. 30817 or the Lincoln County Historical Society P.O. Box 869, Lincolnton, GA. 30817. You may sign the family's online guestbook at: www.rees-funeralhome.com. Rees Funeral Home, 195 Peachtree St., Lincolnton, GA. 706-359-3222 is in charge of arrangements.