"Epitaph For My Father" 
He was himself; his own man all his own life; He was humble in his dignity, composed and calm in every storm of life... 
He did not leave a future made with gold, Nor lands and wealth of human hands; 
But all the deep recesses of our minds and hearts, Were filled with plunder from the ages old; The way to greet a stranger and a guest; The love to bear a friend and how to pray... The courage and the faith to face all life; 
The willingness to learn new lessons every day; Humility and truth and deep integrity- 
This is the epitaph that I would write for him. Margaret Walker, as adapted by Eleanor Traylor 
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The fami ly of the late Dr. Hubert Ross acknowledges with deep appreciation the many expressions of support, tributes and kindness during this period of bereavement. 
 
Those wishing to make contributions in memory of Hubert Ross are invited to send them to the Clark Atlanta University scholarship fund, the First Congregational Church, UCC building fund, or the Gate City Day Nursery Association. 
 
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Atlanta, Georgia The Reverend Dr. Susan D. Newman 
Senior Minister 
 
 Dr. Hubert Barnes Ross 
Hubert Barnes Ross, Ph.D., emeritus professor of anthropology and sociology at Clark Atlanta University, was born April 2, 1918 in Boston, the son of Dr. Hubert H. W. Ross and Carolyn Barnes Ross. Following his mother's death, he was raised in New Haven, Connecticut in the home of his paternal grandmother, Lillian Ross Whittington and cousin Nerissa Whittington Tyler. He earned a ba.chelor of arts degree in 1939 from Wesleyan University, which he attended with the financial support of his godmother, Madame C. J. Walker. He received a master's degree in sociology in 1942 from Yale University and a Ph.D. in anthropology in 1954 from Columbia University. 
While at Yale, Dr. Ross met Edyth Lively, a social worker, whom he married in 1950. After completing his doctorate, Dr. Ross began his academic career at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, where he also coached the tennis team. The Ross family moved to Atlanta in 1960 when he joined the Sociology Department at The Atlanta University, which later became Clark Atl anta University. His partner in life, Edyth, began teaching at The Atlanta University School of Social Work the next year. He and Edyth dedicated their careers to the educational advancement of African-American students. She died in 1984. 
Dr. Ross served on the editorial board of Phy lon, the Atlanta University R eview of Race and Culture since 1960. His research interests focused on the culture of Afr ica and African-Americans. He was a V isiting Scholar in African Studies at the University of California at Los Angeles, and served as Coordinator of CrossCultural Studies for the Atlanta University Peace Corps Training program. He conducted field research in Kenya and Uganda, Atlanta and Hancock County, Georgia. He chronicled the academic careers and contribut ions of pioneering anthropologists of African and Afro-Ame rican descent. Most recently, he served as a consultant to and will appear in the f ort hcoming PBS documentary on the life of W.E.B. DuBois. 
Dr. Ross w as a V isiting Professor at Emory University, Columbia University, Atlanta College of Art, t he Univers ity of Californ ia at Los Angeles, and Texas Southern University. His love of culture extended beyond academia throughout the arts, perhaps best manifested in hi s pa ssion f or jazz and classical music, particularly the work of Afro-Ameri can composers and soloists. 
Dr. Ross w as a long time member of First Congregatio nal Church , U.C.C., where he served as Trustee, a membe r of Alpha Phi Alpha Fratern ity and a board member of the Gate City Day Nursery Association. His professional affiliations included the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History and the Association of Social and Behavioral Sciences. He was a fellow in the Amer ican Anthropological Association, the African Studies Association and the Center for African and Afro-American Studies. 
Dr. Ross is survived by a daughter, Susan Jessica Ross; and a son, Michael Hubert Ross, of Atlanta. Other family members include sisters Eben a Tyler Sims of Washington and Diana Tyler Mero of New Haven; brother, Whittington A. Tyler of New Haven; sister-in-law, Ethel Lively Dunlap of Washington; cousins, Marie Fernanders Randolph and Ida Fernanders Smith of Washington, Linda Randolph and Roland Fernanders, Jr. of New York City, Oscar Ross, Jr., Ellecia Ross Sims and Beverly Fernanders Huckaby of New Haven, Joanne Ross Reale of Winooski, Vermont, Carolyn Casey Jones of Chicago; godson, Derrick McCall, and a host of relatives and friends. 
 
THE PRELUDE ..................................... Dr. G. Johnson Hubert 
THE PROCESSIONAL ................. Dwight Andrews and Gary Motley Musical Reflections on Duke Ellington's ucome Sunday" 
THE CALL TO CELEBRATION ......... The Reverend Dr. Susan Newman 
THE HYMN OF CELEBRATION #156 .......... uRejoice Ye Pure In Heart" 
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THE SCRIPTURE LESSON . ~ ... :?.:. r~-:\1 ...... . . The Reverend Ben Toney 
THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING ...... The Reverend Dr. Norman Rates 
THE SOLO . . ............... .. ...... . .. . ....... .. .. . .... Ms. Zelda Kennedy "Ride Up In The Chariot" 
THE TRIBUTES TO THE LIFE OF DR. HUBERT BARNES ROSS: The Educator, Dr. Thomas W. Cole, Jr. President, Clark Atlanta University The Anthropologist, Dr. Johnnetta Cole President, Spelman College The Teacher, Vincent Fort 
"Deep River" . . . . .. . .............. . ........... . ..... Dr. G. Johnson Hubert 
TRIBUTES : (co ntinued) The Committed Christian, Dr. William Jackson The Friend, Dr. Alfred Spriggs The Fat her, M ichael Hubert Ross 
Co m ing Forth By Day An A ncestral Rite of Passage .... .. ... . .. ... .... Ndugu G. B. T'Ofori -Atta 
THE SOLO .............. . .... . ... . .. . .. .. . . .. . . Elizabeth Mitchell Clement ulf I Could Help Somebody " 
THE EULOGY ..... . .... .... . . . . . ..... .... . . Ambassador Andrew J. Young 
THE HYMN OF VICTORY #296 ........ . . . .. . ......... "For All The Saints" 
THE BENDICTION 
THE RECESSIONAL ..... . .. . ..... . .... Dwight Andrews and Gary Motley Musical Reflections on Duke Ellington's "Heaven" 
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