Palestine High School Alumni Association

08 / 22 / 1929  –  08 / 21 / 2002

Services for Elmo Lee Rose, Jr., 72, of Waco, formerly of Palestine, will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Meadowbrook Baptist church with Dr. Eric Holleyman officiating.  Burial will follow in Waco Memorial Park.  Pecan Grove Funeral Home of Waco is handling arrangement.  Visitation will be from 6 – 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Elmo Lee Rose, Jr., passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2002 in a Waco hospital.  Elmo was born on August 22, 1929 in Palestine, Texas, the son of Elmo Rose, Sr. and Evelyn P. (Turner) Rose.

He graduated from Palestine High School and Nixon Business College. Mr. Rose joined the U.S. Army in May of 1951 and was discharged in February 1954 at the rank of Sergeant. He worked for Missouri Pacific Railroad as a telegrapher. He went to work for the Texas Department of Public Safety on November 14, 1955. He worked in Houston, Beaumont, Waco and when promoted to Captain in 1976, completed his time with the department in Corpus Christi. He retired after 32 years of service In 1993.

He was a member of Herring Lodge #1224, Waco and Independence Lodge #1337 in Corpus Christi. He served as Worshipful Master of Independence Lodge in 1981-1982. He also served as District Deputy Grand Master of Masonic District 61B in 1990, District Instructor in 1988-1989, and District Masonic Relations Officer in 1991-1992. He was also a member of the McLennan Chapter 639, Order of the Eastern Star where he served as Past Patron on many Committees.

Meadowbrook Baptist Church in Robinson was his church home where he enjoyed his Adult I, Co-Ed Sunday School Class. His hobbies included motorcycle riding, camping and RVing. He was a past President and past Historian of the Bosque River Sams RV Chapter.

He is survived by his wife, Catherine Sloan Rose; his sister, Lu Rose Hunt and her husband Rodney of League City, Texas; his children, Rebecca Lynn Rose Bradford and her husband Gary of Plano, Texas and David Glen Rose and his wife, Julie Talley Rose of Corpus Christi.

Source: Corpus Christi Caller-Times