ROSS, KERMIT MAURICE, 86, of Largo, died Saturday (June 25, 2005) on Indian Rocks Beach after being hit by an automobile while walking. He was born in Henry, Va., and came here in 2001 from Oklahoma City, where he retired after 35 years as a civil service instructor for the Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Controller Academy. He earned two bachelor's degrees and two master's degrees from the University of Oklahoma and Southwestern Texas University. He was an Army Air Forces veteran of World War II and served as a B-24 crewman in the European Theater. He was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, Largo, a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Normandy Park South Homeowners Association. Survivors include two sons, Lawrence V., Norman, Okla., and James L., Arcadia, Okla.; a daughter, Carolyn Ann, El Paso, Texas; a sister, Iris Ross Andrews, Wilmington, N.C.; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. National Cremation Society, Largo.
NORTH REDINGTON BEACH – A Clearwater man was killed and his wife critically injured when hit by a pickup truck as they walked across Gulf Boulevard last weekend.
Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Jim Bordner said the incident occurred at about 9:20 p.m. June 25.
Kermit M. Ross, 86, of 1664 South Lake Ave., Clearwater, and his wife, Doris, had parked their car on the east side of Gulf Boulevard, Bordner said. They were crossing the busy highway to attend their family's annual reunion at the Sandalwood Beach Resort at 17100 Gulf Blvd.
Bordner said the couple had crossed the northbound lanes and stepped into the southbound lanes from the median when they were hit. The pickup truck that hit them was being driven by William J. Zimmerman, 75, of St. Petersburg, according to Bordner.
Ross was pronounced dead at the scene and his wife was airlifted to Bayfront Medical Center, St. Petersburg, where her condition couldn't be determined. Bordner said she had life-threatening injuries.
The incident is under investigation by the sheriff's Major Accident Investigations Team. No citations have been issued to Zimmerman who Bordner said didn't appear to have been speeding.
NORTH REDINGTON BEACH – A Clearwater man was killed and his wife critically injured when hit by a pickup truck as they walked across Gulf Boulevard last weekend.
Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Jim Bordner said the incident occurred at about 9:20 p.m. June 25.
Kermit M. Ross, 86, of 1664 South Lake Ave., Clearwater, and his wife, Doris, had parked their car on the east side of Gulf Boulevard, Bordner said. They were crossing the busy highway to attend their family's annual reunion at the Sandalwood Beach Resort at 17100 Gulf Blvd.
Bordner said the couple had crossed the northbound lanes and stepped into the southbound lanes from the median when they were hit. The pickup truck that hit them was being driven by William J. Zimmerman, 75, of St. Petersburg, according to Bordner.
Ross was pronounced dead at the scene and his wife was airlifted to Bayfront Medical Center, St. Petersburg, where her condition couldn't be determined. Bordner said she had life-threatening injuries.
The incident is under investigation by the sheriff's Major Accident Investigations Team. No citations have been issued to Zimmerman who Bordner said didn't appear to have been speeding.
ROSS, KERMIT MAURICE, 86, of Largo, died Saturday (June 25, 2005) on Indian Rocks Beach after being hit by an automobile while walking. He was born in Henry, Va., and came here in 2001 from Oklahoma City, where he retired after 35 years as a civil service instructor for the Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Controller Academy. He earned two bachelor's degrees and two master's degrees from the University of Oklahoma and Southwestern Texas University. He was an Army Air Forces veteran of World War II and served as a B-24 crewman in the European Theater. He was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, Largo, a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Normandy Park South Homeowners Association. Survivors include two sons, Lawrence V., Norman, Okla., and James L., Arcadia, Okla.; a daughter, Carolyn Ann, El Paso, Texas; a sister, Iris Ross Andrews, Wilmington, N.C.; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. National Cremation Society, Largo.
NORTH REDINGTON BEACH – A Clearwater man was killed and his wife critically injured when hit by a pickup truck as they walked across Gulf Boulevard last weekend.
Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Jim Bordner said the incident occurred at about 9:20 p.m. June 25.
Kermit M. Ross, 86, of 1664 South Lake Ave., Clearwater, and his wife, Doris, had parked their car on the east side of Gulf Boulevard, Bordner said. They were crossing the busy highway to attend their family's annual reunion at the Sandalwood Beach Resort at 17100 Gulf Blvd.
Bordner said the couple had crossed the northbound lanes and stepped into the southbound lanes from the median when they were hit. The pickup truck that hit them was being driven by William J. Zimmerman, 75, of St. Petersburg, according to Bordner.
Ross was pronounced dead at the scene and his wife was airlifted to Bayfront Medical Center, St. Petersburg, where her condition couldn't be determined. Bordner said she had life-threatening injuries.
The incident is under investigation by the sheriff's Major Accident Investigations Team. No citations have been issued to Zimmerman who Bordner said didn't appear to have been speeding.
NORTH REDINGTON BEACH – A Clearwater man was killed and his wife critically injured when hit by a pickup truck as they walked across Gulf Boulevard last weekend.
Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Jim Bordner said the incident occurred at about 9:20 p.m. June 25.
Kermit M. Ross, 86, of 1664 South Lake Ave., Clearwater, and his wife, Doris, had parked their car on the east side of Gulf Boulevard, Bordner said. They were crossing the busy highway to attend their family's annual reunion at the Sandalwood Beach Resort at 17100 Gulf Blvd.
Bordner said the couple had crossed the northbound lanes and stepped into the southbound lanes from the median when they were hit. The pickup truck that hit them was being driven by William J. Zimmerman, 75, of St. Petersburg, according to Bordner.
Ross was pronounced dead at the scene and his wife was airlifted to Bayfront Medical Center, St. Petersburg, where her condition couldn't be determined. Bordner said she had life-threatening injuries.
The incident is under investigation by the sheriff's Major Accident Investigations Team. No citations have been issued to Zimmerman who Bordner said didn't appear to have been speeding.
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