Cecil Ross, son of Susan Odell (Vance) and Cecil Fay Vickery, was born in Bessemer, Alabama, on May 23, 1964, and passed away on October 23, 2021, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 57 years and 5 months.
Cecil attended Bessemer School system graduating with the class of 1982.
Cecil worked as a manager at the local waffle house in Alabama and later he went to work at the Southeast Bolt and Screw Manufacturing Plant in Alabama.
He met the love of his life, Marian (Janey) Rubel, in 2000 in Bessemer, Alabama. In 2005 they moved to Woodward, Oklahoma, to help take care of Marion’s father, James Taylor.
Cecil attended the Woodward Vo-Tech in oilfield safety later working for Patterson Drilling of Woodward. After a car accident Cecil was disabled and wasn’t able to work and in 2010 they moved to Freedom, Oklahoma, to help take care of Marion’s mother, Patsy James Waggoner.
Cecil was an avid fisherman and his last fishing expedition to Colorado was around the first of October. He was a craftsman with wood and metal, a blacksmith, making knifes out of scrap metal. He won ribbons for his jelly preserves at the Woods County Free Fair. He loved his dogs, maybe a little more than his wife of 21 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his mother and father-in-law.
Cecil is survived by his wife of Freedom, Oklahoma, sister, Karen Gilley of Phoenix City, Alabama, five children, Daniel Scott, Spencer Wagoner and significant other, Amanda Sanchez, Shawn George, Gabrielle Rubel and Dakota Rubel a number of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
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