Onnie Patricia Barnette Ross July 21, 1954 - June 29, 2025 Onnie Patricia “Tricia” Barnette Ross, of Brandon, Miss., died on Sunday, June 29, 2025, at UMMC after suffering a stroke. She was 70 years old. A native of Vicksburg and the ninth of 11 siblings, Ross graduated from Warren Central High School in 1972, and attended Mississippi State University, where she earned a degree in mathematics in 1976. She began her teaching career at Noxapater High School, but soon returned to Vicksburg to work in the finance department at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. There she was introduced to her husband Stanley. They were married on August 8, 1980, and after starting a family, she returned to her love of teaching and tutoring students. For nearly three decades, she taught math all over Warren County, including St. Aloysius High School, where she was named “Star Teacher” in 1999 and 2002, Vicksburg High School, All Saints Episcopal School, Porters Chapel Academy and Warren Central High School, before retiring in 2010. An avid reader, Tricia loved puzzles, sewing and crafting of all kinds, especially making unique gifts for her many nieces and nephews (or even their friends). She often hosted family gatherings and loved to collect “hearts.” A wonderful wife, mother, teacher and everyone’s “favorite” aunt, she loved her family well and will be greatly missed. She is preceded in death by her parents Gladys and Clyde Barnette; brothers Milford Barnette, Billy Barnette, Bobby Barnette, Robert Barnette and James Barnette; and a sister Carolyn B. Wilkerson. She is survived by her husband of nearly 45 years Stanley C. Ross; a son Stanley “Craig” Ross Jr., of Huntsville, Ala.; a daughter Leigh Ann Ross, of Brandon; brothers Doug Barnette (Linda Jane) and Terry Barnette (Angie); sisters Bettye Oakes (Donald) and Janice Brown (Frank). Visitation will be Saturday, July 5, at Natchez Trace Funeral Home in Madison, Miss., from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. The service will begin at 11, followed by a graveside burial. Pallbearers will be Blake Barnette, Justin Barnette, Dustin Daams, Craig Ross, Jerome Ross, Wayne Ross, Jr., Jake Russell and Cain Wilkerson. Honorary pallbearers are Ryker Barnette, Danny Daams, Josh Geter, Tom Pharr and Bill Pittman. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Little Light House of Central Mississippi, a non-profit Christian Developmental Center for children with special needs, and/or the University of Mississippi Medical Center Neuro Institute. Little Light House of Central MS Mailing Address: P.O. Box 13662 Jackson, MS 39236-3662 The UMMC Fund (with Neuro Institute in memo line) Mailing Address: University of Mississippi Medical Center Office of Development 2500 North State Street Jackson, MS 39216