Eva Ross Mead

1940 - 2019

Eva Ross Mead entered into eternal rest on Saturday, November 16, 2019. Born in Lemonville, LA on February 27, 1940, to the late Dennis and Hazel Joshua Ross, the family moved to New Orleans where Eva attended public schools. She graduated from Walter L Cohen Senior High School Class of 1957. She was married to the late Richard Wayne Mead; was mother to Gary Wayne Mead; grandmother of Lauren, Richard and Matthew Mead. Eva was the younger sister of the late Sarah Ross Joseph, sister-in-law of the late Howard "Skip" Joseph and Charlie Mead; Daughter-in-law of the late Dorothy Mead; Aunt to Jarrod Joseph (Danniele) and Jeannine Joseph Haynes (Sean), Dexter Mead, Jariah and Mason Joseph and MacKenzie Haynes; She also considered herself the "adopted mother" of Michael Jackson. Eva was employed as an LPN for over 40 years. She selfishly rendered caring services to her mother, father, husband and many neighboring elders and friends. Eva leaves to cherish her memory her family, life-long friends, Palm-Air and Hollygrove-Dixon neighbors and others. Members and friends of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Hollygrove Church of Christ, Brooks-Shaw Temple UMC; neighbors from Palm-Aire and Hollygrove-Dixon neighborhoods; former employees of U.S. Public Health Hospital, Flint Goodridge Hospital, and Medical Office of Dr. Larry A. Wooden; Alumna of Walter L. Cohen Senior School and Class of 1957; employees of Merck & Co.; members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc; former graduates of Joseph S. Clark Senior High School; employees of Touro Infirmary T6 & T8 units, are invited to attend a Memorial Service on Sunday, November 24, 2019 at Little Zion Baptist Church, 3231 Audubon Street, New Orleans, LA at 3:00 pm. Arrangements by D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Avenue. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to sign the guestbook.