The funeral of Peter Angus Ross took place in Glasgow in January, attended by family, friends and a wide representation from the Scottish business community.
Born February 25, 1936, the second son in the five children of John and Evangeline Ross, Peter was schooled at Glasgow Academy from which he joined the family tea merchant firm, Wm Wright & Co, as a trainee. He did his two years National Service with the Royal Artillery after which he returned to work with Wrights as a tea taster/salesman. Following his marriage to Elliot in 1962, the couple moved to East Burnthills, Lochwinnoch.
He was soon to leave family business behind and start on his own, working from home, introducing to Scotland a new system of agricultural drainage, as well as buying a licensed grocer shop, supported by his wife, a primary school teacher.