<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/thomas-ross.html" dsn="news"><item_date>06/16/2017 2:39:00 pm</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image/><firstname>Thomas</firstname><middlename>L.G.</middlename><maidenname/><lastname>Ross</lastname><suffix/><graduation-Year>'71</graduation-Year><relationship-to-university>Alumni</relationship-to-university><degree-program-completed/><position-held-at-the-university/><title>Thomas Ross</title><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships><relationship>Alumni</relationship></relationships><main-content>Thomas L.G. Ross (‘71), Fort Worth. He was a retired attorney and former Tarrant County magistrate judge. He had served as president of the Tarrant County Black Bar Association, defended clients facing capital charages and worked as a court-appointed mediator.</main-content></item>