Gregory Gross

Gregory Scott Gross, 54, of Scott City passed away peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at Southeast Hospital surrounded by his family. Greg was born March 6, 1966, in Cape Girardeau to Donald Eugene and Peggy Darlene Walker Gross, an only child.

On Nov. 21, 1984, he married the love of his life, Kimberly Wickham.

Greg was employed by the City of Cape Girardeau. He was the owner/operator of his own garage, Greg's Auto Repair in Scott City, where he helped and met a lot of people. Greg also drove a semi-truck for Hull Trucking.

His hobbies included dirt track racing, where he also met and helped a lot of people, and camping and fishing.

He always loved working on cars, motors and carburetors. To many guys, he was known as the carb man. He will be deeply missed and loved by all the many people's lives he touched.

Greg is survived by his wife of 36 years, Kim Gross; his mother, Peggy Gross Skelton; two sons, Michael William (Kandi) Gross and Gregory Keith (Courtney Holder) Gross; two grandsons he loved more than life, Kamerin Scott "Kam man" Gross and Kole Michael "Kole man" Gross; grand-dogs, Sophie, Zeus and Izzy; Greg's fur-babies, Buddy, Pugsley and Bobo; two aunts, Dorothy (Cletus) Raines of Tucson, Arizona, and Sharon (David) Hohler of Cape Girardeau; cousins, Kim (Nick) Greer of Tucson and Jeff (Linda) Raines of Coon Rapids, Montana; nieces, Lindsey "Susie" (Brandon) Matty of Cape; Ashley (Dirk) Dirnberger of New Hamburg, Missouri; and Jennifer Aubuchon of Cape; nephew, Brent (Kourtney) Aubuchon of Springfield, Missouri; great-nieces, Cambrie and Kylie Stull, Aliyah and Alana Aubuchon and Kynlee Dirnberger; great-nephews, Laken, Hunter and Fisher Matty; sisters-in-law, Rachel (Joe) Frey of Kelso, Missouri, and Pam Allen of Scott City; aunts, Mary Puckett of Oran, Missouri, and her family, Alisha, Leslie and Josh, and Brenda Campbell of Scott City; uncle, Ray (Donna) Campbell and his family, Morgan and Jake; plus his work family he loved just as much.

He was preceded in death by his father, Don Gross; stepfather, Bill "Daddy Bill" Skelton; his grandparents; father-in-law, Bill Wickham; and uncle, Gary Puckett.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Dennis Lowe officiating. Burial will be at Lightner Cemetery in Scott City.

Online condolences may be shared at www.amick-burnettfuneralchapels.com.