Amy Lynn Wilcox, 38, of Deering, Ohio passed away Friday (June 12, 2009) at the University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Lawrence County, Ohio native was born February 3, 1971, the daughter of Kay Dillon Bowman and Gary William Ross both of Ironton.

Amy was a 1989 graduate of Dawson Bryant High School, graduated from Ohio University with her Bachelors Degree in Education and currently attended Marshall University pursuing her Masters Degree in Education. She was a teacher at Collins Career Center where she was an Intervention Specialist specializing in Science and Social Studies, a part of the Data Team, was active in the Fast Forward Reading Program, the Student Focus Program, which was a program to raise money for Christmas gifts for needy children, worked with the Ohio Graduation Test and the High Schools That Work program. Amy was a member of Community Missionary Baptist Church in Deering where she was a leader for the AWANAS Program, former Nursery Director, Vacation Bible School Volunteer, also she sang in the choir and was active in the Puppet Ministry.

She was preceded in death by:
maternal grandparents: Sam and Norma Dillon
paternal grandparents: Charlie and Lillian Ross
uncle: Ronald Dillon
aunt: Claudia Nance
step-grandparents: Elmer and Mary Bowman and Arthur and Ruth Neice

In addition to her mother and father, she is also survived by:
her children: Trevor Wilcox and Emily Wilcox both of Coal Grove
step-mother: Linda Ross
step-father: Chris Bowman
2 sisters and a brother-in-law: Erin and Eddie Neville of Columbus, Ohio and Kayla Ferguson of Ironton
brother: Andy Ross of Coal Grove
niece: Camryn Neville of Columbus
also survived by a host of family and friends