Officials Awaiting Autopsy Report in Teacher’s Shooting Death

UPSHUR COUNTY — Funeral services for a New Diana teacher found dead from a gunshot wound Friday were held yesterday as law enforcement officials await an autopsy report before ruling on the cause of death. Services for David Logan Gross, 37, of Union Grove, were held at 10:00am.

According to the Longview News-Journal, his body was found by Upshur County sheriff’s officers in his home on a private road off Union Grove Road after they responded to a call about just before 2:45 Friday afternoon. Gross was the son of New Diana trustee and Upshur County Sheriff’s deputy Don Gross.

Gross was the agriculture teacher at New Diana ISD and had devoted most of his life to the agricultural sciences. Gregg County Sheriff’s officials said while they are assisting Upshur County in the investigation, they deferred all questions to Upshur County officials.