First off, it does take some time for the input shaft to slow to a stop to give you a grind-free shift. Two or three seconds on the clutch would be the outside limit when everything is working and moving properly, but two would be about normal. It's a little surprising to hear that your PTO with no load on it should be sticky enough to stop the shaft any faster, or at least noticably.
But about the growling . . . it's a pretty good sign of a rough bearing somewhere in the train. Could be at the very front, the throwout bearing starting to go. Could also be on any of the shafts in the transmission. It's hard to nail it down, but if you can locate it to either side, it could be also be any of the bearings on the diff shafts or the axle.
The lurch . . . does it happen only at the beginning or can you notice it as you move along in reverse? Wondering if you might have a tooth out on the gear if the latter.
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