Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries Martha West Cross 1919 ****************************************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ****************************************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sam Luckey Oct 2002 Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Obituary of Martha West Cross as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 2 May 1919. The funeral of Mrs. J. W. Cross, who died at her home at Hopeful on Wednesday, 23 Apr 1919, of last week, took place at Hopeful cemetery at 10:00 AM on Thursday, 24 Apr 1919, of last week. Mrs. Cross had been sick for two or three weeks with influenza and pneumonia. All the family had been stricken with the influenza and Mr. Cross was first taken with pneumonia and died about three weeks ago. Another death in the same family recently was that of their son, Mr. John Cross, who passed away April 20th, following an attack of appendicitis. Mrs. Cross was a devoted Christian woman and was beloved by a large circle of friends. She leaves two sons and six daughters to mourn her loss. Their numbers of friends are deeply in sympathy with the bereaved family in their loss.