Gregg Co., TX - Obits - Dorothy Mink Cross ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Lisa Thomas < > USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** Dorothy Mink Cross Services for Dorothy Louise Mink Cross, 78, of Longview, formerly of Tyler, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Burks-Walker-Tippit Chapel in Tyler with the Rev. Fred Harris officiating. Burial will be in Tyler Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Cross died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003, in Longview. She was born July 30, 1925, in Tyler to the late Jo Wills and Ruth Holt Wills. She had lived in Longview the past five years, having previously lived in Tyler most of her life. She was a ward clerk at Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler for 17 years and a member of Bailes Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by the father of her children, Roe Mink Sr. and her son, Roe Mink Jr. She is survived by her husband, Collin George Cross Jr. of Longview; a son and daughter-in-law, Dennis and Gale Mink of Dallas; a daughter and son-in-law, Sue and Robert Lawrence of Longview; a daughter-in- law, Carolyn Ann Mink of Longview; a brother, Jim Wills of Tyler; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Ralph Clark, Jason Mink, Rodney Lawrence, Ben Thompson, David Westbrook and Glen Westbrook. Honorary pallbearers will be the deacons of Bailes Baptist Church. Family will receive friends at the funeral home 5-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26. Family requests memorials be made to Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd, Tyler, TX 75701.