Jack County, TX - Obituaries - Mrs. J.F. Cross ************************************************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************************* The Jacksboro Gazette Thursday, April 20, 1944 Funeral services were held for Mrs. J.F. Cross at the Antelope Baptist Church Tuesday 11 April 1944. Revs. Thomas Mayfield and Joe Starr officiated. Interment in Antelope cemetery. Arrangments with Thompson Funeral Home. Mary Elmer Cunningham Cross was born 15 September 1873 at White Mound, Grayson County, near Howe. As an infant, she came with her parents to Wise County where they homesteaded the place where the town of Alvord now stands. She was married to J.F. Cross, 4 November 1888. Ten children were born to them, three having died in infancy. Seven were living; 23 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. One sister and one brother survive. At an early age, Mrs. Cross was converted and united with the Baptist Church in whose fellowship she continued until death.