Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cross, George W., 1943 

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Cross Funeral to Be Held Here 

  Word was received here last night of the death of George W. Cross, who was 
a former resident of Suffolk.  Mr. Cross died late yesterday afternoon at 
Mount Alto Veterans' hospital in Washington. 

  He was a World War I veteran and former member of Post 57, American Legion, 
in Suffolk. 

  He is survived by one brother, Ned Cross, and two aunts, Mrs. E.T. Jones and 
Mrs. W.E. West, all of Suffolk. 

  The body will be brought to the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home, where 
funeral arrangements will be made later. 

  Members of Post 57, will participate in the funeral. 

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Cross Rites to Be Held Tomorrow 

  Funeral services for George W. Cross, a former resident of Suffolk, who at 
the time of his death was residing at the Mount Alto Veteran's hospital in 
Washington, will be conducted at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon from the I.O. Hill 
and Company Funeral Home. 

  Cross is survived by one brother, Ned Cross, two aunts, Mrs. E.T. Jones and 
Mrs. W.E. West, and two nieces, the Misses Nethie Ann [sic; Nephie Anne] and 
Kitty Cross, all of Suffolk. 

  Dr. J.G. Truitt and the Rev. R.E. Brittle will conduct the services and 
burial will be in Cedar Hill cemetery. 


George Worth CROSS, former carpenter, Army veteran of WW-I, 
b. 26 Jun 1898, Suffolk, d. 17 Aug 1943, Washington, DC, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 20 Aug 1943, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 21, No. 124, Wed., Aug. 18, 1943, p. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 21, No. 125, Thurs., Aug. 19, 1943, p. 1, 
   text of both posted with Find a Grave Memorial #232635620 [no grave photo] 

*Additional information: 

Unmarked?  Added to the Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

His brother Ned (1909 - 1982) is buried in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   Holly Lawn list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

Their father John Thomas CROSS (1872 - 1932) was buried in Ryland, 
   Perquimans Co., NC. 


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