Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cross, Daisy Sykes December 2, 2007
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Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - December 12, 2007
VIRGINIA BEACH - Daisy Sykes Cross , 88, of the 5900 block of Northampton 
Blvd., died Dec. 2, 2007, in Sentara Leigh Hospital. Born in Norfolk, Mrs. 
Cross was raised in Elizabeth City, N.C., where she, Miss Daisy Sykes, 
graduated from P. W. Moore High School in 1939. She then went on to attend 
Elizabeth City State Teachers College. 

Graduating from Elizabeth City State Teachers College in 1944, Miss Sykes 
went on to teach in the Greenville County Public School System. While 
teaching in the Greenville County Public School System, Miss Daisy Sykes met 
and married the late Nelson A. Cross of Edenton, N.C. They went on to reside 
in Norfolk where they had one child, Sherman A. Cross I. Mrs. Cross taught 
in the Norfolk public school system from 1963 until her retirement in 1986. 
Mrs. Cross furthered her education by studying at Columbia University, New 
York, N.Y., where she completed a masters degree with a concentration in 
reading in 1967. 

Mrs. Daisy S . Cross , a member of Grace Episcopal Church on Brambleton 
Avenue, was a member of its St. Monica' s Guild in which she served actively 
for more than 20 years. The president of the guild for the past few years, 
she served in this capacity until her expiration on Dec. 2, 2007. She was 
also a long-standing member of the Daughters of the King and a number of 
civic organizations. 

Survivors of Mrs. Cross include her son, Sherman A. Cross of Norfolk and his 
fiancee Leslie D. Sims; her nephews, Leroy Brinkley and his wife Odessa 
Brinkley, Sherman Valentine and his wife Olga Valentine; and stepchildren, 
Nelson A. Cross Jr., of Los Angeles, Calif., and Marie Jordan of Boston, 
Mass. She also had 10 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren and a host 
of other relatives and friends. 

A funeral will be held at noon Friday in Grace Episcopal Church with Father 
Cobb officiating. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. The remains will be 
ready for viewing from 3:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Carlos A. Howard Funeral 
Homes, Norfolk Chapel, where the family will receive family and friends from 
7 to 8 p.m. The remains will be placed in church at 10 a.m. The family will 
assemble at the residence at 11 a.m. for the procession. 
www.carlosahowardfuneralhomes.com.

Additional Comments:
Calvary Cemetery

CROSS, DAISY S	789	Section S, Block S, Space 237	88, 12/14/2007

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