Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cross, Nelson Arpheleus July 11, 1999
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Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Thursday, July 15, 1999 
Nelson Arpheleus Cross, 82, of the 5900 block of Northampton Blvd., died July11,
1999, at Sentara Bayside Hospital.

Born in Edenton, N.C., Mr. Cross was a resident of the Norfolk area for 52
years. A stone cutter by trade, Nelson Cross cut the marble and/or stone that
covers Kirn Memorial Library, the Masonic Temple beside Granby High school, the
Chrysler Museum, the tomb covering of Gen. Douglas MacArthur within the
MacArthur Memorial, and a number of additional structures in the Hampton Roads
area.

Survivors include his wife, Daisy Sykes Cross; his sons, Sherman A. Cross I of
Norfolk and Nelson A. Cross Jr. of Los Angeles, Calif.; his daughter, Marie
Jordan of Boston, Mass.; his nephews, Leroy Brinkley, Sherman Valentine, Milton
Brinkley and Norman Brinkley Jr.; his nieces, Reva Staunton, Alice B. Hamilton,
Mary Elizabeth Sessons, Myrilin Skinner and Lillian King; the spouses of the
above, Patricia Parrish-Cross, Betty Cross, Olga Valentine and Charlie Sessons;
10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; special cousins, Lucey Moore, James
Gregory and Warren Mitchell; and a host of other relatives and friends.

A wake will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at Hale Funeral Home, Norfolk. A
funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church of
Chesapeake by the Rev. Dr. Donald Taylor, pastor. Burial will follow in Calvary
Cemetery , Norfolk.

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