Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cross, Lucy Saunders, 1948 

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LUCY SAUNDERS CROSS

   Mrs. Lucy Saunders Cross, widow of William Joseph Cross, died Thursday 
morning, December 30, at the home of her son, William J. Cross, Jr., on Fourth 
Avenue, after an illness of many months.

   Mrs. Cross was the daughter of the late James Parker and Carolyn Beale 
Saunders of Nansemond County, and was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church.

   Besides her son, William Joseph Cross, Jr., the deceased is survived by one 
daughter, Mrs. Isaquella Helveston of Biloxi, Miss.; one granddaughter, Mrs. 
Ralph Gadberry of Franklin; one sister, Mrs. C.J. Cutchin of Franklin; two 
brothers, H.P. Saunders and J.P. Saunders, both of the Franklin community; and 
several nieces and nephews.

   The body was taken from the funeral home of W.J.M. Holland & Sons on Friday 
afternoon at three o’clock for graveside services in Poplar Spring Cemetery, 
with Revs. R.D. Stephenson and Robert M. Kimball officiating.


Lucy (SAUNDERS; Mrs. William J. {Sr.}) CROSS, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 30 Dec 1948, at son's home, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 15B*), Franklin, 
   31 Dec 1948, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 7, 1949, p. 7 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 7, 1921, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c620w1ob.txt 


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