Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cross, William J. Sr., 1920 

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WILLIAM JOSEPH CROSS, SR.

   William J. Cross of this town died at Lakeview Hospital, Suffolk, December 
28, in his forty-seventh year after a brief illness.  He was a native of 
Nansemond county but had made his home in Franklin for a number of years and 
for the past fifteen years had been foreman at the Franklin Peanut Company, a 
position which he had held most acceptably to his employers and everyone with 
whom he came in contact.

   He was a consistent and useful member of the Franklin Christian Church and 
was esteemed by our townspeople for his upright life and integrity in his 
dealings with all men.  He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Lucy 
Saunders of Nansemond county; one son, W.J. Cross, Jr.; an adopted daughter, 
Isaquella Cross; two brothers, Cleopas Cross, of Portsmouth and John Cross, of 
Nansemond county; two sisters, Mrs. J.D. Haslette and Mrs. Wilbur Rountree of 
Holland; two half-brothers, David Milteer of Suffolk and Charles Milteer of 
Gates county, N.C.

   The body was brought to Franklin for burial and services were held from the 
Franklin Christian Church by Dr. C.H. Rowland, pastor of the deceased, last 
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.  Interment followed in Poplar Spring Cemetery 
and the pallbearers were Roger I. Beale, J.C. Beale, H.W. Beale, J.I. Beale, 
Jr., Wesley H. Beale, H.L. Westbrook, G.E. Johnson and R.E. Barrett.


William Joseph CROSS, Sr., Franklin Peanut Co. foreman, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 28 Dec 1920, Suffolk, age 47, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 15B*), Franklin, 
   30 Dec 1920, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 7, 1921, p. 5 

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

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 7, 1949, p. 7) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c620l1ob.txt 


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