Suffolk City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cross, Luther C., 1974 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Luther Carroll Cross Luther Carroll Cross, 62, of 210 Central Ave., died 3:40 a.m. today in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. A native of Nansemond County, he was the husband of Mrs. Hazel Vick Cross. He was a son of the late Luther Thomas [sic; Thomas Luther] and Mrs. Ruth Copeland Cross. Besides his wife, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Eric P. Brooks of Suffolk; and two grandchildren. Graveside services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Holly Lawn Cemetery by the Rev. O.R. Hardy. The funeral procession will leave the I.O. Hill and Co. Funeral Home 1:45 p.m. Saturday. Luther Carroll CROSS, of Suffolk, retired butcher, b. 23 Aug 1911, Nansemond Co., d. 1 Feb 1974, Suffolk, interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 2 Feb 1974, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 52, No. 28, Fri., Feb. 1, 1974, p. 8 *Additional information: Holly Lawn list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt No Find a Grave Memorial D.Cert. 74-005073 His parents are buried (unmarked?) in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery. Bethlehem list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/bethchr.txt His mother's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Nov. 2 & 4, 1966, p. 2) are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c620r2ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/c620l4ob.txt