Published in the Decatur Daily on 6/7/2006.
Funeral for Melba Black Cross, 85, of Decatur will be today, June 7, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Courtland United Methodist Church with the Rev. A.G. "Buddy" Simmons, the Rev. David Nelson and the Rev. Scotty Letson officiating and Roselawn Funeral Home directing.
Burial will be in Courtland City Cemetery. Visitation will be today from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church.
Mrs. Cross, who died Monday, June 5, 2006, at her residence, was born Sept. 22, 1920, in Lawrence County to Hosea Black and Martha Latham Black. She taught school in Lawrence County for 36 years. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church and a member of United Methodist Women. She was also a member of United Daughters of the Confederacy, Friends of the Library, AEA, NEA, Lawrence County Teachers Association and Kappa Kappa Iota. Mrs. Cross was a longtime volunteer for Decatur General Hospital. She was preceded in death by one sister, Annie Lee Martin and husband, Rush; one brother, Taylor Black and wife, Eula; and her parents.
Survivors include her husband, Roland Cross; one niece, Martha Martin of Decatur; one great-niece, Becky Spivey and her husband, Mark, of Decatur; one great nephew, Greg Hill of Decatur; and after years of loving care, Jane Russell, Connie Pettey, Wanda Jones, Christy Jacobs, Tammy McWhorter and Linda Foreman, have blended into the family.
Pallbearers will be Mark Spivey, Greg Hill, Harold Cross, Waylon Cross, Roger Hill and Phillip Cross.
Published in the Decatur Daily on 6/7/2006.
Funeral for Melba Black Cross, 85, of Decatur will be today, June 7, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Courtland United Methodist Church with the Rev. A.G. "Buddy" Simmons, the Rev. David Nelson and the Rev. Scotty Letson officiating and Roselawn Funeral Home directing.
Burial will be in Courtland City Cemetery. Visitation will be today from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church.
Mrs. Cross, who died Monday, June 5, 2006, at her residence, was born Sept. 22, 1920, in Lawrence County to Hosea Black and Martha Latham Black. She taught school in Lawrence County for 36 years. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church and a member of United Methodist Women. She was also a member of United Daughters of the Confederacy, Friends of the Library, AEA, NEA, Lawrence County Teachers Association and Kappa Kappa Iota. Mrs. Cross was a longtime volunteer for Decatur General Hospital. She was preceded in death by one sister, Annie Lee Martin and husband, Rush; one brother, Taylor Black and wife, Eula; and her parents.
Survivors include her husband, Roland Cross; one niece, Martha Martin of Decatur; one great-niece, Becky Spivey and her husband, Mark, of Decatur; one great nephew, Greg Hill of Decatur; and after years of loving care, Jane Russell, Connie Pettey, Wanda Jones, Christy Jacobs, Tammy McWhorter and Linda Foreman, have blended into the family.
Pallbearers will be Mark Spivey, Greg Hill, Harold Cross, Waylon Cross, Roger Hill and Phillip Cross.
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