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Willie Bruce <I>Ross</I> Cruse

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Willie Bruce Ross Cruse

Birth
Greene County, Tennessee, USA
Death
6 Feb 1942 (aged 59)
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
N-13-9
Memorial ID
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Daughter of William Gravnor Ross & Mary Caroline Hunter, wife of Lacy Neal Cruse. Tombstone dates are incorrect. Willie was "Mother", Lacy was "Father".


Mrs. Neal Cruse Dies
Here Early Today

Mrs. Willie Ross Cruse, wife of Neal Cruse, former Fayetteville chief of police, now living near Prairie Grove, died this morning at the home of her cousin, Miss Ethel Moore in Fayetteville.

Funeral Services will be conducted by Rev. H. S. Mobley at Prairie Grove Cumberland church at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon.

Mrs. Cruse, a native of Tennessee was the daughter of Will and Mary Hunter Ross. She was a resident of Fayetteville for many years. Surviving are her husband and four children: Mrs. Lillian Woods, Wilmont; Gerald Cruse of Springfield, Mo.; Mrs. Vernon Miller of Slaton, Tex.; and Miss Wanda Cruse of Fayetteville. One sister, who lives in California, also survives.

Northwest Arkansas Times, February 6, 1942
Daughter of William Gravnor Ross & Mary Caroline Hunter, wife of Lacy Neal Cruse. Tombstone dates are incorrect. Willie was "Mother", Lacy was "Father".


Mrs. Neal Cruse Dies
Here Early Today

Mrs. Willie Ross Cruse, wife of Neal Cruse, former Fayetteville chief of police, now living near Prairie Grove, died this morning at the home of her cousin, Miss Ethel Moore in Fayetteville.

Funeral Services will be conducted by Rev. H. S. Mobley at Prairie Grove Cumberland church at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon.

Mrs. Cruse, a native of Tennessee was the daughter of Will and Mary Hunter Ross. She was a resident of Fayetteville for many years. Surviving are her husband and four children: Mrs. Lillian Woods, Wilmont; Gerald Cruse of Springfield, Mo.; Mrs. Vernon Miller of Slaton, Tex.; and Miss Wanda Cruse of Fayetteville. One sister, who lives in California, also survives.

Northwest Arkansas Times, February 6, 1942


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  • Created by: Lesa Pfrommer
  • Added: Sep 23, 2002
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6797572/willie_bruce-cruse: accessed ), memorial page for Willie Bruce Ross Cruse (13 Feb 1882–6 Feb 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6797572, citing Prairie Grove Cemetery, Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Lesa Pfrommer (contributor 46527276).