The Whitney people experienced another visitation of sadness in the death of Mrs. John Cross last Monday night. Mrs. Cross had been in feeble health for some time previous to her death, but her friends and loved ones were not prepared for the shock when the sad hour came. She made a heroic fight with the grim monster Death, but at last he overcame and she went the way in which all must go sooner of later, and we have now only her blessed memory to cherish.
Mrs. Cross was a native Mississippian. She was born in Amite county, Feb. 8, 1862, near Liberty, one of the oldest towns in the state. Her maiden name was Mattie Lard. With her parents she came to Texas and located at Brenham in 1874, moving to Fort Graham in this county the next year where she met her future husband to whom she was married on the 10th day of Sept. 1876. With her husband and family she finally came to Whitney, where she remained until her death.
To her and her husband were born eight children, three sons and five daughters, all of whom are living and have practically reached the years of maturity, and are well known throughout the community.
Mrs. Cross made a profession of her faith in Christ in 1876, the year in which she was married, and united with the Fort Graham church and moved her membership to this place when she located here. Her life as a Christian was consistent and her example worthy of imitation. She was devoted to her family and her love for her children was beautiful. In her suffering her faith and fortitude was remarkable, many times preferring to conceal her suffering rather than see her loved ones and friends distressed.
Mrs. Cross won friendship of all who knew her and the love and sympathy of her friends was beautifully manifested in their kind ministrations to her in her last illness and the beautiful floral offerings with which her grave was covered.
After a short service in the home Tuesday consisting of singing and prayer, the funeral service was conducted at Fort Graham cemetery by her pastor, ev. T. E. Summers, assisted by Rev. J. H. Walker, pastor of the Methodist Church of Whitney, then her lifeless form was laid away in its last resting place in the Fort Graham cemetery. While we know her body lies there, we think of her spirit as being in the presence of the Lord whom she trusted. May it be the happy lot of all her loved ones to meet her in the "Sweet By and By" HER PASTOR
Mrs. Cross was a native Mississippian. She was born in Amite county, Feb. 8, 1862, near Liberty, one of the oldest towns in the state. Her maiden name was Mattie Lard. With her parents she came to Texas and located at Brenham in 1874, moving to Fort Graham in this county the next year where she met her future husband to whom she was married on the 10th day of Sept. 1876. With her husband and family she finally came to Whitney, where she remained until her death.
To her and her husband were born eight children, three sons and five daughters, all of whom are living and have practically reached the years of maturity, and are well known throughout the community.
Mrs. Cross made a profession of her faith in Christ in 1876, the year in which she was married, and united with the Fort Graham church and moved her membership to this place when she located here. Her life as a Christian was consistent and her example worthy of imitation. She was devoted to her family and her love for her children was beautiful. In her suffering her faith and fortitude was remarkable, many times preferring to conceal her suffering rather than see her loved ones and friends distressed.
Mrs. Cross won friendship of all who knew her and the love and sympathy of her friends was beautifully manifested in their kind ministrations to her in her last illness and the beautiful floral offerings with which her grave was covered.
After a short service in the home Tuesday consisting of singing and prayer, the funeral service was conducted at Fort Graham cemetery by her pastor, ev. T. E. Summers, assisted by Rev. J. H. Walker, pastor of the Methodist Church of Whitney, then her lifeless form was laid away in its last resting place in the Fort Graham cemetery. While we know her body lies there, we think of her spirit as being in the presence of the Lord whom she trusted. May it be the happy lot of all her loved ones to meet her in the "Sweet By and By" HER PASTOR
The Whitney people experienced another visitation of sadness in the death of Mrs. John Cross last Monday night. Mrs. Cross had been in feeble health for some time previous to her death, but her friends and loved ones were not prepared for the shock when the sad hour came. She made a heroic fight with the grim monster Death, but at last he overcame and she went the way in which all must go sooner of later, and we have now only her blessed memory to cherish.
Mrs. Cross was a native Mississippian. She was born in Amite county, Feb. 8, 1862, near Liberty, one of the oldest towns in the state. Her maiden name was Mattie Lard. With her parents she came to Texas and located at Brenham in 1874, moving to Fort Graham in this county the next year where she met her future husband to whom she was married on the 10th day of Sept. 1876. With her husband and family she finally came to Whitney, where she remained until her death.
To her and her husband were born eight children, three sons and five daughters, all of whom are living and have practically reached the years of maturity, and are well known throughout the community.
Mrs. Cross made a profession of her faith in Christ in 1876, the year in which she was married, and united with the Fort Graham church and moved her membership to this place when she located here. Her life as a Christian was consistent and her example worthy of imitation. She was devoted to her family and her love for her children was beautiful. In her suffering her faith and fortitude was remarkable, many times preferring to conceal her suffering rather than see her loved ones and friends distressed.
Mrs. Cross won friendship of all who knew her and the love and sympathy of her friends was beautifully manifested in their kind ministrations to her in her last illness and the beautiful floral offerings with which her grave was covered.
After a short service in the home Tuesday consisting of singing and prayer, the funeral service was conducted at Fort Graham cemetery by her pastor, ev. T. E. Summers, assisted by Rev. J. H. Walker, pastor of the Methodist Church of Whitney, then her lifeless form was laid away in its last resting place in the Fort Graham cemetery. While we know her body lies there, we think of her spirit as being in the presence of the Lord whom she trusted. May it be the happy lot of all her loved ones to meet her in the "Sweet By and By" HER PASTOR
Mrs. Cross was a native Mississippian. She was born in Amite county, Feb. 8, 1862, near Liberty, one of the oldest towns in the state. Her maiden name was Mattie Lard. With her parents she came to Texas and located at Brenham in 1874, moving to Fort Graham in this county the next year where she met her future husband to whom she was married on the 10th day of Sept. 1876. With her husband and family she finally came to Whitney, where she remained until her death.
To her and her husband were born eight children, three sons and five daughters, all of whom are living and have practically reached the years of maturity, and are well known throughout the community.
Mrs. Cross made a profession of her faith in Christ in 1876, the year in which she was married, and united with the Fort Graham church and moved her membership to this place when she located here. Her life as a Christian was consistent and her example worthy of imitation. She was devoted to her family and her love for her children was beautiful. In her suffering her faith and fortitude was remarkable, many times preferring to conceal her suffering rather than see her loved ones and friends distressed.
Mrs. Cross won friendship of all who knew her and the love and sympathy of her friends was beautifully manifested in their kind ministrations to her in her last illness and the beautiful floral offerings with which her grave was covered.
After a short service in the home Tuesday consisting of singing and prayer, the funeral service was conducted at Fort Graham cemetery by her pastor, ev. T. E. Summers, assisted by Rev. J. H. Walker, pastor of the Methodist Church of Whitney, then her lifeless form was laid away in its last resting place in the Fort Graham cemetery. While we know her body lies there, we think of her spirit as being in the presence of the Lord whom she trusted. May it be the happy lot of all her loved ones to meet her in the "Sweet By and By" HER PASTOR
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