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Herman CROSS

Elmwood Cemetery
Mississippi County,
Arkansas

Herman
Feb 9, 1879 - Jan 26, 1952
Mary Lee
Feb 20, 1879 - June 4, 1951
Father: Thomas Leroy Bransford
Mother: Hugh Emma Bransford

*Obituary
Published in Blytheville Courier News, Blytheville, Arkansas, Tuesday, June 5, 1951

Services for Mrs. Mary Lee Cross, who died at her home yesterday afternoon were to be conducted at 4 p.m. today at the Cobb Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Roy Bagley, the Rev. E. C. Brown and the Rev. Garland Taylor were to officiate and burial was to be in Elmwood Cemetery. Mrs. Thomas B. Miller was to sing at the funeral services this afternoon.

Mrs. Cross was active in community affairs and had been corresponding secretary of the Methodist Church here for 12 years. She was a charter member of the Parent-Teachers Association in Blytheville and of PEO Chapter D. She was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1905.

The 72-year-old woman was ill only a short time. She had lived in Blytheville for 46 years. Her birthplace was Union City, Tennessee.

One of ten children, Mrs. Cross was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Leroy Bransford.

She leaves her husband, Arthur Herman Cross; a daughter, Mrs. S. E. Seagraves [Margaret] of Osceola; three brothers, R. E. Bransford, Howell Bransford and Erwin Bransford, all of Union City; and a sister, Mrs. Robert Bell of Union City.

Mary Lee Bransford and Arthur Herman Cross were married June 14, 1905 in Obion Co, Tenn.

Siblings:
Buena Isabella Bransford
Howell Alexander Bransford
Marvin Bransford
Robert Erasmus Bransford
Margaret Bransford Alexander
Benjamin Charles Bransford
Emma Bransford Bell
Henry Erwin Bransford

Photo courtesy of;
Annette Shaw

Contributed on 11/3/20 by hawkinsdonna48
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Submitted: 11/3/20 • Approved: 11/5/20 • Last Updated: 11/8/20 • R1348359-G1348359-S3

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