This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IWg.2ACIB/1137 Message Board Post: The following obit is here with permission of the Bradford County Telegraph, in Bradford County, Fla. Minnie Gross STARKE-Minnie Inez Gross, 90, of Starke died Sunday, Sept. 22, 2002, at Shands at Alachua General Hospital. Born in Green Cove Springs, Ms. Gross lived most of her life in Gainesville before recently moving to Starke. She retired after working more than 20 years with Sears and was a member of Highlands Presbyterian Church. She was known for crocheting thousands of bookmarks for area school children. Ms. Gross is survived by: two sons, Donald Wilson of Stuart, Va. and Bill Gnann of Starke; two daughters, Jean Williams of Enterprise, Ala. and Marilyn Harriott of Orlando; a sister Alagene Mathis of Jacksonville; 16 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Peter Gross. Funeral services for Ms. Gross were Sept. 25, 2002 at Milam Funeral Home Chapel in Gainesville with the Rev. E.V. "Gene" Coons and the Rev. Brad Russell officiating. Interment was in Forest Meadows East in Gainesville. Note: I am of no relation, but my sympathies go out to those of you who are. This is here as a lasting memorial for Ms. Gross.