When I worked at the nursing home in the 1980s there was a lady named Alice Cross from Sesser there. Her husband came every day to see her. I am sure she would have been born around 1900-1910. Dale On Sunday, March 23, 2014 11:04 AM, Chapman Kim <[email protected]> wrote: Bob,  My mom knew Lon and his wife (and the boys) from a young age, and listed her name as Lillian C (nee HILL), but as I remember always called her Lillie.  I have his parents and brothers Charles Ruben (b. 8 Jan 1881  d. 21 Feb 1954) and William Jasper (b. 18 Apr 1890  d. ??), but did not have Troy in my file.  Lon also had a sister named Lila Ann (b. ??). There was another Lillie CROSS in Sesser, born Lillian Della HILL.  She was dau. of Byron L HILL and Maggie GLOVER.  She married William Jasper CROSS.  We did not discover she was a cousin until the 1980s. Kim ________________________________________ Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 13:54:16 -0400 (EDT) From: [email protected] Subject: [ILFRANKL] Everett Alonzo Cross 1892 1964 To: [email protected] Everett Alonzo Cross b. March 18, 1892; d. October 24, 1965 St. Louis, Missouri; s/o Charles Jasper Lafayette Cross and Mary Elzada Hammonds; married Lillie Cynthia Hill March 23 1913, FCI. The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Monday, October 25, 1965 Everett Cross, Sesser Native, Dies At Home Everett Lon Cross, 75, a native of Sesser, died yesterday at his home in St. Louis. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Baptist Church in Sesser with the Rev. E. A. Somers officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the Brayfield Funeral Home in Sesser after 9 a.m. Wednesday. Mr. Cross was born in Sesser, the son of Jasper and Mary (Hammonds) Cross. He was married to Lillie Hill who died In March, 1964, Survivors include three sons, Loren, Paul and Henry Cross, all of St. Louis; a brother, Troy Cross of Murphysboro; 11 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. ------------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dale, That was probably Alice (Sherman) Cross, daughter of Alvin Hobart Sherman and Mary Ellen Holland, b. Aug. 22, 1901, Sandoval, Marion County, IL; d. Jan. 29, 1989, FCI; m. Ogle Olen Cross Oct. 30, 1921, Sesser, FCI. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Dale Houseworth <[email protected]> To: ilfrankl <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Mar 23, 2014 12:41 pm Subject: Re: [ILFRANKL] Everett Alonzo Cross 1892 1964 When I worked at the nursing home in the 1980s there was a lady named Alice Cross from Sesser there. Her husband came every day to see her. I am sure she would have been born around 1900-1910. Dale On Sunday, March 23, 2014 11:04 AM, Chapman Kim <[email protected]> wrote: Bob, My mom knew Lon and his wife (and the boys) from a young age, and listed her name as Lillian C (nee HILL), but as I remember always called her Lillie. I have his parents and brothers Charles Ruben (b. 8 Jan 1881 d. 21 Feb 1954) and William Jasper (b. 18 Apr 1890 d. ??), but did not have Troy in my file. Lon also had a sister named Lila Ann (b. ??). There was another Lillie CROSS in Sesser, born Lillian Della HILL. She was dau. of Byron L HILL and Maggie GLOVER. She married William Jasper CROSS. We did not discover she was a cousin until the 1980s. Kim ________________________________________ Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 13:54:16 -0400 (EDT) From: [email protected] Subject: [ILFRANKL] Everett Alonzo Cross 1892 1964 To: [email protected] Everett Alonzo Cross b. March 18, 1892; d. October 24, 1965 St. Louis, Missouri; s/o Charles Jasper Lafayette Cross and Mary Elzada Hammonds; married Lillie Cynthia Hill March 23 1913, FCI. The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Monday, October 25, 1965 Everett Cross, Sesser Native, Dies At Home Everett Lon Cross, 75, a native of Sesser, died yesterday at his home in St. Louis. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Baptist Church in Sesser with the Rev. E. A. Somers officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the Brayfield Funeral Home in Sesser after 9 a.m. Wednesday. Mr. Cross was born in Sesser, the son of Jasper and Mary (Hammonds) Cross. He was married to Lillie Hill who died In March, 1964, Survivors include three sons, Loren, Paul and Henry Cross, all of St. Louis; a brother, Troy Cross of Murphysboro; 11 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. ------------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message