This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CROSS, NEIDER, BATES, HIGGS, LAWSON, O'BRIEN, BROWN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/12046 Message Board Post: 9/4/2005 - Marie E. Cross, 87, of Cross Street, Jamestown, formerly of Towerville Road, Sinclairville, died Saturday (Sept. 3, 2005) in her home. She was born July 9, 1918, in Dunkirk, the daughter of the late Joseph and Anna Bates Neider. A Chautauqua County resident all her life, she attended Dunkirk schools. She is survived by her daughter, Irene Higgs of Jamestown, six grandchildren: Robert Cross of Fort Mills, S.C., Brian and Steven Cross, both of Phoenix, Ariz., Jeff Lawson of Batavia, Penny Field of Jamestown, and Todd Lawson of Gerry; four great-grandchildren; two sisters: Ruth O'Brien of Ashville and Frances Brown of Tucson, Ariz.; and three brothers: Charles ''Bud'' Nieder of Falconer, Paul Nieder of Jamestown and William Nieder of Jamestown. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Clayton C. Cross, whom she married Aug. 3, 1935, and who died May 12, 2000; a son, Gerald Cross on July 25, 1991; and two brothers: Gordon Nieder on Nov. 8, 1995, and Dona! ld Nieder on July 22, 1997. Burial will be in Red Bird Cemetery, Ellery.