Person:Fain Cross (1)

From: "Fred and Erma Cross" <fecross@onlineok.com> To: "Dalton \(cro/nix\) Nix" <daltonn@Knology.net> Subject: JOHN DAVID CROSS SR. Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 17:45:58 -0500

JOHN DAVID CROSS SR. (ZACHARIAH R.,ABSOLOMON D., WILLIAM HENRY) WAS BORN OCT.12,1882 ALTOONA, ALA. AND DIED FEB.1,1968, BURIED IN CHILDRESS CEMETERY, CHILDRESS CO.,TX...SON OF ZACHARIAH R. CROSS AND VIRGINIA C. NIX....MARRIED IST. WILLIE MAE LISEENBY ABT. 1903...SHE WAS BORN 1885 AND DIED 1930, BURIED KIRKLAND CEMETERY, CHILDRESS CO.,TEXAS.

CHILDREN OF JOHN DAVID CROSS AND WILLIE MAE LISEENBY WERE:

(1) FAY CROSS, BORN 1904 AND DIED 1934...SHE HAD TWO CHILDREN , JUNE THAT MARRIED ERNEST STONE AND CHRISTINE THAT MARRIED UNKNOWN MAGEE.

(2) ISMAL (C.L.) CROSS, BORN 1909 TARRANT CO.,TX. ...MARRIED LORENE UNKNOWN WHO DIED JUNE 4,2002...CHILD WAS VERDEEN CROSS BORN BEF.1932.

(3) ** JOHN DAVID CROSS JR. , BORN AUG.30,1910 CHILDRESS CO.,TX. AND DIED MAR.6,1996 DENTON CO.,TEXAS..BROOKHAVEN NURSING HOME, CARROLTON,TX....MARRIED VELVIE BELLE HOLLAND..BORN NOV.3,1913 AND DIED OCT.1,2001 DALLAS, DALLAS CO.,TX.

(4)** VON EDD CROSS, BORN APR.26,1913 AND DIED SEPT. 23,1990 LUBBOCK CO.,TX. BURIED PADUCAH CEMETERY, COTTLE CO.,TX....MARRIED MONA MAYBELLE TURNER.

(5) VIRGINIA (JENNIE) CRAY CROSS., BORN AUG.31,1915 AND DIED MAY 9,1974 CHILDRESS CO.,TX....MARRIED BOYD L. POTTS..HE WAS BORN JULY 25,1909 AND DIED DEC.20,1976 CHILDRESS CO.,TX. CHILDREN WERE:

VIKI MARLENE POTTS, BORN SEPT.2,1936 CHILDRESS,TX....MARRIED KENNETH HAVINS
GWENDOLYN POTTS, BORN UNKNOWN...MARRIED UNKNOWN DIKES
MAXINE POTTS, BORN JULY 26,1940 CHILDRESS,TX....MARRIED JACK SKINNER
LYNDA SUE POTTS, BORN DEC.11,1942 CHILDRESS,TX....MARRIED DON LILES
GLYNDA RUE POTTS, BORN DEC.11,1942 CHILDRESS,TX...MARRIED KENNETH YOUNG

6. MARGIE E. CROSS, BORN 1918...MARRIED LONNIE C. BENNETT..CHILD WILADINE BENNETT ,BORN JAN.10,1939 CHILDRESS CO.,TX.

7. FAIN MILAN CROSS, BORN 1922 AND DIED APR.29,1997 AMARILLO, TX...MARRIED PAULINE CATLETT...CHILDREN WERE, RICHARD CROSS, SHARON CROSS, BRENDA CROSS, TERRY CROSS AND JERRY CROSS....AFTER THE SECOND MARRIAGE OF HIS FATHER FAIN WENT TO PADUCAH, TX. TO LIVE WITH BROTHER VON EDD CROSS FAMILY..

NOTES: 1. NOTICE THE NAME OF JOHN DAVID SR. YOUNGEST DAUGHTER VIRGINIA (JENNIE) CRAY CROSS...ONE OF THE NAMES OF VIRGINIA NIX ,HER GRANDMOTHER WAS ALWAYS MIXED UP WITH OR USED..

2. BOYD L. POTTS (VIRGINIA C. CROSS NO.6) HUSBAND AND THE 2ND WIFE OF JOHN DAVID CROSS SR. WERE BROTHER AND SISTER...

3. JOHN DAVID CROSS SR. MARRIED 2ND. BESSIE LEILA POTTS..BORN JUNE 24,1902 JONESBORO, LOUSIANA AND DIED AUG.12,1967 CHILDRESS, TX...BURIED CHILDRESS CEMETERY, TEXAS... THEIR CHILDREN WERE: 1. BILLIE JUNE CROSS, BORN JUNE 24,1936 (TWIN) COTTLE CO.,TX...MARRIED JOEY JOHNSON, ONE SON JOHN DAVID JOHNSON. 2. BETTY JEAN CROSS, BORN JUNE 24,1936 (TWIN) COTTLE CO,TX....MARRIED JIM HADLEY

BESSIE L.POTTS HAD THREE CHILDREN FROM EARLIER MARRIAGE, BOBBIE JEWEL ALDO, ROY ALDO AND TOMMIE ALDO.

4. JOHN DAVID CROSS SR.�WAS LIVING BY CENSUS 1930 IN PADUCAH, COTTLE CO.,TX.