William Elza Cross
Family

1863 - 1913

NAME BORN DIED CEMETERY
William Elza "Elzy" Cross #1260 22 Mar 1863
9 Oct 1913
Spur, Dickens, TX
Death Notice
Red Mud
Dickens County, TX
Married: 1883
Susan Turner
West, McLennon, TX
8 Feb 1867
Limestone County, TX
16 Oct 1961
Spur, Dickens, TX
Obituary
Spur Memorial
Spur, Dickens, TX
Children:
Deba "Debbie" Cross #1263
c. 1885
West, McLennan, TX


Edna Elizabeth Cross #1262 22 Dec 1887
West, McLennan, TX
10 May 1967
Crosbyton, Crosby, TX
Obituary
Red Mud
Dickens County, TX
Minnie Bell Cross #1264 28 Feb 1890
West, McLennan, TX
18 Jun 1958
Obituary
Spur Memorial
Spur, Dickens, TX
James "Jim" Cross #1265 c. 1893
Pollok, Angelina, TX


Anne Cross #1266 c. 1897/98
Baylor County, TX


Elmer Cross #953 29 Dec 1899
4 May 1973
Lubbock, Lubbock, TX
Obituary
Spur Memorial
Spur, Dickens, TX
Dessie May Cross #4093 15 May 1903
Dickens County, TX
27 Feb 1984
Lubbock, Lubbock, TX
Obituary
Spur Memorial
Spur, Dickens, TX
Susan Turner is the daughter of Malcom James Turner.
Edna married Edward Franklin "Ed" Fuqua (29 Mar 1878 - 20 Jun 1967) in 1906 in Clairemont, Kent, Texas. See his Obituary. They had daughters Bessie and Lois, and raised five grandchildren after daughter Bessie Fuqua Stoneman was lost in a house fire. Bessie is buried in Red Mud Cemetery.

A picture of Ed Fuqua and Gene Fry is in the Brantner/Fry ancestral pictures.
Minnie married John Quinton Read (28 Feb 1890 - 18 Jun 1958). They are buried in Spur Memorial. His Obituary.
Anne married John Roten and they lived at Wharton, Texas.
Dessie May married Raymond Loraine Benson (30 Sep 1905 - 19 Feb 1973) on 24 Jan 1932. They had one son, Barney Mac Benson and are buried in Spur Memorial.

J. L. Cross
Father
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