The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-21
OBITUARY
Robert n. Croas.


Robert Nathaniel Cross. ono OF the
best known citizens OF IIcnrico Coun-
". died yesterday morning at Gao
o'clock at his home near yellow Tav-
ern lie was scvcnty-two years Of
age and was born IN the house in
which he died
Mr.. Cross was a Confederate vet
Gran. At the beginning OF the war
nc entered the service of tho Confed-
cracy as member of Company l.
Tenth Virginia Cavalry. His brigade
commander was General w II. +. Lee
or the company only one survivor re.
mains.
In 1857 Mr.. Cross was married TO
Miss Bette Powell Gray. who. with
the following children, survives him
Alvey r.. T. Frank, Robert g.. ollie
y, augustus and Joseph Nathaniel
Cross: Mrs. Ada NJ. Terrell. Mrs
George Il. Scott and Miss Ann Cath
The funeral viii be held this after.
noon at $3.50 o'clock from the homo
interinent will ne in the family b,rv.
ing ground.
Funeral of George BatcheIor.
n hnocky Mount \. c.. February 20
night were brought through here to-.
day en- route TO the old home in Nash
county for inte-ment
Mr. Bachelor was abou. twenty. svo
assaIs o. age ana prominent farmer
or the sandy Cross section OF the coun
~. "a LATE MONDAY afternoon. in his OH
vac attempting to arrest Clay Strick-
fa member OF the county road
tchelor. The wounded T9p"d MAN anon MI Mr. =
spa heFf sns MED by pr
mond for an operation. '''e'
StriGkiand hiss not yet been appre
Miss Franco. R,nd.
Frances Bond aged tweivs years yM diss
Of ,sphod mfe ev@r s AFTER 9ny illness
est daughter OF the late Tom BOND
w: II. Ghecn.
saiisbu ui n n &c zines lines Dispatch;
Ghecn. aged sixIy-one Years nro,,,in. u;
and a suecessfpl farmer, died st his
suffered stroke OF paraIvsis sevor ae
months ago. bu, death was unexpected
ben1nmin EweIl Brooks.
SPecial to The Times Dispatch
Wiiiiamsburg. Va February 20
BENJAMIN Ewell Brooks, SON of tho
late Mr. and Mrs Archie Brooks. Sr
u o, IN 81. Luke's Hospital, Richmond
TINS morning at an early hour NJ
, ,,rooks was operated upon there two
".ehs ago, ana while some hopes were
entertained for his recovery. he had
been In dangerous condition al, rpa
time. Ills wife had been at his bedside
LOT more IMAM week and was in Rich
inond when the end came.
Mr. brooks was born In this cit,,
,ma,cm -. 1870 He is survived by his
WIDOW. who was Miss Clara Burns or
,h county. and three young sons
lie was brother of Archer and T. AZ
brooks and Mrs w. C. johnston. Of
WI, Wiliiamsburg; Mrs. w. L. Stubbs, of
Tor.snouth; Mrs. r. r. Morriss. Of
,al A. and Captain s. J. and w.
nj Brooks, of Richmond. For many
years he had been an employee of the
Eastern State Hospital. The remains
were brought to WILLIAMSBURG this AT
ternoon. and the funeral Will takp
place from Bruton Parish Church, with
rev, ~ nuifn Jones officiating. to-
morrow afternoon at O'clock. Burial
VIII be In Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Death OF Child.
Appomattox. Va, February 2o.-I,it-
tie MISS Sarah Oder. aged seven years
Youngest daughter OF Tom Oder. died
measles and pneumonia. This is the
second death resulting from this dis
ease In the neighborhood. Her eldest
prother. Pierce is very i'll.
n. VI. Fowler.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
burlington. ~ c.. February 20.-H.
NJ. Fowler. one OF Burlington's Oldest
and most respected citizens. died in
greensboro. where he had been living
TOT the past eighteen months, on Mon.
uay. al the age of eighty-four. He
was member OF the Lutheran Church.
lie was an on thuslastic Mason and was
buried with Masonic honors.
A. L. White.
lSpecial to The Times Dispa tch.1
Front Royal, Va, February 20.-A.
l.; White, OF Happy Crock. this county.
died very suddenly yesterday after
noon. aftor n very short illness. Mr..
White was ono Of tho wcalthiest and
most prosperous farmcrs1n the county.