The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-08-10
CHARLES EDWARD CROSS

| eldest son VI lShdii u anu toeil Ill
Hutchins Cross. His first marriage
was 10 Cora McAllister of North Lo-
veil. BIZ which there was one daugh-
Ter Mrs. Maude Cross Longley. On
| July -. 1900 he was united in mar
/ riape with Ethel w, daughter of the
! late Rev Edgar V. and Cora T..
Wheeler of East Madrid. who sur
wives HIM. He leaves besides his
wife. seven children: Mrs. C. j.
| Longley, Lawrence w, Retta Arleen,
! Stanley Nelson, Gladys Ethel, Max
ime Eleanor, and Robert Christine
all of Kingfeld. Besides these
| there are two grand children: Bertha
| Pauline and Clarence Edward Long
ley: four brothers and one sister:
| Fred Cross, Kingfield; Arthur Cross,
! Milford, Mass. FRANK Cross, Allan
ia, Ca; Harry Cross, Lynn, Mass;
and Mrs. Zylpha +. Elwood,
Midway, Mass. who arrived a
month before his deeease and
remained to help care for him. Fun
eral services were held at the Bap-
fist Church Sunday, July 16, the pas
tor. Rev G.. f. Currier officiating
assisted by Rev. W. c. Beedy. The
floral tributes were many and beau
tiful including those from the church,
friends and relatives. lnterment In
Sunnyside Cemetery. A number of
out of town relatives were present.
| Mr.. Cross was for years a shipping
clerk at Jenkins & Bogart Mill but
for the last few years on account of
his health he has been engaged to
out of door work. He was a mem
Der of the Kingfleld Baptist Church,
uniting with that organization in 1908,
and was chosen and ordained deacon
in 1913 which Office he held until his
death Mr. Cross was raised in a
christian home surrounded by pray
er and praise all through his younger
years. He was educated in the
schools of his home town and resd-
ed there the greater part of his life.
Mr.. Cross was a devoted husband
and loving father always mindful of
the needs of those dependent upon
him, happy in any self sacrifice for
the comforts of his loved ones. Mr.
Cross was christian gentleman of
the very highest type and brought
his children up to love and fear God.
His home was his delight, here his
active mind and warm heart found
joyful expression. He went in and
out before his family with love in
his heart, Gods truth upon his lips,
and with Kindness in his hands. He
has left footprints that the sands Of
time cannot eradicate for he trOd the
path OF service and folliwed his Mas
ter Mr. Cross was a man of sterl-
ing character and loving disposition
and has made for himself large
| place in the hearts Of the people of
the town in which he lived. He has
raised a milepost of faith, hope, and
love that all the forces of unrighte-
BUSINESS can never destroy. His LIE
of christian devotion to God has shed
Il perfume of sacred sweetness into
the town of Kingfeld, and the in
fluenee of his life will be felt or gem
erations to come. His happy ac-
duescencc in the vine will evident
" sprung from the affectionate view
which he always took of the charac-
ter of God. He eminently loved God.
God is love" was ever upon his lips.
His joy was calm deep and unruhled.
1t flowed like a river. During an
illness of nine months 1t was never
disturbed, an impatient word never
escaped his lips; his decline was grad
ual and az serene as sunset. Disease
found him precisely what he had been
in health. The freshness and buoy
ancy of his spirit never forsook him;
his hope was bright, his love perfect,
his courage wonderful, and his faith
all that God in Heaven could make
it. His sound and vigorous com
mon sense indicated a healthy mind
to the end.
During the last two months his
weakness was very great and his SUI
ferings were consequently greatly in
creased, but love for God and love
; for every one about him made it a
pleasure to do every thing possible to
relieve his sufferings. His affec-
tions seemed exhaustless. The
streams of love deepened and widen
ed as they flowed. There was no
fear in his heart, perfect love had cast
out fear. And thus it was that Chas.
Edward Cross passed from this world
of care and toll into the land of "the
spirits of just men made perfect. -
He was a living witness for his mas
ter. His testimony was bugle call
to service; his prayers were fervent
and spiritual rising from the depths
of his soul He was one Of the
J faithful of Gods flock in this commun-
ity. Though busted with the tolls
of every day life he was never too
busy to engage in the work of his
lord and master. His exemplary life
of christian service and self sacrifice
Ia a monument to the glory of God
in Kingfield. And so a good man
has passed from our midst leaving
behind a host of friends to mourn his
! loss. He was a friend to every one
! whom he knew, no one was ever heard
to speak i'll of him. He labored to show
, himself approved unto God, "a work
man that need not be ashamed, rightly
dividing the word truth" End Tim,
. 2-15. And now the reward for SER
vice is his. "He fought a good
fight. he finished his course, he kept
the faith, henceforth there Is laid ur
for him a crown of righteousness
which the Lord, the righteous judge
shall give him in that day and moi
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