Mariel Cross

Services for Mariel Cross, 89, of Gerty, are 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 21 ^st , at the Harmony Missionary Baptist Church in Gerty. Rev. Steve Wilburn will officiate. Burial will follow at Allen Cemetery. Family and friends may call at the Allen Chapel from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday. Mrs. Cross passed away Monday, January 17, 2022, at her home. She was born January 10, 1933 in Stuart, Oklahoma to Claude and Edith Dillard Elliott.

She married Glen Cross. He preceded her in death on December 24, 2006. Mrs. Cross was a nurse’s aide in Tulsa, Fresno, California and Dallas, Texas. She and her husband owned Bridge and Cross Fence Company in Dallas and later they owned the Calvin Video Store in Calvin.

Survivors include a son, Thomas Cross, Gerty; daughter, Reba Peoples, Lake Dallas, Texas; grandchildren, Chance Peoples, Shelley Jimenez and Sonia Jimenez, and Larry Peoples and Britani Peoples; four greatgrandchildren, Coe, Cambrie, Laila and Cason; two great-great-grandchildren, Creed and Cash; and her brothers, Ken Elliott, Stanley Elliott and Darrel Elliott.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son, Larry Dean Cross; sister, Inez Elliott; a brother, Hershel Elliott; and a son-in-law, Ron Peoples.

Bearers will be Kevin Elliott, Joey Cross, Alan Cross, Steve Smith, Mike Cross and Chris York. Honorary bearer will be Leonard Cross.