Billie Rose Cross

Funeral services for Billie Rose Cross, 74, of Gainesville, are set for 2:00 PM Thursday, January 28, 2010, at the Mt. Olive First Baptist Church in Gainesville with Pastor Phil Butler officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home.

A visitation will be held from 6:00 to 7:00 PM on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Chapel.

Ms. Cross passed away on Friday, January 22, 2010 at her home.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law Avery "Marc" and Vickie Thomas, son Willard "Wee" Thomas, and daughter Vellena Cross, and her sister-in-law Andrea Byars.

Ms. Cross was preceded in death by her parents Miller and Lula Byars, brother Robyn D. Byars, and sisters Lula Mae Evans and Thelma L. Newberry.

01/22/2010