Mary Nell Minter Cross




Mary Nell Minter

July 1, 1933 - November 29, 2021



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SHS '51 Pictures


Stamps High School Class of 1951

[May 1951]

Mrs. Doherty - Kalene Thomas - Jimmy Farley - Bill Grimmett - Bette Baker - Edward Hatfield - Harold McKamie - Ann Williams - Peggy Jane Pelt - Georgia Ann Langley - U.B. Bond, Jr. - Myrtle Sue Peck - Donald Hooper

Gay Weed - Catherine Strange - Bobbie Bolton - Kathryn Franklin Hurley - Delilah Owen - Mary Nell Minter - Peggy Harding - Clara Teague - Esther Mae Keith - Martha Cearley - Lucille Wallace - Charles Mackey

Tommy Sims - Barbara Powell - Billy Kuykendall - Leroy Lamb - Ann Hudgens - Mary Morgan, Dorothy Baker - David Paul Lovell - Richard Boyd - Jimmy Nix - Virginia Guttry - Joe Dan Oglesby - Clara Hamm (Not Pictured: Leonard Benefield)



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Stamps High School Class of 1951

[October 2001]

Kalene Thomas Farley - Kathryn Franklin Hurley - Delilah Owen Minter - Ann Williams McKenzie - U.B. Bond - Myrtle Sue Peck Barr

Tom Sims - Gay Weed Grimmett - Bill Kuykendall - Bobbie Ray Bolton Irving - Ann Hudgens Russell - Dorothy Baker Hanson - Clara Teague Festervand - Lucille Wallace - Clara Hamm Mitchell



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Front: Delilah Owen Minter, Kalene Thomas Farley, Kathryn Franklin Hurley, Mary Morgan Lile, Clara Hamm Mitchell, Ann Hudgens Russell, Rear: Jimmy Nix, Lucille Wallace Andrews, U.B. Bond, Bill Kuykendall, Mrs. Doherty, Esther Keith Perry, Bobbie Bolton Irving, Dorothy Baker Hanson [45th Reunion - 1996]



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[Third Grade 1941 - 1942]

Row 1: Bonnie Tatum, Clifford Butler Smith, X, Dale Eddy, Mary Catherine Strange, Jimmy Nix, Joe Dan Oglesby, David Paul Lovell, Donald Haltem, Annie Sue Clark, Row 2: Jimmy Cearley, Tommy Sims, Ann Hudgens, X, James Moreland, Betty Jo Murphy, Bobby Nix, Edwin Beene, Mary Nell Minter, X, Row 3: Kalene Thomas, Cozette Daugherty, Barbara Powell, Dorothy Baker, Billy Kuykendall, Patsy Sue Hamilton, X, Delilah Owen, Ann Williams, X, X, Row 4: Bette Baker, Richard Pipkin, Bobby Ormand, Donald Kersey, Gerald Burke, Virginia Brazil (teacher), X, Cearley, Charles Mackey, John Henry Shelton, Ruel Brown



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[Second Grade 1940 - 1941]

Row 1: Delilah Owen, Mary Nell Minter, Annie Sue Clark, Bonnie Tatum, James Moreland, Donald Haltem, Jimmy Nix, Guy Shannon, Row 2: Tommy Sims, Clifford Butler Smith, X, Barbara Powell, Ann Williams, X, X, Cozette Daugherty, X, X, Ann Hudgens, Bobby Nix, Alice Ann Cleveland, X, Jimmy Cearley, Patsy Sue Hamilton, X, Bette Baker, Row 3: Raymond Wooton, Richard Pipkin, Ruel Brown, X, Bobby Ormand, Flora Bell Farley (teacher), X, X, Donald Kersey, X, X



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[First Grade 1939 - 1940]

Row 1: Donald Kersey, X, Bobby Nix, Tommy Sims, X, Row 2: Clifford Butler Smith, James Moreland, Bonnie Tatum, Richard Pipkin, X, Billy Kuykendall, Jimmy Nix, Bobby Ormand, Guy Shannon, Edwin Beene, X, Row 3: Bette Baker, Barbara Powell, Dorothy Baker, Ann Williams, X, X, David Paul Lovell, X, X, Ann Hudgens, Mary Nell Minter, X, X, X, Row 4: Patsy Sue Hamilton, X, Donald Haltem, X, X, X, X, X, X, Vida Burke (teacher), X, X, Jimmy Cearley, X, Charles Mackey, X



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Mary Nell Minter Cross

July 1, 1933 - November 29, 2021


Funeral services for Mary Minter Cross will be held on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2500 Southside Dr. in Shreveport, Louisiana. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. with the funeral service immediately following. Officiating the service will be Jerry Kennedy of Life Tabernacle. Interment will be at Forest Park West Cemetery in Shreveport.

Mary was born July 1, 1933 in Buckner, Arkansas, and she met Jesus on Monday, November 29, 2021 at the age of 88. She married the love of her life, Chester Cross, in 1953, and they were together for 43 years prior to his death in 1996. She was a dedicated sister, wife, mother, and grandmother, who could always be trusted to listen, love unconditionally, and never judge or criticize. Her family was so important to her, and she loved them all.

Mary is preceded in death by her husband; her parents, Louie and Avis Lawrence Minter; one sister, Flora Radar; and four brothers, David Minter, JC “Sonny” Minter, Herman Minter, and
Jerry Minter.

She is survived by one son, Steve Cross and wife, Mona; one daughter, Vicki Rowe and husband, Lynn, Jr.; one brother, Jimmy Minter and wife, Connie; one brother-in-law, Samuel M. Cross and wife, Mary; five grandchildren, Brandon Cross, Megan Cross Haynes and husband, Coleman, Penny Lopez and husband, Joe, Scott Owens, Derek Rowe and wife, Cheryl; fourteen great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and an extended Arkansas and Texas family of nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Honoring Mawmaw as pallbearers will be grandsons and family: Scott Owens, Brandon Cross, Derek Rowe, Lynn Rowe, Jr., and Coleman Haynes. Burial Date December 2, 2021

“The only scars in heaven are on the hands that hold you now…”
– Casting Crowns, “Scars in Heaven”


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