Lola Pearl Cross, 91, of Greenville, passed away on January 19, 2015 at Legend Healthcare. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 2:00 p.m. at the chapel of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home with Rev. Royce Litchfield officiating. Burial will follow at Cumby Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until service time at the funeral home.
Lola was born in Lone Oak to James Clyde and Mary Everett Ratliff Patterson on April 9, 1923. She married Kriss Kringle Cross on March 6, 1943 in Dallas. Lola worked as a floral designer for Barlow’s Florist for many years and also many may remember her from the Parkview Miniature Golf Course on Cross Dr. across from Graham Park. She was a member of Highland Terrace Baptist Church.
Lola is survived by her children, Philip Cross and wife, Janice, Mathew Cross and wife, Sue, Kristi Coats and husband, Jerry all of Greenville; grandchildren, Jeff Stapleton and Michelle, Misty Hardy, Philip Cross, Jr., Kristin Craven and husband, Adam, Angela Adame, Justin Cross and wife, Erin; and 10 great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband; sister, Marie Johnson; brothers, Linnice Patterson, Herman Patterson, and Sammie Patterson.
Pallbearers will be Marc Coker, Adam Craven, Justin Cross, Philip Cross, Jr., William Devazier, Cole Hardy, Gary Johnson, and Jeff Stapleton. Honorary pallbearers will be Jerry Bench, Neel Dearing, Melvin Johnson, and Amos Lowry.
The family would like to give a special thank you to the staff at Legend Healthcare for the care they showed for Lola during her time there.