Family Tree
Three generations around Willie Bruce
Sibling
Lillie Pearl Ross
1871 — 1951
This record
Willie Bruce Ross
1881 — 1942
Vital Events
Dates and Places
- Born13 FEB 1881 · Green, Tennessee
- Died6 FEB 1942 · Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
- BuriedPrairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
- SexFemale
Notes
Research Notes
Birth: Feb. 13, 1882
Greene County
Tennessee, USA
Death: Feb. 6, 1942
Fayetteville
Washington County
Arkansas, USA
Daughter of William Gravnor Ross & Mary Caroline Hunter, wife of Lacy Neal Cruse. Tombstone dates are incorrect. Willie was "Mother", Lacy was "Father".
Mrs. Neal Cruse Dies
Here Early Today
Mrs. Willie Ross Cruse, wife of Neal Cruse, former Fayetteville chief of police, now living near Prairie Grove, died this morning at the home of her cousin, Miss Ethel Moore in Fayetteville.
Funeral Services will be conducted by Rev. H. S. Mobley at Prairie Grove Cumberland church at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Cruse, a native of Tennessee was the daughter of Will and Mary Hunter Ross. She was a resident of Fayetteville for many years. Surviving are her husband and four children: Mrs. Lillian Woods, Wilmont; Gerald Cruse of Springfield, Mo.; Mrs. Vernon Miller of Slaton, Tex.; and Miss Wanda Cruse of Fayetteville. One sister, who lives in California, also survives.
Northwest Arkansas Times, February 6, 1942