Irving Joseph Cross

February 18, 1944 - October 13, 2015

Mr. Irving Joseph Cross, age 71, passed away early on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, at his home in Cairo, Georgia. Services for Mr. Cross will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, October 15, 2015, at Midway Baptist Church, 2389 Georgia Highway 93 South, Cairo, Georgia. The Rev. Johnny Burdick and the Rev. Gordon Cloud will be officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Jimmy Weeks, Mike Bundy, James Gainey, Jackie Butler, Tyler Lee, and Dale Mitchell will serve as pall bearers. The family will receive friends one hour before the service, beginning at 10:00. Irving Joseph Cross was born February 18, 1944 in Gadsden County, Florida to Joseph Cross and Lorene Watts Cross. He proudly served in the United States Army and Navy. In 1969, he married the love of his life, Mary Cuthbertson Cross. Mr. Cross retired from the U.S. Postal Service in Tallahassee, Florida. Irving enjoyed woodworking. He was a kind and generous friend. He was a loving husband and father. Irving Cross will be sorely missed by the friends and family he loved so much. Irving Cross is survived by his wife, Mary Cuthbertson Cross; daughter, Marcella Lee Drawdy, both of Cairo; son, George Yanovich and wife, Lynne of Maryland; and grandsons, Jacob and Joe Yanovich, living in Maryland; sister, Martha Ann Chastain of Lake Seminole, Georgia; brother, Wayne Cross of Atlanta, Georgia; also, faithful companion, Toby. On-line condolences may be sent at WWW.Coxfuneral.net.