| Taken from the Guthrie Daily Leader Sunday, June 2, 1974, pg. 12 |
| Submitted by: Clifford Cross |
| Merrill Cross Funeral Slated |
| Services for Merrill H. Cross, 52, retired U.S. Air Force major, are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Smith Memorial Chapel. The Rev. James Walker, Waco, Texas will officiate and burial will be in Summit View cemetery, directed by Smith Funeral Home. There will be military services at the grave. Cross died Wednesday at Fitzsimmons Medical Center, Aurora, Colo. He was born January 1, 1922, in Guthrie. He retired from the Air Force with the rank of major in 1965. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy, of the home in Bethany; one son, Grady H. Cross, and one Daughter, Mrs. Donna Parvar, both of Oklahoma City; two brothers, Hobart L. Cross and Raymond H. Cross, both of Oklahoma City and two grandchildren. |