General Information

Birth
13 FEB 1881
Green, Tennessee
Death
6 FEB 1942
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
7 FEB 1942
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

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

Parents

William Gravnor Ross
- Father
1847 - 1887
Birth
1847
Greene County, Tennessee
Death
1887
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Cane Hill Cemetery, Washinton County, Arkansas

Spouse

Lacy Neal Cruse
- Husband
1881 - 1972
Birth
17 JAN 1881
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
20 APR 1972
Burial
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Children

Lillian Cruse
- Daughter
Birth
18 AUG 1911
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Montreville Cruse
- Son
1902 - 1915
Birth
2 AUG 1902
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
27 MAY 1915
Washington County, Arkansas
William Noel Cruse
- Son
1906 - 1930
Birth
7 JUL 1906
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
1 MAR 1930
Arkansas
Burial
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
Gerald Cruse
- Son
1914 - 1984
Birth
16 MAR 1914
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
AUG 1984
Vera Emma Cruse
- Daughter
1918 - 2012
Birth
14 SEP 1918
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
8 FEB 2012
Robert Hugh Cruse
- Son
1899 - 1965
Birth
1 JAN 1899
Prairie Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
16 OCT 1965
Burial
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas