Funeral services for Rachel Pauline Haraway Cross, age 76 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Friday at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Gatlin Cemetery beside her husband Frank W. Cross who passed away in 1994. Mrs. Cross passed away at her residence Tuesday.
She was a native of Limestone County, AL and the daughter of the late Malcolm Mason and Audie Mae Raney Haraway. Mrs. Cross was a homemaker and a member of the Fayetteville First Baptist Church.
She is survived by two daughters: Janet Garnett and husband Robert of Charlottesville, VA and Patricia Brown of Fayetteville, two sons: Keith Cross and wife Stacy of Buford, GA and Charles Cross and wife Angie of Fayetteville, brothers Auvin Haraway and wife Virginia of Buford, GA, Glenn Haraway and wife Betty of Oklahoma City, OK, Royce Haraway and wife Mary of Winston Salem, NC, Douglas Haraway and wife Gaynelle of Concord, GA, and Reed Haraway and wife Linda of Ft. Walton Beach, FL, eight grandchildren: Bobby Garnett and Becky Garnett, Stephen Brown, Stephanie Brown and Emily Brown Posey, Andrew Cross and Alaina Cross Hux and Cassidy Cross and eight great-grandchildren. Mrs. Cross was preceded in death by her parents and brother Vinson Haraway.
Visitation with the family will be Thursday evening 5-8 PM at Higgins Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made in memory of Mr. Frank Cross to the American Cancer Society, or Lincoln Medical Hospice and Home Health
17 Comments To "Rachel Pauline Haraway Cross"
#1 Comment By Kay Sisco On January 18, 2012 @ 5:54 pm
Bob and Jan-
My sympathies in your loss. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers.
Kay Sisco
#2 Comment By Billy & Donna Miles & Family On January 18, 2012 @ 7:01 pm
We are so sorry for your loss, may GOD take you all in his precious hands and bring this family some comfort at this time ..
#3 Comment By Terrell & Rhonda Burns On January 18, 2012 @ 7:18 pm
Sorry to here about the loss of your mother. Our prayers and thoughts are with you.
#4 Comment By Debra Stoykovich On January 18, 2012 @ 10:05 pm
Pat and family–please accept our most sincere condolences on the passing of your Mom. We will be remembering you at this time of great loss. May our Lord Jesus comfort and keep you—Deb and Gary Stoykovich
#5 Comment By Diana Haraway Morelli On January 18, 2012 @ 10:06 pm
My Dear Aunts, Uncles and Cousins,
I am so very sorry for your loss. I will miss Aunt Pauline tremendously. May God guide you during this difficult time and know that you ALL are in my heart, thoughts and prayers.
All my love,
Diana
#6 Comment By Bob and Kim Cross On January 18, 2012 @ 10:07 pm
Kim and I are sorry to hear of Aunt Pauline’s passing. Our thoughts are with you.
#7 Comment By Johnny Hinshaw On January 18, 2012 @ 10:33 pm
Charles and family,
I am so sorry to hear of your loss. I am praying that you and your family will be recipients of much comfort from caring friends, church members, and God Himself.
2Co 1:3-4 NASB Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, (4) who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Johnny Hinshaw
#8 Comment By Tiffany Curry On January 19, 2012 @ 1:47 am
We are so sorry for your loss. We will keep you and your family in our thoughts and prayers. May you find comfort with God. He will lead you through this if you lean on him.
#9 Comment By Cindy Dunivan On January 19, 2012 @ 2:35 am
Dear Pat and Janet,
Your mother was such a sweet lady. I was sorry to learn she had passed away. Your families will be in my prayers and thoughts that our Heavenly Father will provide you with much strength and comfort now and in the days ahead.
Cindy Dunivan
#10 Comment By Judy, MIke & Jonathan On January 19, 2012 @ 7:08 am
Pat,
We are so saddened to hear about your mother.
I remember how good she was to Jonathan and all of the little ones in daycare. She always had gum or some small treat for them. Just know that you are in our thoughts and prayers.
Mike, Judy & Jonathan McLeod
#11 Comment By Judy, Mike and Jonathan McLeod On January 19, 2012 @ 3:11 pm
Dear Pat and family,
It is with a very heavy heart that we send these words of love. Your mother was always so good to the little ones that were in your care – she always had a treat of gum or candy for them. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Judy, Mike and Jonathan
#12 Comment By Ronnie Haraway On January 19, 2012 @ 9:34 pm
Pauline’s children and brothers:
She sure was a special cousin and even though I didn’t get to know here till we started the Haraway reunions, she was one I always looked for among the crowd. And most of the time several would already be around her after she was confined to her wheelchair because she was such a cheerful, bright woman; so full of life and seemed to enjoy every minute of it. I will be thinking of her as you lay her to her final rest and remember her as not only a cousin, but also a friend. May your sorrows soon be turned to special memories of your times together.
#13 Comment By Scott, Lori and Lindsay Boyd On January 20, 2012 @ 2:47 am
Emily, Patricia, Stephanie, and Stephen:
So sorry to hear of your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.
#14 Comment By Sandi Posey On January 20, 2012 @ 2:49 am
May God be with you in your time of grief.
#15 Comment By Scott, Lori and Lindsay Boyd On January 20, 2012 @ 2:52 am
Emily, Patricia, Stephanie and Stephen:
So sorry to hear of your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.
#16 Comment By Janice Moore Gregory On January 20, 2012 @ 4:07 pm
Pat:
Sorry to hear about the loss of your mother. She was a good Christian lady. God bless, Janice and Brent Gregory
#17 Comment By Amy Osteen On January 20, 2012 @ 6:38 pm
Pat, so sorry about your mother’s passing.. She was so pleasant and an encouragement to me when I saw her in skill care. My prayers will be with you. Because He Lives, Amy S. Osteen