Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, August 28, 1993 TAG: 9308300246
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short
OBIT-CROSS, TIMOTHY BLAIR
CROSS, Timothy Blair, 41, Lt. Commander U.S. Navy, of Norfolk, passed away
Sunday, August 22, 1993, while vacationing with his family in Outer Banks,
N.C. The cause of death was cancer. He was the grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond E. Sink of Roanoke. He was presently assigned Navy amphbious Group II,
Unit 60001 Norfolk, Va. Commander Cross' tenure in the navy included
graduation from Nuclear Power School. He was assigned to submarine service
aboard the USS Sea Devil (SSN 664), USS John Marshall, (SSN 611). Later
assignments were aboard missile and amphibious vessels. He would have retired
from the Navy September 1, 1993; and served 21 years in the Navy. Surviving
are his wife, Cheryle Lynn Cross; twin daughters, Erin M. Cross, Erika M.
Cross; son, Brandan M. Cross, all of Norfolk, Va.; mother, Charlotte Ann
Horton, Woodland Hills, Calif.; father, John C. Cross, Chief Master Sgt. USAF
(retired) of Columbia, S.C.; brother, Donald C. Cross, Indianapolis, Ind.; one
sister, Jacquelin Cross, Bear Mountain Lake, Calif.; grandmother, Mrs. John C.
Cross, Sacramento, Calif; uncle and wife, Michael Cross, Sacramento, Calif.;
aunt and uncles, Rosemary and Dr. James Vaughan, Nashville, Tenn.; Raymond E.
(Buddy) Sink Jr., John W. Sink and wife, Roanoke, Va.; great-uncles and aunts;
cousins; and friends. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery, 1 p.m.
Monday, August 30, 1993.
by CNB