Velma Zula Fisher Fisher Cross

Velma Zula Fisher Cross, 99 of Amarillo passed away September 9, 2012. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, September 14, 2012 at Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Pioneer Chapel with Rev. Don Travis officiating. Graveside service will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday, September 14, 2012 at Darrouzett Cemetery in Darrouzett by Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors. Mrs. Cross was born Sept. 13, 1912, in Haskall, OK, to Rufus C. & Anna Maude Lash Fisher. She was a long time resident of Darrouzett, TX, a homemaker, mother, & grandmother. Mrs. Cross was raised in Darrouzett and graduated high school in Memphis, TX. She married her best friend, Merle Simon Cross on February 6, 1936, in Darrouzett, Texas, and they were constant companions until Merle’s death in 2007. She was a Charter member of the First Methodist Church, Darrouzett, TX. She taught Sunday School and was a member of the Choir for many years. Her hobbies were oil and porcelain painting, ceramics, sewing, crafts, gardening, and cooking. One of her joys was her grand children, and she loved having tea parties with them. Mrs. Cross was initiated into the Order of the Eastern Star on May 26, 1939 and was a member for seventy two years. During her years of membership, she served as Worthy Matron of the Darrouzett Chapter #790, joined Perryton Chapter #161 and at the present was a member of Amarillo Chapter #787. She held many appointments in the Grand Chapter of Texas, including serving as Grand Representative to the State of Utah in 1990. Mrs. Cross was an active member of Darrouzett United Methodist Church, Lipscomb County Historical Society, a former Girl Scout Leader, Darrouzett Senior Citizens Association, American Rose Society, Porcelain Arts Club and HEO Club. In Amarillo, she was an associate member of Saint Stephen United Methodist Church and the Pathfinders Sunday school class. She was preceded in death by her husband, and 5 brothers & sisters. She is survived by her sons, Larry Cross and wife Dolores and Stephen Cross and wife Suellen both of Amarillo; daughter, Marilyn Maynard and husband Ken of Canyon; brothers, Roy Roper of Flower Mound and Vernon Roper of Italy, Texas; granddaughters, Barbara German and husband Rick of College Station, Mary Barton and husband Jonathan of Driftwood, Texas, Wendy Shaheen and husband Louis of Granbury and Michelle Dear and husband Dan of Canyon; grandsons, Scott Maynard of Canyon and Mark Cross of Houston; great-grandsons, Cory Bigham of Humble, Branson Thomas and Christopher Barton of Driftwood and Cadence Maynard and Hudson Dear of Canyon; great-granddaughters, Breanna Homer and husband Trent of McAlester, Oklahoma and Hadley Dear of Canyon; great-great-grandson, Shane Homer of McAlester, Oklahoma and step-great-grandson, Parker Dear of San Angelo.