Ed Dean Cross

Ed was born in Blountville, Tennessee and graduated from Blountville High School where he played baseball and ran track. He served our country for 23 years in the Air Force in Vietnam and worked for the VA in Biloxi, Mississippi for 25 years. Ed was of the Southern Baptist faith and has been a resident of the Signal Mountain community for the past 18 months.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Laura E. and William B. Cross; and two siblings, Weldon and Wilbert Cross.

Ed is survived by his wife of 53 years, Takako “Yoko” Kushino Cross; two sons, Captain Gary Dean Cross and Lt. Commander Larry Cross and his wife Donna; grandchildren, Larry Cross, Jr. Jake Cross and Tyler Cross; siblings, Anna Bee DeHart and her husband Clift, Irma Jean Dugger and her husband Bob and Jerry Cross and his wife Willette; several nieces and nephews.

There will be no visitation at the funeral home.

Graveside services for Ed will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 27, at National Cemetery with full military honors.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Ed’s name to the Disabled American Veterans, P. O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, Ohio 45250 or www.dav.org

Arrangements are by the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson, TN 37343.