Holycross - Roscoe J.
Roscoe J. HOLYCROSS
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 8 January 1973 p 5
Covington -- Roscoe J. Hollycross, 76, a life resident of this community and a retired Interstate Sand & Grave Co. and Covington schools employee died at 9:35 p.m. Friday in St. Elizabeth Hospital at Danville, Ill. He had been seriously ill six weeks and hospitalized 3 days. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. today at the First Assembly of God Church here with Rev. Edgar Allen officiating and burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Holycross, a native of Vermillion County, Indiana was a son of Jobe and Leath Mae Swem Holycross and was born May 5, 1896. He was married Dec 6, 1916 to Virgie Crisp, who survives. He was a charter member of the First Assembly of God Church here. He was employed 30 years at the sand and gravel firm, retiring as superintendent in 1954. Afterward he was with the Covington schools in maintenance department until retiring in 1962. Surviving besides his wife are a daughter, Thelma of Covington; six grandchildren and five great grandsons; two sisters, Mrs. Grady (Effie) Odeneal and Mrs. Orban (Iva) Dobbs of Covington; two brothers, James of Urbana, Ill and Cecil of Covington and nieces and nephews. A sister preceded Mr. Holycross in death. --kbz