Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
Wednesday, January 20, 1999

Lemmie C. Cruse

Funeral services for Lemmie C. Cruse, 80, of Jacksonville, Fla., were held Saturday in the chapel of Corey-Kerlin Funeral Home with the Rev. Dan White Sr. officiating. Eastern Star rites followed the chapel service.

Interment followed in Arlington Park Cemetery with Masonic rites conferred at the gravesite.

Mr. Cruse died Thursday, Jan. 14, 1999.

He was a U.S. Army disabled veteran of World War II, and was awarded the Bronze Star. Mr. Cruse was a P.O.W. He was a member of the Jacksonville Christian Center, Arlington Lodge #309 F and AM, and the Arlington chapter #222 Order of the Eastern Star.

Survivors include two daughters, Emily E. Cruse and Marilyn Cruse, both of Dallas, Texas; and two sisters, Marie Ross and Joyce Fain, both of Winnsboro.