Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Monday, October 29, 1979

REV. MILTON O. CROSBY

The Rev. Milton O. Crosby, 67, a Baptist minister and pastor of Zion Hill Baptist Church in Mize, died Sunday at his residence after an extended illness. Rev. Crosby was a longtime resident of Jones County until he moved to Route 1, Mize, in 1966.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Frances Bush Crosby and S. J. Crosby.

The funeral service for Rev. Crosby will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. from Zion Hill Baptist Church, Highway 35, Mize. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Rev. Crosby is survived by his widow, Bessie Mize Crosby; Mize; one son, Gene Crosby, Mize; one daughter, Mrs. Phillip (Dorothy) Mansfield, Perkinston; two granddaughters, Lynn and Virginia Mansfield, both of Perkinston; two sisters, Mrs. C. E. Musgrove and Mrs. D. Q. Hoover, both of Laurel.

John's Funeral Home, Collins, is in charge of arrangements.