Visitation for Berthenia Cross, age 71 of Clarksville, TN, will be held on Friday, July 19, 2019 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with the family present 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Foston Funeral Home.
The Funeral service will begin at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 20, 2019 at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church. Interment will be at Riverview Cemetery.
Berthenia L. “Tina” Cross was born January 15, 1948 in Clarksville, Montgomery County, TN to George Wesley Dowlen and Mary Thelma Oldham Dowlen Jackson. She was a 1965 graduate of the Historic Burt High School and a former welder at Trane until her retirement in 2011 after 34 years of service.
She leaves to cherish precious memories her son, Tim (Natalie) Cross, Chapel Hill, NC; daughters: Shevella (Michael) Wilson, McDonough, GA and Dezonia (Daniel) Williams, Lake Wales, FL; seven beautiful grandchildren: Mariah, Danielle, Deyzon, Keion, Tiana, Zachary and Keira; sisters: Birdie Cody, Atlantic City, NJ and Pat “Sissy” (Lucius) Smith, Clarksville, TN; brothers: Frank (Haydee) Dowlen and Bob Dowlen both of Clarksville, TN; New Covenant Holy Temple COGIC, Nashville, TN and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews and dear friends.