Helen Cross Raley, 83, of Americus passed away Sunday, June 27, 2004, at Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus. Her funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 29, 2004, in the Sanctuary of Tifton's First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Wayne Roe and the Rev. Dr. W. Ches Smith, III officiating. Mrs. Raley was laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Gregg Anderson, Steve Bowen, Clint Chavez, Derik Chavez, We Godwin and Jarod Raley served as pallbearers.
Born December 14, 1920, in Miller County, Mrs. Raley was the daughter of the late Julius Elton cross and Lula Lenore Middleton Cross. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Frank Allen Raley, Jr., who passed away in 1992; one grandchild; two brothers; and two sisters. She was a mother and a homemaker; and she was a member of Tifton's First Baptist Church.
Mrs. Raley is survived by one son, Sonny Raley of Chattanooga, Tennessee; three daughters, Julia Bowen of Cobb County, Cyndi Ortiz of Alpharetta and Linda Carol Kent Thomas of Orange Park, Florida; one brother, James Emory Cross of Charlotte, North Carolina; eight grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.