Stone Bluff, IN - Ruthie Jean (Huskisson) Cross, 88, Stone Bluff, IN, passe away unexpectedly in the emergency room of T. J. Hospital in Columbia, KY on Sunday, July 9, 2023 at 1:02 p.m.
Jean, as she was known to family and friends, was born in Barren County, KY on April 12, 1935.  She was the daughter of the late Rex Huskisson and Mavis (Pare) Johnson and was raised by her grandparents, Herbert K. and Nora Pare of the Flippin, KY.  Jean attended school in Gamaliel and later moved to Indiana and settled in Stone Bluff in 1964. Jean was a homemaker.
She was a member of the Community Bible Baptist Church in Veedersburg, IN.  She enjoyed quilting, cooking, baking, collecting cookbooks and flower gardening.
On January 12, 1952, Jean married Lewie Benton Cross in
Tompkinsville, KY.  Lewie preceded her in death on June 9, 1997.
Jean leaves behind two sons, Bobby Eugene (companion-Lisa Tincher) Cross, Orleans, IN; Gary Benton (fiancée-Marty Lyons)  Cross, Stone Bluff, IN; two daughters, Melinda Gail (Daniel) Lawson, Danville, KY and Melissa Darline (Danny) Fudge, Breeding, KY; seven grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Cheryl Baldwin Cross.  She is also survived by life long friends, Rick & Cheri Roden.  Dear to Jean's heart was her niece Pat Stewart; nephews Ronnie Veach and Darrell Reanu.
Friends may call at the Maus Funeral Home, Attica, IN on Monday, July 17th, from 3:00 p.m. until service time at 7:00 p.m. EST  with Pastor Evan Sharbaugh officiating.  A visitation will be held in the Indian Creek Baptist Church in Flippin, KY on Wednesday, July 19th from 11:00 a.m.  until service time at 1:00 p.m. CST with Jean's son-in-law, Danny Fudge officiating.  Burial will follow in the Neal Cemetery in Flippin, KY. Arrangements in Kentucky are being handled by David Martin of the Grissom-Martin Funeral Home, Columbia, KY.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Community Bible Baptist Church or the American Cancer Society.