Background and Family
Cross was born in Monterey in Concordia Parish to Marsalin Gillis Cross and the former Lydia Catherine Wilson. He attended Ferriday High School and Louisiana Tech University. He married the former Iola May Denham (February 28, 1910 – July 23, 1997) of Baton Rouge, Cross began his career in 1927 with the William Campbell Nabors Oil Company. Iola Cross was an English teacher at Ferriday High School. The couple had three daughters: Diane Brakinridge, Kay Faulkner, and Lydia C. Wilson (born August 23, 1950).
Lydia Wilson, named for her paternal grandmother Lydia C. Wilson, is the widow of Roger Wayne "Butch" Wilson (1948–2006), a Wisner native and a 40-year law enforcement officer who began his service as a deputy to his future father-in-law, Noah Cross. Wilson was also the chief of police for eight years in Ferriday and was thereafter a deputy under Sheriffs Schiele (1973–1980) and Hubert Lee McGlothin (1984–1990).
Cross was a member of the Sevier Memorial United Methodist Church in Ferriday. He was also affiliated with the Masonic lodge.
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