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In the Christian faith, the cross symbolizes, love, faith, promise, sacrifice, and charity among other things. For Gloria Cross having this last name was manifest destiny to her identity, her passion, her crusade, and her ultimate destination.
Cross, the long-time social justice activist, pastor, leader, mother, and community champion, died unexpectedly on Sunday after a brief hospitalization.
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Cross, 75, was a Lexington native and was a 1964 graduate of Dunbar High School. She received her LPN degree from Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and worked for 20 years as a nurse from the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Salisbury.