Travis Alexander Cross, 17, Mechanicsville

Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

Travis Alexander "Gruntman" Cross, 17, of Mechanicsville, formerly of Leonardtown, died Oct. 27, 2009, in Avenue.

Born May 28, 1992, in Washington, D.C., he was the son of Thomas Edwin and Victoria Cobb Cross Jr. of Mechanicsville.

He was the grandson of Thomas E. Cross Sr. of Lexington Park and the late Mary Hall Cross, Louise Cobb of Mechanicsville and the late Kelsey Cobb.

He is also survived by his aunts, Carol Lynn Seegars of Sarasota, Fla., and her son, Paul Seegars of Springfield, Va., Kay and her husband, Wayne Gillispie, of Arborville, W.Va., Brenda and her husband, Jack Varney, of Rio, W.Va., Mary Cobb-Longo of Bradenton, Fla., Sherry and her husband, Vince Gazzo, of Anna Marie Island, Fla., Cindi Couchenour of Pahrump, Nev., and Linda Wirth of Indian Head; his uncles, David Cobb of Sarasota, Robert B. Cross of Clements and his daughter, Carrie Lynn Cross, of Melbourne, Fla.; as well as his 15 first cousins, Rueben, Brady, Elliot, Sidney, Tammy, Jackie, Jill, Beverly, David, Johanna, Rachel, Alexis, Max, Katie and Robbie; and 14 second cousins.