Alice Gross Crooks, 87, of Connelly Springs, NC went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, July 8, 2023. She was born on January 2, 1936 in Kentucky, to the late Willard Gross and Maggie Lewis Gross. Alice grew up in the Baptist faith and was a former member of Calvin Heights. She retired from General Electric. Alice loved to garden. She was the longest living liver-transplant patient from Duke Hospital.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sons, Garry Wood and Jerry Wood; granddaughter, Jackie Icard; brothers, Henry, Sylvan, Denton and Johnny; sisters, Mae, Christine and Wanda.
Alice is survived by her husband, Carl Crooks; daughters, Patricia Styles (Danny), Joann Larmore (Lee), Nola Smith (Carrol), and Myra Setzer; 17 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren; brother, Junior Gross; sisters, Jean Gross and Lexine Lewis.
The family will receive friends from 2-3pm on Monday, July 10, 2023 at Sossoman Funeral Home. The funeral will begin at 3pm in the Colonial Chapel of the funeral home with Rev. Donald Denton officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Sossoman Funeral Home and Crematory Center is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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My heart is broken to see this! May God bless your family during this time.
So very sorry about Alice she was good to us, and a very good neighbor. To making cakes when our family passed, trading plants for the garden, and just last week she brought us the best blueberries. We will really miss her. Love, Hilda and Jerry.