Ms. Shardae L. Cross

Ms. Shardae Lattice Cross, formerly of Americus, Georgia, died Friday, September 11, 2026, at her residence in Stockbridge, Georgia.

The funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at 10:00 AM in the sanctuary of the Union Tabernacle Baptist Church in Americus, Georgia. The burial will follow at Staley Memorial Garden in Americus, Georgia.

Shardae Lattice Cross, affectionately known to all who loved her as "Dae-Dae," was gifted to the world on May 10, 1991, in Americus, Georgia, to Jack Cross and Danyelle Wise. She was peacefully returned to God on Friday, September 11, 2026.

Educated in the Clayton County Public School System, Shardae was a proud 2009 graduate of Mount Zion High School in Morrow, Georgia. Early in life, she accepted Christ and joined New Macedonia Baptist Church in Riverdale, Georgia, where she faithfully served as a Junior Usher.

Dae-Dae lived a life filled with movement, laughter, and connection. She found pure joy and peace in dancing, celebrating with friends, and mastering her own nail designs. Above all personal passions, family was her heart, and no title meant more to her than being a devoted, protective big sister.

She was preceded in death by her father, Jack Cross; her great-grandparents, Willie Bell Jones and Johnny Lee Hardy; her great-aunt, Vera Banks Thomas; her great-uncle, Willie Banks, Jr.; and her beloved cousin, Kendrick Thomas.

Her radiant memory will forever be cherished by: her loving and devoted mother, Danyelle Wise and her bonus dad, Marcus Wise of Stockbridge, Georgia; her sister, Lamari Clark of Stockbridge, Georgia; her stepmother, Jacqueline Williams of Americus, Georgia; her stepsisters, Kia Wise of Jacksonville, Florida and Jalesia Williams of Americus, Georgia; her stepbrothers, Marcus Wise, Jr. of Albany, Georgia, Donoven Wise of Huntsville, Alabama, and Jakory Wise of Americus, Georgia; her grandparents: Bertha (Benjamin) Jones of Morrow, Georgia; Aurthur (Willa) Harper of Vineland, New Jersey; MacArthur Whitehead and Annie Ruth (James) Pride of Americus, Georgia; her aunts & uncles: Keith (Vonyda) Banks, Erica Spear, devoted aunt Tieesha Smalls, Barbara Ann Thomas, Jerome (Tunyia) Harper, Barbara (Steve) Thomas, Reggie (Brandi) Allen, Eric (Toshma) Allen, Jeff (Barbara) Armstead, Joyce Harper, Terrance Harper, Nyeisha Harper, and Beatrice Harper; her great aunts and great uncles, Jackie Jones, Ira Jones, and Melton Jones, Jr. all of Americus, Georgia, Jessie (Bertha) Banks of Riverdale, Georgia, John (Doniko) Jones of Boston, Massachusetts, Brenda Robinson of Warner Robins, Georgia, Johnnie Mae Tookes of Montezuma, Georgia, Calvin Hardy and Janice Hardy of Perry, Georgia, Mechell (Larry) Lane of North Carolina, and Vanessa Hardy of Columbus, Georgia; her special cousins, Lysistra Thomas, Kenyada Samas, Jasmine Jones, Deatric Smith, Cherie Anthony, Tenisha Ingram, Bernice Ingram, Teresa Daniels, Lisa Mercer, Jeffrey Austin, Theodore (Blessed) Banks, Arthur Lee Gary; her godmother, Maxine Cantrell of Atlanta, Georgia; her god sister Lailah Talmadge of North Carolina; her best friend, T'Keyah Gibson of San Antonio Texas; a host of extended relatives, and sorrowing friends.