Paul Stewart Cross

Mr. Cross was born in Washington, D.C. during the Great Depression, and was a fourth generation Washingtonian. For the first eight years of his life, he lived in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. He attended the Edmunds School, as did his father before him. His family then moved to Oxon Hill, Maryland. He is a graduate of Oxon Hill High School where he played soccer, basketball, was the senior class president and was elected “King” by his classmates. He graduated from Montgomery Junior College and American University, Washington College of Law. He was a member of the Washington, D.C. Bar Association for 61 years and was a member of the Association of Transportation Law Professionals. He served in the U.S. Army in occupied West Berlin, Germany and later in the Army reserve with a cryptography unit. After living in Oxon Hill, he and his wife and children moved to Annandale, Virginia. He worked for the Interstate Commerce Commission for 35 years, first as a lawyer, then as an administrative law judge, and then as the chief administrative law judge. During this time, he also occasionally adjudicated cases for other federal agencies. After he retired, he and his wife lived in Phoenix, Arizona, Huntington Beach, California, and Gainesville, Florida. He recently published a book “Oxon Hill Paperboy, A Tale of Time Gone By,” a memoir which includes descriptions of his Capitol Hill residential life in the 30’s and 40’s and rural Prince Georges County in the 1940’s.

In addition to the great love his family had for him, he was well liked by all. He loved our country and had a special love for our Western States. He was a die-hard Redskins fan, enjoyed listening to church music, and loved nature and horticulture. He created beautiful landscaping wherever he lived.  After retirement, he advocated for issues by speaking at city commission meetings and he wrote letters to the editor that were published in various newspapers. A humble, brilliant, family man, with an excellent dry sense of humor, he will be greatly missed.