Illa Marie Cress Obituary
The passing of Illa Marie Cress of Nashville, Tennessee, born in Austin, Texas leaves a void in the hearts of many, as we bid farewell to a loving soul who departed on December 25, 2025 at the age of 69. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Illa Marie Cress to show support.
She was predeceased by: her daughter Robin Dana Deckard; her father Willie Clay Rush; her siblings, Dorothy Louise Brandt and Emry Earl Roe; and her husband Robert Woodrow Wilson Cress III.
She is survived by: her children, Wendy Lee Gupton and Brennon Ward; her sisters, Mary Jane Hayeland and Sadie Lee Burnel; her grandchildren, Victoria True, Ciara Grigsby, Shelby Bolden, Robert Deckard and Shelby Dell "Delby" Bolden III; and her great grandchildren, Illa Robin Pedigo, Prussia True, Shelby O'Dell Bolden, Roman Grigsby, Mason, Madeline and Macklin Ward.
