Father, son build cross aiming to bring community together

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - In the summer of 2023, father and son, Doug and Hunter Davis, came up with the idea to build a spectacle for the community to see.

With the help of Brandon Tyler, the co-owner of the land on 180 Ranch, they were able to make the idea a reality - a cross.

“My dad came to me; he called me one day, I was on my way home from work and he said, ‘hey, I want to build a cross. I want to build it 40-feet tall.’ I remember I said back, ‘you’re crazy,’ ” Hunter said.

Tyler says they couldn’t have done it without the community who came together to help with the project.

Hunter says the hope is to bring the community around the cross to use it as a place of fellowship.

“My hope is that people that are driving down the loop or even down E. 50th or over here at the cemetery,” Hunter said, “that they are installing on the other side of the fence over here would be able to see the cross and see that it is a beacon of hope. I mean Christianity, in my opinion, begins and ends at the cross.”

Tyler says multiple businesses came together providing funding and labor to make their dream a reality.

Doug says when looking at the cross he hopes people will remember the sacrifice Jesus made for them. They hope to add around the cross, such as benches and lighting in the area for people to see it anytime they want.

In order to do this, they are asking for the communities help.

“Just complete it with funding, we are going to put some lights out here, maybe light it up and then also raise money to get some limestone blocks to circle it as benches,” Hunter said, “just a place for people to gather and meet and stand before the cross.”

The cross is located outside of Loop 289 and E. 50th St. and is not yet open to the public.

Those wanting to help, can donate to help install floodlights starting at $25 or can purchase a limestone bench for $400.

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