Smyrna times., 1918-12-04
DEATH DECORD OF THE WEEK.
John +. George, Prominent Citizen. of
Sudlersville, Nd, and Well Known
to Many in Smyrna, Dead.

learned by his many friends in Smvr
ma, with great sorrow. Eight week,
ago Mr.. George was taken i'll. II,
was taken first to PHILADELPHIA anc
then to Baltimore where an exnlora.
tory operation was made, and then il
became definitely certain that Mr.
George was beyond all human aid
He returned home two weeks ago and
with the gameness that characterized
MS numerous political battles. and
that grit that made him a leader
among men, he announced that he
wanted to see all his friends and bid
them good-by. Though stricken down
IN the vigOr and prime of manhood.
he showed no fear of death. Hun
dreds OF friends from all parts of the
county visited his death bed Mr.
George was born at Sudlersville Julv
70, 1859. He was a son of Martha
L. George and the late Joseph F.
George. He was educated in the pub-
llc schools by private tutors and took
course IN business college in Balti-
more. Returning home he entered in
TO partnership with his brother-in-law
James Merrick, Jr., and engaged in
the fertilizer, lumber and grain busi-
ness. November l, 1881, he married
Miss Elvira Anderson, daughter of the
late Joseph and Susan Anderson. of
Sudlersville. Three children Mrs.
Elsie L. Sudler, Joseph NJ. George and
Miss Madeline NJ. George, all of Sud-
lersville,) his mother and widow sur
vlve him. In business Mr.. George
was successful and in politics \
Democratic leader. He was founder
and president of the Sudlersville Bank
OF Maryland, and was director of the
Centreville National Bank of Mary
land. Several years ago he engaged
IN the canning business and establish
ed six packing plants, which he op-
Grated with two partners under the
name of the Mar Del Canning Com
pany. At Sudlersville, Mr.. George es-
tabllshed a stock farm, known as the
Golden Run Stock Farm, where he ac-
cumulated the finest lot of blooded
Holstein-Fresian cattle in the country.
He owned considerable real estate and
managed several of his own farms and
the entire estate of his father. His
funeral which was largely attended
was held Wednesday.
John b. Price Dies at MiddIetOwn
John b. Price, one of Middletown's |
highly respected residents, died at his
home on East Main street, on Thurs
day morning, following an illness of
several months. Mr.. Price suffered
several strokes of paralysis and has
been a partial invalid He was II
years of age. He came to this neigh
borhOod from Maryland and moved to
MlddletOwn several years ago after
retiring from farming. Mr. Price
leaves a widow, two daughters, Mrs.
Harry P.Kelley, of Philadelphia, and
Miss Mable Price, of Middletown; and
one son, T. Carlton Price, of near
Odessa. A second son, Elmer Price.
died last year.
Widow of Capt. John Cooper, Dead.
Mrs. RhOda Cooper, aged 80, widow
Of Captain John Cooper, a former
we'll known citizen of Thoroughfare
Neck, died at ROxborough, Pa,
Thanksgiving day suddenly of ap-
)plexy. She was making her home
With her daughter, Mrs. Richard Far
'ow. Deceased was we'll known in
IhOrOughfare Neck, where she lived
or many years. She is survived by
our daughters and one son as follows:
'lrs. Peter Foley, of Overlook, Pa, r
Mrs. Richard Farrow, Miss Kate
cooper, Mrs. Ida Wells, ROxborough,
"a, and Alexander Cooper. of Phila- .
lelphia. Her remains were taken to
-horOughfare Neck, on Monday, and T
Inferred in the family lot in Friend 7
MP cemetery. Y
irs. Allan Cunningham Dies at Media @
Mrs. Ethel Pusey Cunningham, aged S
z years, wife of Allan Cunningham, +
r., of Blackhorse, near Media, form \
rly of Smyrna, died at her home a
iOnday, of last week after two days v
lness. Besides her husband, who
'as at one time connected with the
Public Ledger, as as
ociate elitor, she is survived by three p
Ons, all in the army in France
ichard Thomas Clayton, MiddletOwn.
Richard Thomas Clayton died at the t.
tate Hospital on Saturday, Novem- Ia
er 23rd, after an extended illness. Ia
-e was a son of the late Henry C. N
layton and Margaret Lockwood Clay S
IN, who died in Middletown, years Sc