Smyrna times., 1920-12-01
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
AhOmas Jones, Prominent Farmer of
the Deakyneville Vicinity, Passed
Away Friday After Illness

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removed one of the best known 49,
one OF the most beloved men of that
VICINITY. A staunch Methodist he woS
one Oh the pillars" of Friendshin IN
L. Church and took an active intersSt
IN the religious life of the comrnnit1,
Vulet and unassuming in manno,
never seeking political preferment ~
any KIND, ne devoted his life to bic
nome and to his farm which he car-
Ilea on along progressive methods and
Decame man Of influence in his con-
munlty. He always found time +o
work for and promote the interest of
friendship Church and as a membe,
cI the offlclal board he viii be rreat-
~ missed. Mr.. Jones was a son of
Che late Thomas and Elizabeth (Kannl
Jones. In eal4y life he married Miss
Anna Il. Walker, daughter of the late
isaac +. anG Rachel (Horner) Walk
er' 1hls devoted cOmpanionship came
TO an end with her death, February
~, 1917. They mad no children. Mr.
Jones continued on the farm under tb.
pest circumstances he could but his
health soon began to fail and for sew
eral years he had been unable to give
the activity to his interests he on,A
dld. He grew worse and Friday he
fell to sleep" to join his wife in the
GREAT Beyond. Funeral services took
place Monday afternoon in Friendshj
M. E. Church, the church he loved
and was one of the largest funerals
witnessed there in many years. The
services were in charge of Rev. MIL
ton McCann, his former pastor. Ia
ol1te hymns sung by the choir. and
a host OF friends paid their last trib-
ute OF respect. Interment was mad.
IN the family plot in the cemetery adj
joining the church.
Death of Mrs. Joseph C. GOIdsbOrough
Mrs. Anna Marie Goldsborougb
aged 79, widow of Joseph C. Colds
borough, died at ner home near
The Iron Bridge on Thursday
last, November 25th, following a pro
Lracted illness. Deceased was a daugh-
ter of the late Benjamin and Anna
(YOung) Turner and early in life mar
RED Mr.. Joseph c. Goldsborough. a
prominent farmer near Smyrna. She
continued on the farm after the death
of her husband which occurred Julv
21, 1913. Kind hearted and devoted
to her children, Mrs. Goldsborougb
lived life centered in her home and
was esteemed by all who knew her.
She is survived by seven children as
follows: Mrs. George T. Thompson,
Misses Amanda Goldsborough and
Miss Bertha Goldsborough, Messrs.
George, Joseph, John and Wilson
Goldsborough, all this immediate vi
cinity. Funeral services took place
Sunday afternoon in charge of Rev.
IL. P. Nichols and interment was
Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Former Smyrnian Dies at New Castle |
Mrs. Lillian Stats Wise, wife of
John o. Wise, of New Castle, and sis
ter of Ralph E. Stats, of Smyrna,
died early Sunday morning. She was
with paralysis about two
weeks ago and while her condition
was very serious, her recovery was
Early Sunday morning
she suffered a second stroke which |
caused her death. She was formerly |
Miss Lillian Stats of Smyrna, daugh-
ter of the late Edmund L. Stats and
Mary Anne Donohoe, and went to
New Castle when a young girl. She /
was a member of the First Presbyter-
ian Church, and was devoted to her
home. She is survived by her hus-
band and two daughters, Miss Irene
Wise and Miss Alice Wise, three sis
ters, Mrs. w. r. Garden, Overlook,
Pa; Mrs. d. w. Ford, Derry, Pa, and
Miss Ida Stats, Philadelphia; two
brothers, Ralph E. Stats, Smyrna,
and Edmund L. Stats, Philadelphia.
Funeral services were held this We'd
lesday afternoon with Rev. B. S. Wy
lie in charge.
DR.. Frank Virdin, Formerly of KentOn
Kenton, Nov. 30.-Dr. Frank Vir-
lin, of 910 West Fourth street, Will
nington, a former well known prac-
.ioner of Kenton, died in Johns Hop
zins Hospital, Baltimore, Saturday.
On the advice of friends he went to the
hospital last Thursday. He had been
suffering from lesion of the heart
or some time, and heart failure was
he cause assigned for his death.
lie died very suddenly. DR.. Virdin
ived in his early youth in Georgia,
md came to Delaware a number of
years ago, after graduating from the
college attached to the physicians and
surgeons Hospital at Baltimore. He
irst located in Kenton and while
here married Miss Margaret May Ar
hurs, oldest daughter of the late j.
VI r.thnre I atar he moved To VIII