Smyrna times., 1920-06-09
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
MIS- Rachel HOffecker Collins, Widow
OF Dr. William T. Collins, Former
ly of Smyrna, Dies in New Jersev


Inc SAD intelligence of her death wa,
received with sorrow in Smyrna wber,
d she was known for so manv wears
n Many did not know she was i'll Sbe
t is survived by four children, E. vii.
! mer Collins, Morris Collins. Miss
Nellie Collins, all of Camden, N 7
and Mrs. Cromwell Ironside of Hadl
don Heights. Mrs. Collins was the
youngest of the family of the late
, Joseph and Rachel (VanGasken) Hof-
fecker, of this town and was how,
raised and spent her early life in this
community. She was the sister of the
late former Congressman John Henry
Hottecker, Joseph V. Hoffecker. James
+. Hoffecker and Mrs. William M Rell
In early life she married DR.. William
L. Collins, prominent practicino
physician of this town and lived bero
until the early SOS when she moved
with her husband to Camden. N 7
I where he died ten or more wears aoo
She was an active and devol1t Nom
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church
all her life and her home life was OK
emplary in every respect. Funeral
services were held at the residence Of
her sister-in-law, Mrs. James P. Hof-
1ecker, in this town at 2 o'clock this
afternoon, the Rev. Ransom P. Mich
OILS, pastor of Asbury M. E. Cbuwb
officiating, with interment in Glenwood
Cemetery.
Mrs. James Prettyman Dies
Mrs. Rebecca (Cannon) Prettyman
aged 50 years, wife of James PRETTY
man, of 14O5 West street, Wilmington
died at her home Wednesday night
June End. She has been an invalid
Tor eight years, and about a month
ago her condition became serious. Mrs
Prettyman and her husband last Oc-
tober celebrated their sixty-ifth we'd
alng anniversary. The Civil War
governor of Delaware, William Can
non, of Bridgeville, was a brother of Z
Mrs. Prettyman. The death is the :
lrst that has taken place in the imme-
hate family for many years. Mrs. I
7rettyman is survived by her husband
md six children. They are: Charles =
s., May S. and Elizabeth j., 14O5
Vest street; Edwin and Mrs. Horace 9
crown, 224 West Nineteenth street. Il
nd Clarence, who at present is visit .
ng daughter in Manitoba, Canada.
celebrated her eighty-ffth d
lrthday anniversary last January. Il
he was born in Bridgeville in 1885. II
he funeral services were held on Fri y
ay evening at her late residence, Rev. u
W. R. Sumwalt, pastor of Grace M. g
+. Church, officiating. Interment was "
the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Smyr-
a, on Saturday morning.
Death of Judge Paynter's Widow
Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth Paynter. 81
yed 62 years, widow of Judge John
Paynter, died Sunday at the home
her son, DR.. Rowland G. Paynter,
Georgetown. She was born near Dc DC
georgetown, daughter of the late Ex- W
'vernor Charles C. Stockley. Before ye
r health failed she was Red Cross ho
ader and had organized and main tal
med the boys choir of st. PauPs I'll
lurch, where she was called the
holr mother" Her funeral took OF
ace this "wednesday afternoon. thr
dge Paynter died June 21, 1890. OF
IS. Virginia Cook Dies at ROxbOrO plit
Yrs. Virginia Cook, aged 68 who for equ
'een or more years was a resident
Smyrna, died at the home of her sui
l, William Cook, at Roxboro, Pa. wol
Sunday after lingering illness of Del
'ut year. She was the widow of DIR.
liam Cook, of Centreville, Nd, and sen
er his death she made her home in Ser
yrna with the family of her cousin, sine
late Rev. E. H. Hynson, then with Sta
Late Miss Bart FAIRIES and follow
the latter's death, with the late To
5. Carrie Farrell. She identified
self with a number of Smyrna's
eties and made many warm D@u
nds here who will be sorry to learn
her death. She leaves one son, TT
liam Cook, of Roxboro, Pa. Her Anne
aims will be taken to her old home next
jentrville, Md, where interment at s
take place tomorrow, Thursday qnce
moon. ~
Irs. Mary Fletcher Cooper Dead the
RS. Mary Fletcher Cooper, aged be Il
years, mother of Ezekiel Cooper, was
nier of the Farmers Bank Of Will a be
gton, died at Dover shortly after casio
night Wednesday, as the result of duce
roke of paralysis sustained some wear
weeks ago. Besides Mr. Cooper, Cook
IS survived by several other chill w. (
!. Funeral services were held Sun vice.