Smyrna times., 1922-12-20
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
j. Wesley Jones, For Sixty Years a
Poultry and Wool Dealer in Smyr-
ma. Passed AWAY. Aged 81

evening last, about eleven o'clock of
pneumonia after a weeks illness. 1t
might be said "he died. in the harness"
for a more active man for his years
was rarely seen and when taken i'll,
he was busy buying Christmas poultry
For over sixty years Mr.. Jones had
been buying country produce in Smyr-
ma and no dealer, it might be said,
took bolder chances with the market
than he. Many times, even in the
| face of a sheer loss, he gave the high
est market prices and in this way was
a benefactor to the farming commun-
! ity to a greater extent than was really
appreciated. Mr.. Jones was the son
of the late Thomas and Mary (Star
ling) Jones and was born and raised
in White Hall Neck. He attended
school in a limited and irregular way
at Raymond's, but before he had hard
ly passed his majority he came to
Smyrna and engaged in the produce
business. When peaches brought Del
aware fame in the early seventies, Mr..
Jones became interested with the late
w. A. C. Hardcastle and the late Col
onel Douglass in the peach drying in
dustry and erected a large dryer at
Clayton which later was abandoned
when "the yellows" killed the peach
prospects of the peninsula. MrJones
however, never gave up the buying of
poultry, eggs and furs and built up
large trade In politics he was
staunch Democrat but never held office
outside of a term or two as tax col
lector. He was a member for over
fifty years of Asbury Methodist Epis-
copal Church. In the early seventies
ne married Miss Anna Roberts, daugh-
ter of the late James and Ariana
(Green) Roberts of this town. She
died in 1911. Two sons SURVIVE:
Howard r. Jones of the well-known
drug firm of Clifton & Jones of Smyr-
ma, and Gilbert Starting Jones, treas
urer and general manager of the Nor
) ristown (Pa.) Herald. Funeral Serv-
ices took place at 1.30 from the resi-
: dence of his son Howard r. Jones on
> Main Street on Saturday afternoon
and was largely attended. Rev. John
. j. Bunting pastor of Asbury M. E.
. Church had charge of the services, as
! sisted by the Rev. Ransom P. Nichols.
A male quartette rendered favorite
: hymns, and a beautiful tribute of flow
n ers were strewn on the casket. Inter
! ment was made in the family lot at
h Glenwood cemetery.
: George Fl. Dick, Former Smymian
: George H. Dick, former auditor OF
r the State of Delaware, and a native
v of this state, died at his home ir
v Audubon, n. j., last Saturday night
! His immediate death was due tt
& acute dilation of the heart and follow
6 ed an illness of three weeks. Mr.
< Dick was born near the Big Oak. HI
8 was a son Of John and Mary B. Dick
e In his early life and for a number
a years he was in the service of the
" Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington
d railroad, but moved to Smyrna il
le the early nineties and was in thu
Ie mercantile business until he entered
= politics. He was a staunch Repub
IS lcan and was elected and serve,
% four years as State Auditor during
p administration of Governor Lea iron
1t 1905 to 1909. In this capacity h
II made an excellent record and whel
st his term expired, he became associate
le with Mr.. A. E. Jardine in his steam
J. boat enterprise at Atlantic City an
n later he became auditor for som
At large concerns in Camden, N. j
D. besides being a borough official o
I'd Audubon, N. j., where he resided
I'd He was past master of Harmon
Lodge, No. 13, A. F. and A. M
of Smyrna. He was also a mem
Der and one Of the active leaders o
n Mizpah Lodge, No. 16, A. o. U. w
or of Smyrna and of Stars and Stripe
a Council, No. 26, Junior Order Unite
Of American Mechanics of Smyrna. H
ir is survived by his widow and tw
ne daughters, Mrs. Robert d. Hoffecke
ad of Smyrna and Miss Lola Eugeni
u Dick, of Audubon. The Masons ha
er charge of the funeral which too
Ill. place yesterday at Audubon, with SCI
en- vices at the house, at l o'clock and il
ng terment at Harleigh cemetery, Can
ol- den.
ay Death of Mrs. Charles ID. Stockly
in Mrs. Ellias Kenney Stockly, wife {
&C. Charles d. Stockly, of this town, ar
ur daughter of Former United Stat'
lr- Senator r. r. Kenney of Dover, die
ne suddenly Sunday night of apoplex
he She was strickened shortly after h,
~ lunch, was rendered unconscious ar
ms lived until about ten o'clock when 81
lat expired. Her death was a severe shoe
TX to her family and friends and h;
all caused universal sorrow in the cor
he munity. She had been complaining
me headaches but there seemed nothir
10 serious about it until her attack Su
lat dow 0f q b,- orhf and chparf1l dicn