Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-14
REV. W.P. COMPTON
DIES IN PHILADELPHIA
He Was Admitted to the Will
mington m. E. Conference
In 1888.

ltcV. Wllllnm u COMPTON, nleinb'f |
OF tho Wilmington Conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church. died In |
Philadelphia Saturday. after long
Illness. The funeral will be held to-
morrow, with scrvices and burial Mt
Churchtown. Pa. Mr.. Compton was
admitted Ia the Wilmington Confer
ence I'm 1893 and served tho follow
ing charges: Princess Anne, Md. 1888
90; Greenwood. 1891; Bridgeville,
1923; Chestertown, Md, 1896;
Port Deposit. Md, 1878; Newark,
| 1s99-fs00 Zion, Md, T90i-3; Camden.
| 1904. Nassau. ip05-7. His relation was
changed to supernumerary In 1908
and 10 retired In 1919.
six members Of the Wilmington
Conference died during the past year,
Revs. William w. Redman. Philip II.
Rawlins, George s. Conoways Fred j.
Cochran, Zach w. Webster and ]. w.
lTogle. and tho widows of three mem
beers, Mrs. Annie v. Bryan. Mrs. Mary
r. Sheppard and Mrs. r. II. Haynes.
Mrs. AddIe Lamb.
Mrs. Adde Lamb, aged 81 years
and oldest member OF 81. Paul's NJ r.
Church, died Saturday morning at the
I home of her sister. Mrs. William II
Jackson at Salisbury. Md. She was
! buried yesterday at D. m, Or. Car
+ liso l.. Hubbard, pastor Of 81. Pauf'
/ Church. preaching the funeral ser
, mon. Until about six months ago Mrs
r Lamb made her home In this city
. She was paralyzed with n stroke anC
4 waa taken 10 her sisters home, wher'
q sIta
r mn active member OF 81. Paul's Church
/ where she wac well known and love'
% by all the congregation. She was tn
20 widow Of Charles Lamb Beside MI
Hubbard. Mr.. and Mrs. Mayrice Alex
ander and Frank Davis attended TIA
funeral from this city.
Miss Margaret Eastburn.
Miss Margaret Eastburn. 30 year
>, old. daughter of oliver w. Eastbur
+ Of NH Creek hundred, died suddenl
last week iu Pasadena. California
=. where shs had been spending the win
= ter months. Death was duo to pneu
monia and followed n brief Illness. tn
" funeral will be held on Thursday nj
" ternoon. with services in Mil Cree
Friends westinghouse. In addition
" her father. Miss Eastburn Is survive
It. by four brothers and three sister
Horace az this city. Oscar L. ar
* oliver. Ir.. az Kenneth Square, Samu
" Of Sloatshurg. \. Y. Mrs. Lucy Wall
or of Richardson Park. Miss lola,
X professor ~ German at Wheaton Ca
- lege. Norton. Mass. and Miss sara
" of MIL Creek hundred.
=. Miss Mary Sayers.
IA After an illness of little more the
ia two days from an aggravated case
20 influenza, Miss Mary Sayers died In
m night at r. o'clock ut her home. ?
West Fourth street. She was 2 dang
rs ter uf the late Eugene NJ. SHyei
of who, for many years. was collector
a, city taxes from the Southern Distrh
20 Mas SRyere complained on Saturd
-. afternoon Of feeling unwell and we
no 90 her room. An hour or 20 later =
was found in state OF coma ire
A., which she never recovered. Her al
49, ters. Mrs. Edward Hughes and NJ
So Sophie Sayers. and her brothers, r
=. gene md James, the latter OF whom
as in the tropics at the present tin
,,s survive her. Miss Sayers had wi
w. circle OF friends throughout the C
80, and her death was great shock
"a. them.
- The funeral viii be held Saturd
-. morning. There will be a solemn ma
- OF requiem at Q O'Clock at St. Pau
Il. c. Church and interment will
made in tho Cathedral cemetery.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ogden Hendley.
&c The Death OF Mrs. Elizabeth Ogc
US Headiey, until three years ago re
~" dent OF Wilmington, occurred vest
VI day at her home in Swedesboro,
'r' j.. after brief illness. She was
hs stenographer for the du Pont Co.
a. some time, and Will be remembered
oy Mrs. Elizabeth Ogden Dunn. 5
wn vices will he held at the residence
eve her husband Clarence Headley,
os- Swedesboro. at ? o'clock tomorrow
ing ternoon She Is also survived by
daughter Mrs. Charles b. Wells.
"he Mrs. Clara Moore Sparks.
Ced
-, Mrs. Clara Moore Sparks. widow
80. Hickman w. Sparks. died at W
-, Grove, Pa. March 10. The funeral '
-, held this afternoon, with services
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