Smyrna times., 1924-03-19
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
John w. Morris, For Over 20 Years
On Farm of H. B. Grieves and Re-
Gently of Near Townsend, Dies

John w. Morris, For Over 20 Years
On Farm of H. B. Grieves and Re-
Gently of Near Townsend, Dies
John w. Morris, 62, for many years !
one of Smyrnas best known farmers,
brother of Benjamin w. Morris, the
carpenter, died near Townsend, Friday
night of paralysis and complication of .
diseases. He was first stricken about |
a year ago and while he was able to
get about again, he was never the |
same. Recently he suffered another |.
stroke and died Friday night. Mr. |
Morris for twenty-three years occupi- +.
ed the farm of Harry B. Grieves, near
town, was a good citizen and held in
high esteem by all who knew him. He
was a member of Asbury ME. Church
of Smyrna He left the Grieves farm
a year or two ago and moved to the
Hutchinson Farm near Townsend.
Last Thanksgiving Day, his wife was
also stricken with paralysis and has
been in a more or less helpless CON
ditiOn ever since. She survives her
husband with two children, Ethel and
Walter Morris. He is also survived
by one brother, BW. Morris, of Smyr-
ma; and two sisters: Mrs. Mary Lop-
er, Wilmington; and Mrs. Elizabeth
Smith, Philadelphia. Funeral services
took place from his late residence near
Townsend Monday and interment was
in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Alexander Jackson, Wyoming, Dead
Alexander Jackson, of Wyoming,
died Sunday, March 10Th in a Phil
adelphia hospital where he had gone
. for treatment, after being in poor
health for several months Mr.. Jack
son was GA years old and very we'll
known, having been born and living
there all his life. He was a member
Of the A. o. L. W., Lodge. For the
past eighteen years he had been con
nected with the Pullman Company.
( He is survived by his wife, two daugh-
ters, Mrs. f. H. Tubbs and Mrs Ralph
Richardson, Of Georgetown, and one
( son, Alexander Jackson, Jr., of near
+ Dover, six grandchildren, one sister
and five brothers, with a host of
friends to mourn his loss. Funeral
services were held at his late residence
this Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
with interment in Odd Fellows Gene
terry, Wyoming, Rev. J. A. Hudson,
pastor of the Wyoming NJ. f. Church,
officiated.
William Wood, Jr., Dies MiddIetOwn
William Wood, Jr., died suddenly
Wednesday evening, last, at the home
Of his sister on West Main street
; Middletown, from a stroke of apo
plexy, aged about 81 years. Deceas-
ed had been unwell for several days
but his condition was not considered
serious until he was seized with the
stroke which proved fatal. MIR. WoOC
had been engaged in the stationery
business for a number of years. He
leaves two sisters to mourn his death
Funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon, at two o'clock, with inter
ment in st. Anne's Cemetery, the Rev
+. l.. Donaghay, rector OF st. Anne
Church officiating.
Death of Miss Emma Warrington
Miss Emma Warrington, aged 3;
years, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Viii
liam A. Warrington, died at the home
of her parents, on Saturday night
Funeral services were held yesterda!
afternoon. Besides her parents, sh
is survived by three sisters and tw,
brothers-Mrs. Edith Bowen, wife o
DR.. Walter Bowen, Landsdale, Pa.
Mrs. H. NJ. Terrill, Railway, N. j.
Miss Elva Warrington, physical in
n structor in the Georgetown Hig,
School; Rev. Ernest Warrington, Port
land, Oregon, and Everett Warning
ton, New York, and a Rhodes Scholar
ship graduate from Delaware.