Smyrna times., 1924-05-21
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
Rev. W. G. Rooms, Who While Super.
intendent Lived in Smyrna, Dies
at Rising Sun, Md.-Retired 1916

at Rising Sun, Md.-Retired 1916
Rev. w. G. Koons, retired minister
of the Wilmington M. E. Conference.
at one time a resident of Smyrna
while district superintendent of this
district, died from tuberculosis at his
home in Rising Sun, Nd, Wednesday
night. Mr.. Koons was 62 years old.
He retired from the ministry in 1916.
During his connection with the Con-
ference, he had several charges in
Wilmington. Funeral services were
held from the Rising Sun ME. Church
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
standard time. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Clara Rooms, who before
her marriage was Miss Clara Wilson.
of Rising Sun. Rev. Koons was born
in Middlesburg, on the western shore
of Maryland in 1862. He. graduated
from New Windsor College, Maryland
and later attended the Drew Theolog-
ical Seminary, Madison, N. j., where
he graduated in 1866 with a Doctor of
Divinity degree. That same year, he
joined the Wilmington Conference and
received charge of the church at
Westover, Md. The following year he
was appointed to the Wesley NJ. E.
Church, Nd, where he remained until
1891. From 1892 to 1894, he was in
charge of the church at North East,
after which he was transferred to
Goodman M. E. Church, in Whining
ton, where he remained until the next
year when he was sent to Rising Sun,
Md. Here he remained for a year and
then to Bridgeville, Del. From 1901
to 1902, he was in charge of the
Church at New Castle. Rev. Rooms
was elected district superintendent of
the EastOn (now Middletown) District
in 1908 and moved to Smyrna. After
serving five years as superintendent,
he took charge of the Scott NJ. E.
Church in Wilmington and remained
there until 1911. The following year
he was transferred to Lewes, where.
he remained for two years. In 1915,
ne became corresponding secretary
for the Wilmington Conference and
was in charge of the Claimant Fund.
The following year he retired and
lived in Rising Sun until his death.
Three years after he joined the Will
mington Conference, Rev. KoOns mar
ried Miss Ida Gibson, of Wilmington.
They were married five years when
she died. Two years later, in 1896,
he married Miss Clara Wilson, of Ris-
ing Sun. It was then that he was
transferred to the Rising Sun NJ. E.
Church.
Mrs. Jane Davis-Hearn Dies at Laurel
Mrs. Jane Oliphaut Davis Hean,
SO years old, of Laurel, reputed to be
the oldest white woman in that sec
ton, passed away yesterday. Always
active up until a few days ago, she
was one of the county's most talked
Of women. She raised twelve chill
dren by her first husband, William
Davis, now deceased. She succeeded
in outliving all but three of them.
Many claim there is probability no
woman in Sussex who has as many
blood relations and family connection
/ as the deceased.
Mrs. Daniel Swain of CheswOld
Mrs. Daniel Swain, who died at her
home in Cheswold last week, was in
tered at Seaford Monday, in Odd Eel
lows Cemetery. Funeral services at
the grave were in charge of Rev. N.
c. Clough, pastor of Mt. Olive M. P.
Church. Mrs. Swain was a native of
Seaford, living there before going to
Cheswold to live.