Smyrna times., 1925-06-17
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
Mrs. B. F. Middleton, Sr., Dies Sud-
denly of a Stroke of Paralysis at
Her Home on West Commerce

Her Home on West Commerce
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Middleton,
aged SO, wife of B. Franklin Middle
ton, Sr., died Thursday noon of par
alysis after having suffered four
strokes. She was taken i'll the Sun
day previous with bilious spell but
nothing serious was thought of her
condition until Thursday morning,
when she suffered a stroke followed
in succession by three others, the
fourth and last one resulting fatally.
The death of Mrs. Middleton was a
severe shock to her family and friends
Five weeks ago she and Mr.. Middleton
returned from Philadelphia and Mt
Airy, where they had been spending
the winter. Happy to be back in
Smyrna they had settled down in their
home for the summer and Mrs. Mid
dleton being a great lover of flowers
spent her spare time in her garden.
With flowers, her speciality had been
raising chrySanthemums and the au-
tumn blooms that she cultivated at
tracted wide attention. Her whole
life, however, was centered in her
home and children. She was a daugh-
ter of the late Stephen and Elizabeth
(COllins) Minner and was born, raised
and spent her whole life in this vicin-
ity. Forty three years ago she be-
came the wife of Benjamin F. Middle
ton and their married life was one of
singular devotion. She was member
of the Presbyterian Church of Smyr-
ma and a member of the Smyrna WO-
mans Christian Temperance Union.
Besides her husband, three children
survive her: Bessie, (Mrs. Harry A.
Bounds), of Mt. Airy, Philadelphia;
Emily, (Mrs. Floyd Williams), Phil
adelphia and B. Franklin Middleton,
Jr, a member of the firm of (. G.
Walls Company, Smyrna. Funeral
took place Saturday afternoon and in
terment was in Odd Fellows Gene
terry.
Large Funeral of Richard NJ. Cooper
Richard NJ. Cooper whose death took
place Tuesday of last week was bur
ried from his late residence on his
farm lust above Cheswold Thursday
morning. 1t was one of the largest
funerals seen recently in CheswolC
section. The services were in charge
Of Rev. Otis P. Jefferson, minister il
charge at Cheswold, assisted by Rev
w. f. Cantwell, a local preacher ot
CheswOld; Rev. R. K. Stephenson, o
Smyrna; Rev. Alfred Smith, D. D., o
Camden and Rev. Milton McCann, o
New Jersey. Other ministers presen
were Revs. W. A. Wise, George F
Jones, Charles F. Davis, Thomas B
, Cooper, 7. N. Given and o. 7. Bay
nard. Selections from the NJ. Z. hym
nay were sung by the choir of Ches
wold NJ. f. Church. Interment wa
made in the Cooper burial lot a
Bethel Cemetery, near Cheswold.
r Mrs. David BOggs, Formerly CheswOl
: Mrs. Ida C. Boggs, wife of Davi
: BOggs, died at Kits Hammock Satur
Y day morning after a lingering lines.
aged &c years. She was the daugh
:. ter of the late David Cloud, a promir
ent Kent county farmer, living nea
: Cheswold. Funeral services were hel
4 Monday afternoon from CheswOld n
i +. Church with interment at BethC
e NJ. Z. Cemetery. She is survived b
9 a husband and one son.
: David H. Hancock Dies at Dover
+ David H. Hancock, aged 81 year
died at Dover Friday after a lingerin
illness. In his early manhood and fC
several years afterwards, he with hi
0 brother, the late Samuel B. Hancocl
k were engaged in the hauling busines
d He was also a rural mail carrier frOl
a the Dover postoffice for several year
r He is survived by one son, who live
d in Maryland.