Smyrna times., 1926-01-20
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
Mrs. White, Widow of Rev. w. I.
White,a Prominent Minister of Will
mingtOn Conference. Dead

Mrs. White, Widow of Rev. w, L.
WhIte,a Prominent Minister of Will
mingtOn Conference, Dead
Mrs. Sally Fisher White, 73 years
old, wife of the Late Rev. William l..
White, was found dead in bed on Fri
day morning at the home of her son.
Charles A. White, Pittsburgh. Pa,
where she had been residing for the
past two months. She had only been
seriously ill for about two weeks. Her
husband, Rev. William L. White, died
last July at EastOn, Md. Mrs. White
was born in Virginia but went to Will
mingtOn when quite small. During
all her Life she took an active interest
IN church work, and assisted her hus-
band IN securing funds for the erec-
tion of the present Cookman NJ. E..
/ Church, Wilmington. She is survived
by three sons, Charles A. White. of
Pittsburgh; Leroy G.White,of Brook
lawn, n. j., and George A. White. of
London, England. She is also surviv-
ed by one sister, Mrs. John Paulev of
Wilmington, and one brother, George
Fisher of California. Funeral servic-
es were held Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock at the home of her nephew,
William P. White, Ala West Twenty
third street, Wilmington, with Rev. ].
w. Colona, district superintendent of
the Wilmington NJ E. Conference, of
ticlating. Rev. w. A. Wise, pastor of
Scott NJ. E. Church, who was super
intendent of the Eastern District of
the NJ. E. Church while Mr.. White
was minister there, also oficiated.
lntement was made in Riverview
cemetery.
Mrs. Jos. r. Cummins Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Katherine Collins Cummins,
aged So, wife of Joseph R. Cummins,
OF east Commerce street, died sud
denly Thursday morning. She had
been i'll and was getting better. Her
daughter, Miss Lillian Cummins who
works in the Smyrna Telephone Ex-
change, tried to get her to the phone
shortly before eleven o'clock and re-
William Robinson her neighbor to go
in the house and investigate. Mrs.
Cummins was found dead beside her
bed. The shock was a severe one to
the family and friends. The immed-
late cause of her death was believed to
have been an attack of the heart
which took her off Instantly. A good
neighbor and a devoted mother to her
children, she will be greatly missed.
She was a member of Asbury M. f.
Church. Besides her husband she is
survived by three daughters: Lea
(Mrs. Arthur FOrd), Dover; Florence
(Mrs. Joseph GOldsborough, Jr.),
Smyrna, and Miss Lillian Cummins,
who resided at home. Funeral took
place Monday with intement at Odd
Fellows cemetery, the Rev. r. K.
Stephenson, officiating.
Rev. John Thomas Williams, Dead
Rev. Thomas Williams, a retired
Methodist minister of New Castle,
died on Friday at the home of his son,
Samuel A. Williams, Cheltenham, Pa.
Mr.. Williams was born in New Castle
on December 6, 1874. He was or
dained in 1876 and for many years
was connected with the Green Street
Church, Philadelphia. Later he was
transferred to the Twentieth Street
Church, where for 18 years he was
superintendent of the Sunday school, !
His last pastorate was at St. James |
Churh, Cheltenham. Funeral servic- |
es were held Tuesday afternoon at
2 o'clock in the Cheltenham NJ. E.
Church.
ElwOOd Dulin, Formerly of Odessa
Elwood Dulin, Sr., died late Thurs
day night at the home of his son,
Walter Dulin, in Milford. Deceased /
was a former resident of Odessa and |
resided there until few years ago, |
and owing to i'll health he went to
live with his relatives in Milford. Mr.. |
Dulin was 80 years old and leaves
three sons, Walter Dulin, of Milford;
Elwood Dulin, Jr., of Perth Amboy, !
N. j., and CLARK Dulin, of Kingston,
N. Y. Also one daughter, Mrs Hat
tie Armstrong, living near Miami
Beach, Florida. The funeral was held
at Milford at o'clock ON Sunday af-
teTnOOn.
Miss Marian Janvier, Formerly Odessa
Miss Marian NJ. Janvier, of Cnwyd,
Pa, a former resident of Odessa, died
Friday at the Presbyterian Hospital,
Philadelphia, after a long illness. De-
ceased was born at McDonOugh and
was a lifelong member of Drawers
Presbyterian Churh. She will be re-
membered as a noted singer, having
sung many times at the Old Drawers
reunions. Only one brother survives
NJ. XHTs1Is,v., T.