Smyrna times., 1927-02-16
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
Rev. E. H. Gardner, of Crumpton, Md,
Brother of the Late DIR. Gardner,
Smyrna Veterinarian, Dies Suddenly

| Smyrna Veterinarian, Dies Suddenly
Rev. Edwin H. Gardner, for the
/ past two years pastor Of Crumpton,
Md, charge Of the Methodist Protest
ant Church, died suddenly on Satur-
day evening at the parsonage in
Irumpton, Nd, following a stroke of
| paralysis. Mr. Gardner who was So
years old, was brother Of the late
DR.. Frank Gardner, veterinarian Of
Smyrna. His aged mother, Mrs.
Louisa Gardner, who moved from
Smyrna after DR.. Gardner's death had
been residing at Crumpton with him.
Rev. Mr.. Gardner was a son Of the
late Rev. Samuel Gardner of Viii
mington Conference and he too for
number of years was a prominent
member Of the Wilmington Confer
ence Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. He withdrew from that body
about three years ago and moved to
Crisfeld, Nd, where he accepted a
position as vice-principal of the high
school. 1t was while in Crisfield that
he joined the Methodist Protestant
denomination, the church there being
under the pastorate of Rev. Charles
L. Elderdice. He later moved to Mil
ton, this state, where he accepted the
principalship of the high school. Sub
sequently, Mr.. Gardner moved to
Philadelphia, where he became a
member of Emmanuel Methodist Pro-
testant Church, of which thep astor
was Rev. J. Franklin Boyce Two
years ago Rev. Gardner accepted an
appointment from the president of
the Maryland Conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church and was
assigned to Crumpton charge, where
he had been since. The deceased was
one of the most prominent members
of the Wilmington Conference at one
time and had held some of its most
important rural appointments. Mr.
Gardner was admitted to the ministry
in the Wilmington Conference of the
NJ E. Church in 1891, when he was
assigned to thep astorate of the Elk
Neck, Md, Church, which he served
for three years. His subsequent pas
torates in the Wilmington Conference
were as follows: 1894-5, Marshallton;
1867, Royal Oak; 1898-19OO, Ches-
void; 1901-3, Cape Charles, Va; 1904
IS, Millington, Md; 19O7-8, Preston,
Md; 1909-11, Chesapeake City, Md;
1928, Chester-Bethel; 1914, Golena,
Md; 1856, Armory, Dover; 1917
19, Pomona; 1920, Marydel. Deceas-
ed is survived by his widow and two
children and his aged mother. Fun
eral services were held in the Metho-
dist Protestant Church in Crumpton
yesterday morning. Rev. Otis P.Jef-
ferson, pastor Of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church in Crumpton, had charge
of the funeral arrangements. Inter
ment was made in Chesapeake City
cemetery.
Mrs. E. A. Greenabaum, of SeafOrd
Mrs. Rose Greenabaum, 80 years
old. wife of E. Arnold Greenabaum,
president of Greenabaum Brothers,
Gamers of Seaford, committed suicide
at her home in Seaford yesterday af-
ternoon by inhaling gas. Despond-
ency is supposed to have caused her
to take her life, as she had not been
in good health for several years.
About nine years ago Mrs. Green
abaum attempted to take her life by
jumping in the Nanticoke River at an
early hour of the morning, but was
prevented by William ]. Allen, night
watchman of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company,who hearing the splash
in the river, Investigated, and finding
woman struggling in the water Sc
cured a boat, rescuing her. Since
then Mrs. Greenabaum has been more
or less despondent. After partaking
of a heavy dinner yesterday she told
her husband she was going to lie
down. Later her body was found on
the bathroom floor, the room being
full of gas. Mrs. Greenabaum, who
was a daughter of Mrs. Berlinger, of
Baltimore, and known for her excep-
tional beauty, was favorite in so
cial circles in southern Delaware and
Eastern Shore Of Maryland. Her un-
timely death caused profound shock
to all who knew her. Besides her
husbasd she leaves three children.
William ID. Holding Passes Away
William d. Holding, 78 years old,
died at the Delaware House Thursday
following a long illness. Mr.. Hold
ing was born near Smyrna, the
son Of the late William and Ann
(Deakyne) Holding, and was raised
at Duck Creek. His father was long
the proprietor Of Holdings Mill, later
Denney's Mill. His early life was
spent at Chester, Tunis Mills, Nd,
and other places but for last ten years
had been residing in Smyrna. Fol
lowing the death Of his sister, Miss
Annie Holding, he took room at the
Delaware House where he resided up
until his death. Funeral services were
held on Sunday at the home of his
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