Smyrna times., 1929-04-03
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
III. }. A. ElligOOd, Prominent Eye
Ear and Throat Specialist, of viii
mIngtOn, Well Known in Smvrna

otdIe Where he had large practice
died In Orlando, Fla, where he ba
gone to recuperate following a criti
cal period spent in Wilmington hos
pital. He was afflicted with hear
trouble. DIR. Ellegood was an eve
ear, nose and throat specialist fo,
many years maintaining Offices in tn,
Equitable Trust Company, Whining
ton. He was associated with DR.. Emi
Il. Mayerberg, who arrived in Orlando
Monday morning, and was with DR.
Ellegood when he died. The funeral
Will take place Friday from the chanel
IN the Wilmington and Brandywine
Cemetery, following arrival of the
body at 4.28 o'clock. The Rev. DR..
Frederick M. Kirkus, rector of Trim
lty Episcopal Church, will officiate.
lnterment will be private. DR.. Ellie
good had recently resided at the home
Of pr. William c. Speakman, 1901 Del
aware avenue. He is survived by his
wife and one daughter, Miss Marion
u. Ellegood, who was with her father
at the time Of his death. DR.. Ellegood
was born in Concord, Sussex county.
on September %, 1859, son of the
late DR.. Robert G. and Mrs. Elizabeth
Ellegood. He was educated in the
public schools at the Seaford Academy
and with private tutors. His medical
education was obtained at the Jeffer-
son Medical College and later took a
post graduate course studying in New
York, London and Vienna. He be-
longed to many Wilmington clubs, was
a Mason and a member of the Epis-
copal Church.
Charles H. Ross Near Blackiston's
Charles H. Ross, a farmer living
near Blackiston's cross roads. west Of
Smyrna, was found dead about z
o'clock yesterday morning near
meat house on the farm not far from
the house with his jugular vein sever
ed, indicating suicide. Ross was about
o6 years old. Mr.. Ross got I'D AZ u.s.
lal and as the family supposed, went |
q milk the cows. Not returning with |
n an hour, his son, Franklin, aged 25, i
vent to look for his father and found /
lim back Of the meat house with his
hroat severed. Mr.. Ross owned two
arms in the western part Of the
ounty. No reason can be given for
us act, other than that he had been
Il for month and was in a highly
ervous state. The case was turned
yer to Coroner Hinsley who held an
inquest, the verdict being suicide. Mr..
toss was son of the late Charles G.
nd Elizabeth iMeariem) Ross and
ad spent all his life at farming. He
Tas known as a neat, enterprising
armer and was highly esteemed BY .
Il who knew him. In early life he
larried Miss Name Graham of Black ]
tons VINO survives him with one !
aughter and four sons, all grown. (
he sons are Elmer Ross, Chester. Pa; :
harles Ross, Wilmington; Franklin I
oss and Homer Ross who resided at I
ONE, and Miss Margaret Ross, also I
home. Funeral services will take Z
ACE from his late residence at 2 pm. I
riday and interment will be at Odd /
elbows Cemetery. /
m. $. Gardner, Of Near Wilmington q
William S. Gardner, aged 80 years,
ed at his home, 220 Philadelphia \
Ike, last Wednesday, March 27. Mr..
ardner was born at Binstead, Della r
are. When a lad Of years old he
owed with his parents on a farm
ar Smyrna, where he lived for many
ars. About twenty years ago he I
ught and moved to a home on the Y
liladelphia Pike near Wilmington, K
d has been living retired since. l
ways a healthy man, having up to n
) late illness, never required a doc Z
{ or even a dentist, his death was tc
ite sudden. He had however, been W
ling in health for the past year,but NJ
attack of pneumonia with which he el
d been bedfast three days, proved "
.al. Vivid recollection of the first bl
lin of the Pennsylvania railroad to ne
vel between Philadelphia and Will to
ngton were frequently recalled by tn
:. Gardner. The funeral was held u
m his late residence Saturday af- tn
noon, March 30, at 2 o'clock. Rev. "a
liam L. Hess, pastor of the Hill co
st NJ. E. Church, officiated. Inter ma
mt was in Chester-Bethel Cemetery. Cc
leaves his wife, Mrs. Ella Jones gr
rdner, son, William S. Gardner, en-
and two grandchildren, Dorothy W
lise and Ella Moore Gardner. tn
ldent Death of Mrs. John E. Wiley -,
lrs. Ida Catherine Wiley, so, wife
John E. Wiley, residing on the Le-
npte farm near Clayton, died Fri
night suddenly Of an heart at 70
k. She had pneumonia a year ago ri,
ch left her with bad heart. Mrs.
ley was a daughter of Z. w. and !
lie (Langford) KINNEY, Of down ~
the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 1..a ma
came with her husband to to this ~
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