Smyrna times., 1930-07-30
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Mrs. Ethel Cooper Lloyd, Wife Of
]. Newell Lloyd, Dies While
Visiting Son at Kingston, NY.

one o'clock, following an operation
for a goiter She and Mr.. Lloyd
had gone for a visit to their son
David Cooper Lloyd, who is EN-
ployed by the Bell Telephone Com
panv in their electrical engineer
ing department and has been sta
toned there for several months in
research work. Mrs. Lloyd, who
had been in impaired health for
more than a year, due to thyroid
trouble, took advantage of the
opportunity to consult DR.. Fred
Snyder of the Kingston City Hos
pital, a specialist, and he advised
removing the goiter. Thereupon
she went in the hospital Monday
morning and was operated upon at
IL o'clock. The operation being
more tedious than anticipated,
she was unable to withstand the
shock and died about one o'clock.
The sad intelligence which reach
ed Smyrna shortly afterward was
a shock to her many friends here,
especially to those who did not
know that she had gone in a hos
pital. Mrs. Lloyd was a daughter
of the late Magistrate Ezekiel v.
Cooper and of Catherine (Holding)
Cooper, of this town. She was
born in the building now known as
The Smyrna Times Building. Lat
er she moved with her parents to
the home she occupied the rest of
her life on east Commerce street.
Educated in the Smyrna School
from which she graduated, she
took four-year course at Wilson
College, Chambersburg, Pa, grad
uating with the class of 1890.
Bright, cultured and full of pep,
she was one of Smyrna's most
charming and popular young wom-
en- and took an active part in the
circle of her girl friends, then
known as the B. M. S. K. and was
in much social demand. She was
all her life, active in the Presby-
terian Church and choir and
consistent member. She was also
a member of the Twentieth Cen
tury Club of Smyrna. She mar
ried ]. Newell Lloyd Oh November
2, 1904. Mr.. Lloyd at that time
was travelling representative of
W.D. Mullin, Inc, wholesale grocer
les, Wilmington, which position he
held until the Mullins went out of
business in 1926. Since then Mr..
Lloyd, who suffered a breakdown
in health, has been unable to fol-
low his vocation. Besides her hus-
band, she is survived by one son
David Cooper Lloyd of Kingston,
N. Y, and one sister, Mrs. Frank
F. Evans of this town Funeral
services will take place from her
late residence on East Commerce
Street, Smyrna, at o'clock to-
morrow, Thursday afternoon, and
interment will be at Odd Fellows
Cemetery. The services will be in
charge of Rev. John Fl. McCombs,
pastor of Forrest Park Presbyter-
ian Church, Baltimore, Md,
former pastor of the Smyrna Pres
byterian Church, assisted by the
Rev. G. Wayne Julier, the present
pastor
Mrs. Mary f. Ford, Downs Chapel
Hartly, July 29.-Mrs. Mary E.
Ford, age 79, passed peacefully
away Wednesday evening, July %,
at the home of her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett
Virden near Downs Chapel. She
had been in impaired health, due
TO advance years. but she kept up
as long as her strength would
stand. She is survived by seven
children, six daughters and one
son, as follows: Mr. Walter D.
Ford of near Hartly; Mrs. Alfred
Citchens, Summit Bridge; Mrs.
William H. Carter, of Downs
Chapel; Mrs. Harry Collins, Smyr-
ma; Mrs. Kinsey Truitt Hartly;
Mrs. Thomas Cook, Clayton, and
Mrs. Emmett Virden, Downs Chap
Ell. She is also survived by twen-
ty-one grand children, and twelve
great grandchildren. Funeral SER
wees were held Saturday in Downs
chapel M. p. Church and were at
Tended by a large number of
friends and relatives. Rev. j. w.
Parris, pastor of Downs Chapel
M. p. Church, conducted the SER
vices and paid tribute to the char
acter of Mrs. Ford. There were
many handsome floral tributes.
The pail bearers were her grand
sons, Earl Carter, Raymond Cook,
Wilmer Davis, Paul Coudright,
Charles G. Moore, and William
Cantwell. A quartet of the Downs
chapel choir sang and interment
was made in Hartly cemetery.
Miss Emma Clark, Delaware CITY
Miss Emma Clark, of ''Greenlea"
near Delaware City, who died
Monday of last week at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lucius Beebe, of
Media, Pa, following an illness of
several weeks, was buried from