Smyrna times., 1931-06-10
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Rev. j. I'll. Beauchamp, Former
Pastor of Townsend, Dies After
an Illness of Two Weeks

1 er ana superintendent VI IHe Wv IL
mineton Goodwill Industries, and a
member of the Wilmington Confer
ence, Methodist Episcopal Church,
died shortly before Thursday mid
night at his home, 2812 Harrison
street, Wilmington. He had been
confined to his bed since May 25,
suffering from a heart attack
which resulted in complications
that caused his death. AS he had
previously rallied from similar at
tacks some hope for his recovery
was held until a few hours before
his death. Mr.. Beauchamp, who
was 68 years old, was born at Fair
mount, Somerset county, Maryland
the son of John and Mary Jane
Beauchamp. He attended Whining
ton Conference Academy and after
completing his course continued his
studies at home until he quaIii1ed
for the ministry. His first charge
was Pocomoke Circuit, while he
also served at Chincoteague, Va;
st. Michael's, Md; Still Pond Md;
Perryville, Md; Harrington and
New Castle. In 1917 he was ap-
pointed corresponding secretary of
the Wilmington City Missionary
and Church Society in which ca
pacity he served until 1920. Mr..
Beauchamp then began the Good
will enterprise which was develop
ed into one of the foremost charit-
able organizations of the city.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Edna ]. Beauchamp; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. G. A. Redler and Mrs.
W. r. Price; two sons, Herbert e.
and EIom H.; three sisters, Mrs.
Lily O. Hall, Of Cape Charles, Va;
Mrs. Jennie Sterling, of Baltimore,
and Mrs. Anna Holland, of Will
mington; and two brothers, the
Rev. T. F. Beauchamp, of Snow
Hill, Md, and Harry H. Beau
champ, of Hartly. Five grand
children and one great-grandchild
also survive him. Funeral services
were held from his late residence
Monday afternoon in charge of
Rev. Disston w. Jacobs, superin-
tendent Of Wilmington District, as
sisted by Rev. ]. w. Colona, pastor
of Harrison M. E. Church, Will
mington. Graduates Of the Will
mington Conference Academy, in
the same class with DR.. .Beauchamp
served as pallbearers. They were
the Rev. John Sparklin, the Rev.
John Prettyman, the Rev. E. H.
Collins, the Rev. w. E. Habbert,
the Rev. John ]. Johnson and the
Rev. John ones. Interment was
made in the Townsend Cemetery.
William j. Wilson of Middletown
William j. Wilson, 73 years old,
a wealthy undertaken of Middle
town, committed suicide Wednes-
day by severing his jugular vein
with a scalpel which he removed
from grip containing embalming
instruments on the second floor of
a storehouse near his home where
he kept supplies of this kind. Will
son had been acting strangely, rec
emily, it was said, and left home
at IL o'clock Wednesday morning.
When he failed to return at noon
his wife became worried and err
listed the aid of Lester G.. Daniels,
an undertaken from Townsend, who
attended to much of Wilson's
work. Daniels, Leland Sinex and
John B. Spicer found the body of
the man after a long search. Cor
cner Harry p. Ahern and Deputy
Coroner H. H. Hirzel investigated
and a verdict of suicide was re-
turned. Wilson is survived by his
wife. The funeral took place from
Mr.. Wilson's home on Saturday af-
ternoon at o'clock, and interment
was in Forrest cemetery. Mr..
Wilson had been in the undertaking
business in Middletown for more
than 40 years. Previous to that he
worked with his father in the un-
dertaking business. He had been
i'll for more than a year and it is
believed that his physical condition
had an ill-effect on his mind. A
sister, Mrs. Fannie Veasey, of Phil
adelphia, also survives.
Russell Robinson is Found Dead
Russell Robinson was found dead
by his step-mother, Mrs. Edna Bit
ting Robinson yesterday morning
at their home near Smyrna. Rus
sell was subject to frequent spells
of epilepsy. When found he was
lying across the kitchen stove and
it is thought as he had gotten up
early he had started to build the
fire for breakfast when one of
these spells came upon him. He
was 81 years of age and the son of
Eugene Robinson and the late Ma
tilda Alfree Robinson. His father
was not at home at the time, be-