Smyrna times., 1933-05-10
REV. w. J. BONE
MEETS DEATH
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State Police investigated the acci
dent and arrested Smith on a tech.
nical charge of manslaughter. He
was given a hearing before Magis.
trate Stephens and placed under
S2500 bail. Deputy Coroner Hearr
of New Castle County, took the
body in charge until the jury rend-
cred a verdict of accidental
death" and about ten o'clock Fri
day night turned the body over tc
William E. Matthews, Jr., of this
town. Mr.. Bones car, which was
badly wrecked, the whole top being
torn off, doors broken from theil
hinges, windshield shattered and
tenders bent and torn, was taken
to Ennis garage at Odessa. Mr.
Bones children were notified and
all came to Smyrna as quickly as
they could get here. The accident
was snock to the whole Smyrna
community and especially to the
congregation of the Smyrna Pres
byterian Church where Pastor
Bone was beloved by all who knew
him. Rev. Mr.. Bone came to
Smyrna the first of February, 1881
and was installed as pastor the
10th of month following. He
came from Newtown, Pennsyl-
vania, where he had served a
popular ministry Of nineteen years.
Mr.. Bone was born and raised near
Coatesville, Pa. He began his min
lstry in home mission field in the
State Of Washington in 1898. At
ter six and one-half years "on the
frontier" so to speak, he moved
back east and served churches at
Stockton, N. j., and Terra Alta,
West Virginia, before being called
% Newtown, Pa. While at the lat
.er charge he was twice sent to the
General Assembly from the Phila-
ielphia Presbytery North, and
lumber of times to the Synod of
Pennsylvania. Since moving to
Smyrna he had become active in
he New Castle Presbytery. A
nan of God, he was true to his
hurch to which he had consecrat-
ID his life and was leader beloved
" his flock. Aside from this he
vas interested in civic and COM
nunity activities and will be great
y missed. Rev. Mr.. Bone is sur
lived by his wife, who before her
marriage was Miss Ella Hunt, and
our children: Mrs. Howard Schaf-
er, Germantown, Philadelphia; Mr..
ieorge Bone, Kent, Ohio; Mrs. T
frank Fabian, Newtown, Pa; John
Some, of Princeton, N. j., recently I
f Smyrna. He is also survived by
our sisters, Mrs. William Holstein,
Pa; Mrs. Charles
touff, Thorndale, Pa; Mrs. John
'ollock, Downingtown, Pa: Mrs.
Walter Jefferies, Thorndale, Pa;
ne brother, Mr.. Robert Bone, West
'hester, Pa, and three grandchil-
rem. Funeral services took place
fonday afternoon at one o'clock in
ne Presbyterian Church of which
-ev. Mr.. Bone was pastor. The
ervices were in charge of the Rev.
harles L. Candee, of Wilmington,
classmate of the deceased minis
er at Princeton Theological Sem
larry. Other ministers who assist
included the Rev. William Glib
on, of New Castle: the Rev. Hugh
[cCrone, of Philadelphia; the Rev.
ohn Watson Christie, of Whining
"a; the Rev. Irving Wagner, of
'ilmington; the Rev. ]. A. Long,
Newtown Square. Other minis
rs attending the services were
le Rev. Frederick Marx Barton,
st. Peters Episcopal Church.
nyrna, and the Rev. DR.. John L.
of Asbury M. E. Church.
1e honorary pallbearers, members :
the official board of the church, \
ere: Harry Lower, E. P. Corrie,
obert II. Denney, Grant G. Garis,
lillian Norris and r. H Talbot.
lie active pallbearers, members of
:. Bones Sunday school class, in
Ided George Blendt, Nelson, Ed
ird, James and William Everhart.
'bert H. Talbot, Jr., Henry Lower
;, and John H. Stevens. Inter
ent took place in the family Gem
cry at Doe Run, Morton View.