Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-03-01
GRIM REAPER
TAKES BIG TOLL
DURING WEEK
Seven Deaths Mark The Harvest
AS Well Known Citizens
Pass Away
PROMINENT REPUBLICAN
DIED IN STOCKTON


icles more than usual number of dis
solutions-strong reminders that the
Destroyer is forever abroad, and en-
phasizing the truth of an inevitable
fate. The following deaths are re-
corded:
THOMAS p. WHARTON
Mr.. Thomas P. Wharton, a widely
known citizen of the state and coun-
ty, died at his home in Stockton, early
Thursday morning, his final illness
lasting only few days.
The deceased was the son Of the
late Zadok P, and Lucy Martin, and
was born in Stockton, June Is, 1876.
His education began in the public
schools of the county and he after
wards attended Blair's Academy and
the University Of Maryland. At the
time of his death, he was engaged in
the mercantile business in Stockton,
having perpetuated it after it had been
carried on many years by his father.
The deceased is survived by widow
who, before her marriage was Miss
Mae Purnell, daughter of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Clayton j. Purnell; by
daughter, Mrs. Nigel Savage Mac
Evan, of Baltimore; by two sisters,
Mrs. Charles S. Richardson of Col
lege Park, and Mrs. William P. Coch-
ran, of Wayne, Pa; and by three
brothers, William R. M. Wharton,
Rutherford, N. j.; Edward M. Whar-
ton, Greenville, N. c.; and John s..
M. Wharton of Utica, N. Y.
Funeral services will be conducted
tomorrow Saturday at 8 p. m, from
the home in Stockton, interment in the.
cemetery of the Presbyterian Church
at Snow Hill. The active pallbearers
will be, Carlton w. Potter, of Oneida,
N. Y; J. Mifflin Holiday, of Balti-
more; John M. Harris, of Philadelphia
DIR. r. Lee Hall, of Pocomoke City;
William Howard Corddry, of Harris,
burg, Pa; and Dalton D. Fleming, Of
Stockton.
The honorary bearers will be, Hon.
p. L. Goldsborough, of Baltimore, ;
w. Newton jackson, of Salisbury;
Marion L. HUMPHREYS, of Salisbury;
George M. Clarke, of New York;
Judge Robert F. Duer, of Princess
Anne; DR.. VIM. Meade Burwell, of
Chincoteague, Franklin Upshur of
Berlin; DR.. John L. Bishop and Will
liam R. Bishop, of Bishopville; Oscar
AZ, Purnell, of Snow Hill; and Fran
els Hudson, DR.. J. D. Dickerson, Jas.
Barnes and William E. Tull, all of
Stockton.
{ Mr.. Wharton was one of the most
prominent Republicans in the State
ana County. He was member of the
Coolidge Electoral College, and a dele
gate to the Hoover Republican Ma
tional Convention. Up until the 1884
election, he had occupied the position
of Chairman of the County Central
Committee, and welded strong in
fluence in all his party's politics,
n Socially. he numbered his friends by
the legion, He was member of the
Baltimore Eastern Shore Society, and
30 long as his health allowed him, was
aSconstant attendant upon its functions.
He was an ideal host and his home
was always open to his wide circle of
friends where he dispensed the old
time hospitality.
Mr.. Wharton's illness has extended
over quite long period, but he al
ways managed to mingle with his as
sociates until the last fatal stroke.
He will be missed, sadly, in the social,
political and business circles in which
he moved, and his death is universally
regretted by those who knew him as
he was.