The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-10
DEATHS

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street, May Z, of a heart attack
aged 66 years.
A member of ST. Marks Re
formed Church, Cumberland; the
Eagles, Moose, and Elks of Union
town, Pa; Masons of Baltimore,
United Commercial Travellers, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, and Span
ish American Veterans, he is sur
vived by wife, Mrs. Matilda Erd-
man; son, Robert E., Cumberland;
brother, Ernest, Bangor, Oregon;
sister, Mrs. Rose Dean, Baltimore;
and two grandchildren.
Emory Ebert Bradley, 1909 Ham
ilton boulevard, widely known re-
tired railroad official, died at the
Washington County hospital on May
5th, aged 20 years.
A son of the late Emily Hopkins
and William S. Bradley of Hurlock,
Md, Mr.. Bradley retired five years
ago from active service with the
Western Maryland Railroad where
he had been signal and telephone
engineer.
Upon retiring from active duty
with the railroad, he devoted him
self to community service. For six
years he had been a member of the
Washington County Welfare Board
and active as its chairman. He was
also chairman of the Price Panel
of the Washington County Ration
Board.
Mr.. Bradley was a devout mem
Der of st. Pauls Methodist Church,
member of its official board and
district lay leader of the Hagers-
town District of the Baltimore Con-
ference of the Methodist Church.
He was 32nd degree Mason and
a member OF. st. Bernard Command
cry of the Knights Templar.
Surviving are: His wife, Mrs,
Carrie Johnston Bradley; brothers,
w, c. Bradley, Edgar F., Vernon S.,
and Merton w, all of Hurlock, and
c. S. Bradley, of Washington, D. c.,
and nephew, Howard L. Bradley,
of Baltimore
Mrs. Rilla Smith Wakenight, wi
dow of Charles Wakenight, died
May 9th at her home, GOA North
Mulberry street, aged 70 years.
Mrs. Wakenight, a lifelong mem
Der of st. Paups Methodist Church
and the Flora Zeigler Bible Class,
was the last member of her family
Surviving are: A sister-in -law,
Miss Emma Wakenight, and several
nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Ash, widow
of Jacob Ash, of Clear Spring, died
May 5th in a Baltimore hospital,
aged 80 years.
She was the last of her family
and was a member of ST. Johns
Reformed Church at Clear Spring.
Mrs. Elton Dale Brown died May
4th at the home of her parents, DR..
and Mrs. A j. Watson, Piney
Grove, Md, aged 80.
She was the wife of G. Sheldon
Brown, La Vale, Md.
Mrs. Brown was born in Piney
Grove, finished Flintstone High
School in 1880 and was graduated
from Western Maryland College in
1884. She was a member of Centre
Street Methodist Church.
Surviving, besides her parents
and husband, are: A sister, Mrs. J.
c. Schriver, Hancock, and broth
er, Carl, of this city, now with
the U. S. Army in Hawaii
Charles Thomas Ham, passenger
conductor of the Western Maryland
Railroad, died unexpectedly on May
9th, at his home on the CheWSville
pike, aged 81.
Born and reared at Hampstead,
Md, the son of James Ham, he
has resided near Chewsville for the
past 10 years. He was member
of the Church of the Brethren.
Surviving are: His wife, Annie;
daughter, Mrs. Charles E. Stottle-
myer, Hagerstown; sons, Russell j.,
Melvin Charles, Harold Vincent, all
of Hagerstown; Earl Edward, U. S.
Army at Eglin Field, Fla; Gerald
L., U. S. Navy in South Pacific; six
six grandchildren; brother, William,
Hanover.
Owen Hugh McDevitt died at his
home, 335 West Washington street,
May 5th, aged 70.
The last surviving member of his
family, he was the son of Owen and
Katherine (Kennedy) McDevitt and
had been in the real estate business