Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25

Funeral services were held in the
Atkins Funeral Home in Lewes on
Thursday afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
Officiating were four ministers. the
Rev. w. H. Revelle, Sr., the Rev
Ralph Jones, the Rev. Clarence
Strickland, and the Rev Howard
Davis. Interment was made in the
Methodist Cemetery, Lewes.
VAN PELT
Earl Van Pelt. So years old, of
Milford, died last Saturday in the
Veterans Administration Hospital.
New Castle, where he had been a
patient for about a month.
An overseas Army veteran of
World War l, Mr.. Van Pelt was en-
plOyed as a driver for the Victor
Lynn Lines until his recent illness.
A lifelong resident of Delaware.
he was a member of Eureka Lodge
No. %, A. F. and A. NJ, and st.
Johns Chapter, No. 4, r. A. M.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Harold w. Talley, Marsh Road;
four sisters. Mrs. Townsend
Vaughn of Smyrna, and the Misses
Rebecca, Mary and Carolyn Van
Pelt, all of Philadelphia; four bro
theirs. Ernest Van Pelt of RehO-
bith Beach, Jay and Elmer Van Pelt
Of Clayton and Gilbert Van Pelt of
Oregon, and granddaughter,
Cheryl Talley.
Funeral services were held at I
one O'Clock Tuesday afternoon at
the McCTery Funeral Home in Will
mingtOn. Interment was made in
st. Peters Cemetery, Smyrna.
BRITTINGHAM
George Edward Brittingham, Isl
years old, section foreman for the
old Maryland, Delaware and Vir-
ginia Railroad for 35 years, and a
member of a we'll known Sussex
County family, died at his home in
Denton, Md, last Sunday night, af-
ter a long illness. He was the son
of the late Moses and Mary DOnO-
van Birmingham of Sussex COun-
ty.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Mrs. George Wilson of Mil
ton; one son, Lawrence Britting-
ham, of EastOn, Md; one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Alfred Schlegel, of Den
ton, Md, and one step-daughter,
Mrs. Gilbert HOXter of WesttOwn,
Pa; also four brothers, David Brit
tingham of Lewes; Theodore Brit
tingham of Lincoln; Greensbury
Brittingham of Milton, and Ira
Birmingham. of HarbesOn, and one
sister, Mrs. Annie Reed of Milton.
Funeral services were conducted
at his home in Denton at 2 p. m. on
Wednesday by the Rev Thomas s.
Dixon, pastor of the Pilgrim HOli-
ness Church of Greensboro, Md.
Burial was made at Whites Chapel
Cemetery. near Lewes.
HUDSON
Wilson c. Hudson, SO years old,
died last Wednesday morning, Feb
ruary 16, at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Doris DOOley, 2 Paynter
Drive, Edge Moor Gardens, Will
mingtOn.
Born in Selbyville, he was a life
long resident of Delaware. He was
a member of Millville Methodist
Church and a local preacher in
that denomination. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hudson recently celebrated their
fifty-fifth wedding anniversary.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Minnie L. Hudson; three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Myrtle H. Mitchell,
Bethany Beach; Mrs. Marie West,
Holloway Terrace, and Mrs. Doc
ley; two sons, Ivan Hudson of Will
mingtOn and Herbert Hudson of St.
Georges; one brother, the Rev
Thomas H. Hudson of BuTrsville,
Md; 13 grandchildren, and one
great grandchild.
Funeral services were held last
Saturday at 1870 p. m. from the
Watson and Gray Funeral Home,
FrankfOrd, with the Rev Leslie
Werner, minister of Brandywine
Methodist Church, Wilmington, Of
fiCiating.
STILL
Francis James Still, SO years old,
retired farmer of FELTON,, died on
Sunday, February 13, at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Mamie Ad-
ans, near FELTON,.
Mr.. Still is survived by his wife,
Mrs Mary Z. Still; his daughter,
Mrs. Adams; a brother, Isaac H. !
Still of Laurel; two grandchildren,
and two great-grandchildTen.
Funeral services were held at
the Berry Funeral Home in FELTON, /
at l o'clock last Thursday after
noon. The Rev. T. B. BrintOn of
the FELTON, Methodist Church, Off
ciated. Interment was made in the
BridgeVille Cemetery.
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