Milford chronicle., 1952-06-27


Funeral Home, with the Rev. FL /
mer J. Hooking, pastor of the Pill
grim Holiness Church, officiating. /,
Interment was made in the Beaver
Dam Methodist Cemetery, in Har- /
besOn. Born near here, she was a
daughter of William Henry and !
Eliza Burton Rust Walls. Besides !
her husband and son, Russell, she /
is survived by a daughter, Mrs. !
Herman Thomas, of Georgetown; |
three grandchildren and two sis
ters, Mrs. Anna SalmOns, Houston, /
and Mrs. Ida Hamilton, Farming
ton.
RAUGHLEY
Mrs. Emily S. Raughley, SO, wife /
of the late Nathan Francis Raugh- /
ley, of FELTON,, died at her home on
Wednesday morning, June 25th. /
Funeral services will be held at the
Berry Funeral Home, FELTON,, Satur- |
day aftrnoOn, June %, at o'clock |
The Rev. William Kitchens, pastor
of the Methodist Church, will Offici- |
ate. Interment will be at the Bar
rats Chapel Cemetery, near Fred
erica. Mrs. Raughley is survived by
l daughter, Mrs. Harry J. Miller,
Wilmington; 2 sons, Ralph c.
Raughley, Seaford, and Robert F.
Raughley, RehObOth, both retired
railroad officers; l foster son, Otto
Pipenbrink; / sister, Miss Florence
Creadick, Seaford; grandchildren
and 10 great-grandchildren.
VANDERGRIFT
Mrs. Trainie B. Vandergrift. 81,
wife of Jay Vandergrift. of FELTON,.
died Wednesday, June 18th. in the
Milford Memorial Hospital She had
rheumatic fever. Funeral services
were held at the Berry Funeral
Home, FELTON,, Saturday afternoon
at 2:3O o'clock. The Rev William
Kitchens, pastor of the Methodist
Church, Officiated. Interment was
at Barratt's Chapel Cemetery. Be
sides her husband, she is survived
by her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gillis
Brittingham of FELTON,; a daughter,
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c. Harper, Greensboro, Md; Mrs.
Pearl Coverdale, Mrs. Thelma Ma
rion, both of Wilmington, and Mrs.
/ William r. Bratten of FELTON,; and
three brothers. Clark and William
Brittingham. both of FELTON,, and
Clayton Brittingham of Wilmington.
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Melvin G. Birmingham, SO, of
Milton, formerly of MillsbOrO, died
suddenly, early Wednesday morn
ing. June 25th, in Milton. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Mollie
Jefferson Birmingham; two daugh-
ters, Carol Lee and Darlene Marie;
5 sons, Melvin Jr., Joseph Thomas,
Charles, Kenneth and Jesse; also
his mother, Mrs. Cora Brittingham,
of MillsbOrO and the following
brothers and sisters: Herman o.
Brittingham and Mrs. George Cord
ray, both of Milton; Hiram, John
O., Mrs. Frank jefferson and Mrs.
Raymond Rust, all of MillsbOrO;
Lloyd and Ray. of Laurel; Mrs.
Il Carl Rust. of Wilmington; Mrs.
William Freeberry, of New Castle;
Mrs. James O'Neal. formerly of Ell
lendale and BOnard, of Georgetown.
Funeral services will be held at
Carey's Methodist Church, near
Millsboro, on Saturday, June 2Sth,
at two o'clock in the afternoon. In
terment will be in the adjoining
cemetery. Friends may call at the
Reed Funeral Home in Milton, on
Friday evening.
COLE
Walter c. Cole, 81, died at his
home on the Hartly-Marydel Road
on Wednesday afternoon of last
week after several months illness
of asthma and heart trouble.
He was born at White Top, Gray
, son County, Va, and had been liv-
ing here for the past seven years
where he had been engaged in
farming.
. He was the son of DObson and
. Martha Cole.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday afternoon at the Boyer Flu
= neral Home, in charge of the Rev.
- Victor Bateman. Interment was
r made in Hollywood Cemetery, near
Harrington.
= He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Mary j. Cole. Hartly; two sons,
Walter c. Cole, Jr., of Stacy, Va,
}, and John Cole, Hartly; six daugh-
ters, Mrs. Woodrow Osborne, Brad
/ shaw, w. Va, Mrs. Noah Lester,
D Grundy, Va, Mrs. Thomas Hamil-
e ton, Jr., Goldsboro, Md, and Mrs.
/ Walter Baker, Newark, Ellen Cole
= and Loretta Cole, both residing at
4 home; his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
4 Dobson Cole of LaPOrte, Ind, and
= is grandchildren; three brothers,
/ John Cole, LaPorte, Ind, Fletcher
e Cole, oxford, Ohio, and Harry Cole
s Dexter, Oregon; two sisters, Mrs
J.. Zellah Freeman, Milwaukee, Wis.
4 and Mrs. Mary Ellen Low, LaPOrte
Ind.