Milford chronicle., 1954-04-30
OBITUARY

A son of the late George A. and
Mary p Matthews Messick. he is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary
Swain Messick; a daughter, Mrs.
Alfred Messick, of Georgetown;
two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Kemp
er, Kansas City, Kansas; Mrs. Ed
gar Oliphant, Laurel and two bro
/ theirs, Samuel Messick, of Ocallia.
Florida, and Robert Messick, of
Georgetown.
Funeral services were held last
Saturday afternoon at two o'clock
in the Carey Funeral Home. in
Georgetown. The Rev. Joseph V.
Holiday, pastor of GEORGETOWN
Methodist Circuit and Rev. Charles
Spry, of CheswOld, a former pastor
conducted the service. Interment
in COkesbury Methodist Cemetery
on the Georgetown Bridgeville
highway.
MOORE
Funeral services for Miss Mar
garet Moore, 81, fifth-grade teach
er in Caesar Rodney School. was
held at The Berry Funeral Home.
FELTON,, on Sunday afternoon. The
Rev. c. M. Elderdice, pastor of
Magnolia Methodist Church of
Wyoming, Officiated. Interment was
IN Barratt's Chapel Cemetery near
Frederick.
Miss Moore was found dead
Thursday in her home at Magnolia
where she lived alone. When she
Ialled to report at school. friends
went to her house and used a lad
der to gain entrance through a
window.
A daughter of the late Isaac J.
Moore and Mary E. Moore. she is
survived by an aunt, Mrs. Thomas
j. Moore of Magnolia, and an uncle.
William G. Martin of Bowers.
GREEN
Frank Green, aged 49 wears. of
Philadelphia, Pa, died early Mon
day morning, April 26. He is sur
vived by his mother, Mrs. Frances
Green of LansdOwne, Pa; one bro
ther, John B. Green, of Lincoln.
Del; two sisters, Mrs. Frank
Walsh of Wynnewood, Pa, and
Mrs. Violet Wallace of Miami. Fla.
and five nephews.
Funeral services were held
Thursday morning, at 10000 o.
clock in the Andrew Bair Funeral
Home in Philadelphia. The Rev.
Cllftord Hays, of st. Johns Luther
an Church of Philadelphia, con-
Quoted the services. Interment in
Hollywood Cemetery in Harring-
ton, Del.
HENRY
Mrs. Cora Shockley Henry. a ma
tive of Slaughter Neck, Delaware.
and a teacher in Kent County for
more than 30 years, departed this
lie April Gath, 1854 at $50 n. m
Funeral services will be held at
500 p. m. April 27, 1854. from
BfooKs Memorial Methodist Church.
Pinegrove Street and 1O9th Ave
nue., Jamaica, Long Island. The
lnterment will be in the Pinelawn
cemetery, Long Island, n. Y.
GILLESPIE
Funeral services for Harry n
Gillespie, 81, of Milford, who died
Wednesday April 21, in the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital of injuries
suffered Saturday, April 18th when
struck by an automobile. were
held from the LOfland Funeral
Home, Milford, Sunday afternoon
at O'Clock. Interment in Odd
Fellows Cemetery.
Mr.. Gillespie was walking along
the MilfOrd-Harrington highway.
east of Harrington. with Carlton
Downes, 45, also of Milford, when
Doth were struck by a car. Downes
dled Sunday morning, April 18th.
of his injuries.
Mr. Gillespie is survived bv his
wife. Virginia Gillespie, and one
brother, James E. GillesDie of HoI-
loway Terrace.
HAMMOND
AlOnZO Hammond, "a. of near
BrldgeVille, died Friday afternoon
after a five weeks illness. He was
porn in Harrington, son of the
iate David and Mary Lyons Ham
mond. His wife, Emma Holloway
Hammond, died in 1916.
lie is survived by nine children
by previous marriage; Robert
marcus Hook, Pa; Lester, George
ana Harry Hammond, all of Mil
Ioru; Thomas Hammond, Whining
ton; Mrs. Calvin Tyrrell, Lincoln
MRS. William Twilley, Dover: Mrs
PearI Coverdale, Greenwood: Mrs
william WarpOle, Elk Mills, Md. .
Il grandchildren; five step-daugb.
ters, Mrs. LOWE Carroll, Denton
Mo- Mrs. Eva Miller. Milford
Mrs. George Pritchard. Buffalo
+ ~. y; Mrs. Hooper II. Ross. Farm
lngton; Mrs. Homer Brown, Har-
ringtOn.
Also two step-sOns, Jesse E. HOl-
lOway, Georgetown; Thomas HOlIo-
way, Milford; a sister, Mrs. Bertha
Hill. Harrington, and two brothers
Fred Hammond, SeafOrd, and Emil
Hammond, Wilmington.
services were held in the Boyer
Funeral Home, Harrington. Mon
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev
bruce McCane, pastor of the
Church of God, SeafOrd officiated
Interment in Hollywood Cemetery
SAVAGE
Eurie M. Savage, ~ge 76 wears
husband of Edith M. savage. pass-
ed away Saturday morning after
long illness. Funeral services
were held in Lincoln Methodist
church on Tuesday afternoon at
! 2 o'clock Rev. William II RevaIIo