Milford chronicle., 1954-11-05
OBITUARY

afternoon. Funeral services were
held in the William NJ Short
Funeral Home, in Milton at p. m,
with Rev Ralph Parkhill, rector of
st. Johns Episcopal Church Ofici-
ating Interment in Odd Fellows
Cemetery, in Milton.
Mr.. Reed was a son Of Theodore
W. and Amanda Kirby Reed and
besides his parents is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Carlyn Margaret
Reed; two sons, Clarence James
Reed and Frederick Theodore Reed,
both of Milton; two sisters, Mrs.
Minnie Benson, of Lincoln and Mrs.
Edith Pepper, of Milton. There are
also two grandchildren, Kenneth
B. and Beverly Ann Reed.
Mr.. Reed formerly operated a
button factory in Milton and has
been engaged i'm farming the past
several years. He was an honorary
member of the Milton Volunteer
Fire Company.
HOLSTON
Mrs. Lydia Wyatt HOlstOn, aged
81 years, widow of George B. Hol-
stOn, aged 81 years, widow of
] George B. HOlstOn of Pittsville, Nd,
died in the Cambridge Hospital, in
Cambridge, Md, last Thursday
night
A daughter of the late Levin and
Annie Jarvis Wyatt, she is sur
vived by daughters and 3 sons
Mrs. Elizabeth Gravenor, Pittsville
Md; Mrs. Laura Jones, Parsons
burg, Md; Mrs. Beatrice Cranfield
Willards, Md; William HOlston
MilIsborO; Herbert HOlston, Cam.
bridge, Md. and George HOlston, o.
) Willards, Md. There are also Il
grandchildren and sisters, Mrs
Mamie Bethards, POwellville, Md.
Mrs. Agnes Warren, Berlin, Md.
Mrs. Edith Kelley, Pittsville.. Nd.
? and Mrs. Beatrice Harrison. Berlin
/, Funeral services were held Sun
] day afternoon at 1880 o'clock il
. Line Methodist Church. with Rev
= Clarence 3. wilkins. pastor, Ofh
j. ciating. Interment in the cemeter,
near the church.
TRUITT
Funeral services for Wheatle
Truitt, aged 65 years Of Clarksville
were held Monday afternoon, Mon
!, day, November 1, at 1880 o'clock il
!, New Hope Methodist Church, nea
!, Willards, Md. Rev. Larry Rennel
pastor Of GumborO Methods
/ Church conducted the service an
: interment in the cemetery, near tn
= church.
Mr.. Truitt, died Friday nigh
2 October 30, of a heart attack, afte
4 an illness of about a week. A so
= of the late William and Rebecc
- Taylor Truitt, he is survived by hi
= wife, Mrs. Addie Cooper Truitt;
! daughters, Mrs. Roxie Doyle. Selby
p VILE; Mrs. Mary Mier, Maypor
. Florida; Mrs. Elsie Moore, and Mr.
:. Patsy Richards, both of Ocean View
" There are also 5 sons, Ivin Truit
4 BishOpYille. Md; Paul and Charlie
TFuitt. of MillsbOrO; Homer Truit
= Milford; Bennie Truitt, Ocean Vie
= and the following brothers an
- sisters Lemuel and Carl Truitt,
Willards, Md: James and WallaC
- Truitt, both of F'rankford; Mr.
4, Emma Hancock, Willards, Md;
= grandchildren and one great grant
. child.
= ELLIOTT
- Funeral services for Mrs. Stell
v F. Elliott, "A, were held at the Bo,
Z eT Funeral Home in Harrington o
. Sunday afternoon at two O'cloc
Il in charge of the Rev. Milton Ell
~ OFT, pastor of Trinity Methods
a Church. Interment was made
1e Hollywood Cemetery, near Ha
"a ringtOn.
n Mrs. Elliott was born in Laure
- the daughter of Albert and Sara
- Russell Bell, but had lived mar
ns years near Houston where her hu
IF band, Rufus E. Elliott, died abOl
nc IL years ago.
~ About five years ago she NOV,
,S to Milford where she lived vii
,i her son, James A. Elliott and far
ov lily. On becoming i'll II weeks ag
a. she was taken to the home of h
10 daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. al
~ Mrs. Russell Reed, of NewaT
NJ where she died.
ho She is survived by five sOT
nS ny Paul J. and Reese Elliott, both
he Millville, N. j.; Fred J. Elliott
az WestpOrt, Conn; James A. Ellio
~ of Milford; William S. Elliott,
- ClaymOnt; three daughters, Nj
oas George Irwin, of Wilmington; Nj
% %t-7 Russell Reed, of Newark, and MI
- Louis Osmand of Wilmington
~ - grandchildren and % great-grau
~ children; a sister. Miss Laura B.
~ oe of Milford, and a foster son, Wilb
~ Carter, of Richmond, Va.
DRAPER
Harvey NJ Draper, Il, of
"a West 18th street, Wilmington, W
buried on Saturday, October 80,
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milford.
To, Mr.. Draper, a native of Wilmir
I've ton. was the son Of the late La
renee Riley and Sarah p. Da'
der Draper, formerly Of Sussex Coun
mt, Mr.. Draper died in the Memor
on Hospital in Wilmington on OctOl
on 2S, after an illness of four wee
lew He had retired six years ago frt
-. tho pvr11v7aon TtOv,oV,aV1y vr,ho,sr