Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-08
OBITUARY


Mr.. Reed was born in Delaware
and had lived near Dover all his
life. He is survived by his widow
Mrs. Lottie Reed; a daughter. Mrs
Nettie Virginia MacDougaH. Dover
two sons, Royce Reed, Frederick
and Herbie d. Reed, Dover; a sister
Mrs. Lillian N. Kitchens, Hartley
and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at The
Berry Funeral Home, FELTON,, Mon
day afternoon with the Rev. Leonard
Taylor officiating. Interment was
at Templeville, Maryland.
SMITH
Mrs. Amanda Smith, aged "a
years, wife of Charles J. Smith. of
near Bridgeville, died Wednesday
night of last week at her home
following about five years of i'll
health.
Born near Bridgeville, she was
a daughter of the late Robert and
jamie BOstic Priestly. In addition
to her husband she is survived bv
six sisters and one brother, Mrs.
Nora Marvel, and Mrs. Verde Dill.
of Bridgeville; Mrs. Maggie Brit
tingham, Philadelphia; Mrs. Emma
Murphy of SeafOrd; Mrs. Minnie
Mcdowell, Greenwood; Mrs. Elsie
Collision, GalestOwn, Md; and Mr..
Ollie Priestly, Greenwood. There
are grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sun
day, January 3, at 1870 p. m, in
EpwOrth Methodist Church, near
Bridgeville, of which Mrs. Smith
had been a member for so years.
Rev James Langrell, pastor of
GumbOrO Methodist Church. con-
Quoted the service assisted by Rev.
John Irwin, of Pennington. Inter-
ment in the Bridgeville Cemetery.
FLEMING
Mrs. Sacreena Fleming, 81. wife
of Paul Fleming of Adamsville.
near Greenwood. died at her home
on Tuesday. She was the daughter
of the late Rubin and Matilda Man
ming Bradham of Georgia. Mrs.
Fleming is survived by her hus-
band and the following children
from a former marriage: Robert
Drawdy of Brunswick, Ga; Dalton
Drawdy of Niagara Falls, N. Y;
Roy Drawdy of LOmita, Calf; Mrs.
Pearl Conner of Brunswick. and
Mrs. Beatrice McRory of Niagara
Falls, and a daughter by her re-
cent marriage, Miss Dorothy Elem
ing OF Greenwood. Services will be
conducted at 1870 p. m, Saturday.
from the Hardesty Funeral Home
Bridgeville, with the Rev. John w.
Wootten, pastor of Union Methodist
Church, Bridgeville, officiating.
Burial will be in st. Johnstown
Methodist Cemetery, near Green
wood. Friends may call at the
funeral home on Friday night.
WILLIAMS
Funeral services for Louis s
Williams, aged 80 years, of Ocean
View, who lost his life when two
oll-tankers collided in Delaware
River, early Wednesday morning.
December so, were held in the
frankfort, Sunday afternoon, Jan.
3, at two o'clock. Rev J. Robert
Mackey, pastor of Asbury Metho-
dist Church. in Salisbury, Md, and
Rev. A. Jason BlundOn, pastor of
Ocean View Methodist Church con-
Quoted the service, Interment was
made in the cemetery at Prince
Georges Chapel, near DagsbOro.
Mr.. Williams was a son of Mrs.
Anna Williams Derrickson, of
Ocean View and the late James
Williams. Of DagsbOrO. His only
other surviving relatives are an
aunt, Mrs. E. L. Hearn, of Salisbury.
Md, and two uncles, Mr.. G. Walter
Smith, of Salisbury, Md. and Mr..
Harry Smith, of Laurel
He was graduate of the John M.
Clayton High School and the Peddie
Prep School, in Heightstown, N. J.
He attended the University of
Virginia and the University of
Maryland and was a member of the
Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He was
also a member of the Asbury
Methodist Church. Salisbury, Md.
and of the Salisbury Community
Players.
PORTER
Mrs. Catherine P. Porter, IS, |
wife of J. Frank Porter, died on /
Tuesday in Milford Memorial Hos |
pital. She was the daughter of the |
late Jeahu and Margaret Lyndale /
Davis of Kent County. and prior |
to her marriage she taught school /
in Kent County. Besides her hus- !
band, she is survived by the fol- |
lowing children: F. Carl of Green |
wood; J. Addison of KensingtOn, |
Md; ID. Lester of Milford, and two |
daughters, Mrs. Edna Hayes of |
Bridgeville, and Miss Grace Porter |
of Media, Pa; 10 grandchildren |
and four great-grandchildren. She |
was active in the Women's Christ |
ian Temperance Union and a mem
Der of Grace Methodist Church of |
Greenwood, where services will be
held at p. m. Friday, with the
Rev. J. j. Won Hagel of Wyoming,
officiating. Burial will be in Holly
wood Gem etery, Harrington.
Friends may call at the Hardesty
Funeral Home, Bridgeville, after
7 p. m, Thursday.
TWILLEY
Mr.. Bailey Twilley, age 6S, died
at his home early Wednesday
morning after a short illness. Flu