Milford chronicle., 1955-09-09
OBITUARY
MORRIS

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ther of Arthur H. Morris, Lewes
druggist, died Saturday, Sept. 8,
at the Kitchens Nursing Home,
Nassau, near Lewes.
Born near Millsboro, May 8,
1868, she as the daughter of the
late Eber L. Hudson and Elizabeth
McCabe Hudson. Her only immedi-
ate survivor is her son.
Funeral services was held Tues
day at l p. m. at the Atkins Fun
eral Home Lewes. The Rev. A.
Edward Dougherty. pastor of
Bethel Methodist Church, Lewes,
officiated. Interment at Lewes Meth
odist Cemetery.
BOSTICK
John L. Bostick, Sc, husband of
the late Mary Bostick died at his
home in Frederick Friday, Sept. 2.
A retired farmer, he was a native
Delawarean.
Surviving are four sisters, Mrs.
Clara Jarman, Clayton; Mrs. Maude
Merrill, Wilmington; Mrs. Cora
Rattray, Frederick and Mrs. Mar
garet Cohee, Magnolia and three
brothers, Charlie Bostick, FELTON,;
Cooper Bostick, Glendale and Sam
uel Bostick, Wilmington.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at p. m. at the Berry
Funeral Home, FELTON,. The Rev.
John E. Parker, retired Methodist
minister of Camden officiated. In
terment at Odd Fellows Cemetery,
Camden.
SHORT
Mrs. Mary Isaacs Short, 20, life
long resident of the Cokesbury area,
died Saturday afternoon, Sept. 3,
at Kent General Hospital, Dover.
after a brief illness. She was
member of the Cokesbury Metho-
dist Church.
Mrs. Short was the daughter of
the late Charles t. and Amelia A.
Cornwell Isaacs.
Surviving are one son, Henry /.
Short, Sr., two grandchildren, and
one great grandchild, all of Cokes-
bury, and brother Henry r. Isaacs,
formerly of Wilmington.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at 2 p. M, at the Cokesbury
Church. The Rev. Joseph V. Holli
day, former pastor, and the Rev.
Gerald Henderson, present pastor,
officiating. Interment at the Cokes-
bury Cemetery.
ELLIOTT
Mrs. Eva M Elliott, 43, died
Monday afternoon, Sept. 5, at the
Emily P. Bissell Sanatorium, Mar
shallton, after a long illness.
She is survived by her husband,
Alfred Elliott, near Georgetown;
six children, Mrs. Cora Hill of
Laurel; the Misses Edna, Cathleen
and Elma Jane Elliott, all of
Georgetown; Harvey Elliott of
Laurel and Harvey Lee Elliott of
Georgetown; four grandchildren;
five sisters, Mrs. Edna Bunting of
Selbyville; Mrs. Angle Davidson of
Dagsboro, Mrs. Frances Holloway
of Wilmington; Mrs. Name Pepper
of Georgetown and Mrs. Edith Mas
tracola of Laurel; two brothers,
William Bunting of Bryn Mawr,
Pa, and Norman of Stockley.
Funeral services were held on
Thursday at 1 p. m. from the James
Funeral Home in Milsboro with
the Rev. Joseph V. Holiday, pastor
of the Georgetown Methodist Cir
cult officiating. Interment in Union
Cemetery, Georgetown.
NAGLE
James w. Nagle, SO, husband of
Mrs. Helen Nagle, died Friday eve
ming, September 2, at the Delaware
Hospital in Wilmington, after
long illness.
He operated a gasoline filling
station in Milford for many years
and lived at Milford until five
months ago, when he moved to Col
umbus, S. G. One month ago, he
went to Wilmington and entered
Delaware Hospital. Before coming
to Milford, he operated a filling
station at Pennington.
Mr.. Nagle was a native Penn
sylvanian.
Surviving, in addition to his
widow, are two step-children, Mrs.
Arnold Lampert, Brookhaven, Pa,
and Allen Moore, Wilmington, and
a foster brother, William Dubois,
of Sheffield, Pa.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at p. m. at the Berry Funeral
Home in Milford. The Rev. ]. E.
Layton, pastor of Laurel Methodist
Church, officiated Interment was
made in the Denton, Md, Cemetery.
ATKINS
DR.. George Hulings Atkins of
1927 South Broad Street, Phila-
delphia, died Saturday, September
3rd, in the Methodist Episcopal
Hospital of that city after an ill
ness of four months. He was
eighty-three years old. For fifty
three years he had practiced medi-
cine in Philadelphia in the best
tradition of the old-time family
physician.
Born in Milton, April IL, 1872,
he was the son of David and AL
mira Goslee Atkins. His father was
a shipbuilder. AS a boy he played
in the shipyards and all his life
he retained a detailed knowledge
of and interest in the construction
and rigging of sailing vessels
After the family moved to Will
mington he attended the Philadel-
phia College of Pharmacy from
which he was graduated in 1898 |
His degree in medicine he received