Milford chronicle., 1955-07-29
OBITUARY

Jarvis, he was born in Harbeson
and lived there all his life. He was
the oldest resident there in number
of years lived there.
He was a member of Endeavor
Lodge, A. F. & A NJ, of Milton,
and of the Beaver Dam Methodist
Church.
He is survived by his wife, Eliz-
abeth, and three children: Mrs.
Howard s. Abbott, Georgetown;
Mrs. Michael Groverman, Milford;
and James T. Jarvis, Harbeson;
six grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
Carey Funeral Home, Georgetown.
Rev. William Archer, pastor of the
Beaver Dam Methodist Church, of
ficiated. Interment was made in
Beaver Dam Cemetery.
THOMAS
Mrs. Hattie Hudson Thomas, 20,
of Frankford, wife of Gardner
Thomas, died at the home of her
son, Carson Thomas, Saturday
night after a long illness.
She was the daughter of the late
Charles and Mary Bunting Hudson.
She was member of the Frank
ford Methodist Church and the
WSCS; the Frankford Chapter, No.
II, OES, and the Frankford New
Century Club.
Beside her husband and son, she
is survived by two grandchildren
and three brothers, Charles Hudson,
Snow Hill, Md, Harry Hudson,
Wilmington, and Norman Hudson,
Norfolk, Va.
Funeral was held Tuesday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock from the Wat
son and Gray Funeral Home,
Frankford, the Rev. Connie Dickins,
Church, officiating. Interment was
made in Red Mems Cemetery, Dag
sboro.
BOWDEN
Mrs. Bessie Bowden, So, wife of
Larry Bowden, died Sunday morn
ing, July "a, at Milford Memorial
Hospital after a lingering illness.
She was the daughter of the late
Richard and Gertrude Halter Sears,
of Pittsville. Md.
Beside her husband she is sur
vived by six children: Mrs. Mary
Bunting, Selbyville; Misses Ruth
and Patricia Bowden, Millsboro;
Joseph Bowden, in the Air Force
in Hawaii; Larry Bowden, Jr.
Lewes; Raymond Dee Bowden,
Millsboro; two stepchildren, Mrs.
Catherine Handy, Claymont, and
Paul Bowden, Millsboro; nine grand
children, and two sisters, Mrs. Jen-
ME Chandler, Pittsville, Md, and
Mrs. Viola Bowden, also of Pitts
vile.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday afternoon at o'clock from
the James Funeral Home, Millsboro,
the Rev Clarence E. Wilkins, pas
tor of the Whitesville Charge, Of
ficiating.
COUCH
Mrs. Fannie B. Couch, 62, widow
of Jay W. Couch, died last Sunday
in the Milford Memorial Hospital
after a short illness. She was born
in Iowa and had lived with her
daughter, Mrs. Emory Hedgecock
of Harrington, for the past eight
years.
In addition to her daughter, she
is survived by a grandson, David,
and three sisters, the Misses Mae
M. Campbell and Hazel 0. Camp
bell, both of Marathon, Ia, and
Miss Iva L. Campbell of Indianap-
oils, Ind.
Funeral services were held in
Grace Methodist Church at Spen-
Ger, Ia, Wednesday at 1:30 p. m.
Interment was made in the Mara
hton, Ia, Cemetery. Funeral ar
rangements were in charge of the
J. Millard Cooper Funeral Home of
! Harrington.
/ SMITH
Funeral services were held at
p. m. on Monday from the Watson
Funeral Home in Seaford for Harry
B. Smith, 81. The Rev. Jervis
Cooke and the Rev. Omar Jones,
both of ST. Johns Methodist Church,
officiated. Interment was made in
the Seaford Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Mr. Smith, a son of the late
Louis and Mary Brown Smith, had
not been in health for several
months. Surviving are his widow,
Mrs. Dosia Hearn Smith, of Sea-
ford, and a brother, William Smith,
residing in Texas.
WAGNER
Joseph F. Wagner, SO, of Cam
I den, charter member and past COM
mander of Camden Post # 3238,
VFW, died early Wednesday night
of last week in the Kent General
Hospital, Dover, following a heart
attack suffered at his home.
A former town councilman for
several terms, Mr.. Wagner served
with the 59th Pioneer Infantry Reg
! iment in France for two years dur
ing World War 1.
| He was a former chief of Cam
den-Wyoming Fire Company, and
retired several years ago because
of his heart condition from the
State Highway Department where
he had been employed 80 years in
the testing division. He was also
a member of the VFW's Military
Order of the Coolies.
Mr.. Wagner was a graduate of
Wesley Academy in Dover, now
Wesley Junior College, and
member of Camden Methodist
| Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs