Milford chronicle., 1955-08-05
OBITUARY
WATSON


ices will be held from the Berry
afternoon at O'Clock, with Rev.
Edwin Tull, pastor of the Church
of God, and Rev. Robert E. Green,
pastor of the Avenue Methodist
Church, officiating. Interment in
Odd Fellows cemetery, Milford.
Besides his wife, he is survived
by two sons, William ]. and Glenn
N, both of Milford; three grand
children; one sister, Mrs. Bess
Watson Shew, Milford, and one
brother, F. Davis Watson also of
warden from 1928 to 1888.
STATS
Services for Mrs. Elizabeth G.
Stats, Sc, widow of Herman HI.
Stats, who died at her her home
in Smyrna on Thursday, July 2S.
were conducted from the FAIRIES
Funeral Chapel in Smyrna at 2 p.
m. Sunday with the Rev. Walter l..
Beckwith, pastor of Asbury Meth
odist Church officiating. Burial was
made in Glenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Stats was a daughter of
the late Anderson Ford and Lima
Morgan.
Survivors include the following
children: Charles, of Townsend; A.
Ford, of Clayton; Mrs. Bessie f.
Johnson, of New Castle; Perkins
and Miss Ann Stats, of Smyrna;
sister, Mrs. Beulah Ford, of
Smyrna; IL grandchildren, and IL
great grandchildren.
TRUITT
Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Truitt, 81,
wife of the late Benjamin B. Truitt,
died Friday, July 29, at the home
of her son, William B. Truitt, near
Delmar.
Surviving are three sons, Cor
don, of Hebron, Md; and William
and Maurice, of Delmar; daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ruby Hooper, of Mardela,
Md; IL grandchildren and 81 great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held last
Saturday at 2:30 p. m. from the
Marvel Funeral Home with the
Rev. Clarence Fox, of Hebron, Of
ficiating. Interment was made in
Hebron Cemetery.
WEST
E. Ira West, 81, trustee of Kings
Methodist Church near Laurel, and
it's Sunday school superintendent
for IT years, died Friday, July 30,
at his home near Laurel after a
brief illness.
Husband of the late Mrs. Nora
West, he was a retired farmer.
He is survived by five children,
DR.. James West, of Milford. Mrs.
Blanche West, of Wilmington, and
l. Lee West, Mrs. Joseph Elliott,
and Mrs. Silas Dukes, of Laurel;
IL grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at 4 p. m. in Kings Church
with adjoining cemetery.
HASTINGS
William S. Hastings, rs, retired
farmer, died last Thursday at Beebe
Hospital in Lewes after a long ill
ness. His wife was the late Emma
Cooper Hastings.
Survivors include three step
children, Mrs. Maude Mayer, of
Newark, Earl and Orlando Cooper,
Jr., of Ocean View; and sister,
Mrs. Amanda Davis, of Delmar.
Services were conducted Monday
at 1 p. m. from the Church of
Christ at Ocean View, with the
Rev. Raymond Bennett officiating.
Burial was made in Bethel Gene
terry, Ocean View.
BOWMAN
Funeral services were held at
1890 a. m. on Thursday, July 81,
from the Fleischauer Funeral Home
in Greenwood, for Paul M. Bowman,
age so. The Rev. Hankins, of Farm
ington and Rev. Clarence l.. An
drews, of Duryea, Pa. officiated.
Interment was made in ST. Johns
town Cemetery, Greenwood. Sur
viving are his widow, Mrs. Mildred
Andrews Bowman, of Greenwood;
his mother. Mrs. Jennie L. Bowman,
of Great Bend, Pa; brother, Lee
l.. Bowman. of Dallas, Texas; six
children, Elizabeth Aungst, Butler,
N. j., Erma Wordsworth, Ayden,
N. c., Janice Messick, Harringto
Rexford Bowman, Butler, N. j..
Gerald and william, both of Green
wood; and 18 grandchildren.
WARREN
Funeral services for Charles w
Warren, SO, years, a prominent far
mer of Glendale, who died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Her
man West, on Thursday. July 2S,
were held from the Lofand Fun
eral Home in Milford on Sunday,
July 81, at p. m.
Interment was made in Odd Eel
lows Cemetery, with Rev. Olin
Shockley, pastor of the Glendale
Church officiating.
Mr.. Warren is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Herman West, of