Milford chronicle., 1955-05-27
OBITUARY
BENNETT

BENNETT
Funeral services for Mrs. Agnes
q. Bennett, wife of Robert George
Bennett. of Milford, who passed
away in the Milford Memorial Hos
pital on Wednesday,, May 25, will
De held from the Lofand Funeral
Home in Milford tomorrow (Satur-
1ay) afternoon at o'clock. Inter-
nent will be made in Barratt's
Chapel Cemetery, near Frederick.
Rev. Robert E. Green will officiate.
Mrs. Bennett is survived by her
husband. and her father and mo-
Their, Mr.. and Mrs George Bovey,
and a sister, Mrs. May Marvel, all
of Milford
WHEATLEY
Josephine X. Wheatley, Sc, died
Saturday at her home in Green
wood where she had lived for the
past two years.
She is survived by her husband,
Clinton Wheatley, of Greenwood; !;
two brothers, Fred Kerbs and Val
kerbs, and a sister, Helen Place,
all of Hicksville, l.. l., N. Y.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday afternoon at the Fleischauer
Funeral Home, Greenwood, with
the Rev. George Moore, of Green
wood, officiating. Interment was in
st. Johnstown Cemetery, Green
wood.
LANCASTER
Mrs. Edith Lancaster, 20, wife
OF Edmund Lancaster, died Friday
at her home in Viola.
Mrs. Lancaster had been a res
ident of Viola for a number of
years. In addition to her hus-
band, she is survived by two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Gilbert Gourley, OF
Woodside, and Miss Doris Lancas-
ter, at home; sister, Mrs. May
Sagar, and brother, Winfield
Conklin, both of Newburgh, N. T.;
eight grandchildren, and two great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
the Berry Funeral Home, FELTON,,
on Tuesday afternoon. Interment
was made in Barratt's Chapel Gem
etery, near Frederick.
WHEELER
Funeral services for John c.
Wheeler, 20, who died Friday, May
20, were held Monday at p. m. in
the Boyer Funeral Home, Harring-
ton. The Rev. Robert K. Green,
pastor of Avenue Methodist Church,
Milford. officiated at the services.
Interment was in Hollywood Gene
terry.
Born in Greensboro, Md, he lived
many years in Greenwood until the
death of his mother, Mrs. Sallie
Mitchell Wheeler, when he came
here to live with a brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Draper. His sister died in 1912 and
his father, Lemuel Wheeler, two
years later. Since then, he has lived
with nephew and niece, Mr.. and
Mrs. Addison Draper, near FELTON,.
He is survived by one other nephew,
Lester Draper, of Greenwood.
WILSON
George Almond Wilson, 78, hus-
band of Eva Wilson, died Sunday,
May %. in the Milford Memorial
Hospital. Funeral services were
held from the Berry Funeral Home
in Milford on Wednesday at p.
M, with Rev. F. Charles Louhoff,
retired and former pastor of the
Houston Methodist Church, offici-
ating. Interment was made in the
Hollywood Cemetery, near Harring-
ton. He is survived by his widow,
two daughters, Mrs. Lillian Staff
Poulson of Salisbury; four sons,
Lester, Benjamin, Elmer and Ralph
all of Houston, and two grand
children. He was a member of
the Delaware House of Represen-
tatives in 1928; manager of the
Houston Lumber Company, Houston
and a member of the Houston
Methodist Church.
WORKMAN
Robert II. Workman, formerly
postmaster at Milton for 20 years,
died last Friday morning at his
home near Milton after a long ill
ness. He was son of the late
Jacob T. and Elizabeth Sammons
Workman.
He is survived by his wife, Ver-
die Clendaniel Workman; two
daughters, Mrs. Naomi Jensen, Mil
ton; Mrs. Marie Beaner, Green's
boro. Md; five sons, Norman, Atlas,
David. and Howard Work
man, all of Milton. Also 13 grand
children, seven grandchildren, two
nieces and a nephew.
Services were held in the Milton
Funeral Home Sunday at p. m.
The Rev. John George of Harbeson
and the Rev. Earl Watts, pastor of
the Pilgrim Holiness Church officia-
ted. Interment in Odd Fellows
Cemetery.
NEWNOM
William Thomas Newnom, 56, of
Pennington, died Friday afternoon,
May goth, at his home in Farming