Milford chronicle., 1956-09-14

ber 9Th, at her home.
She is survived by sister, Mrs.
Lima Watkins, and two brothers,
George H. and Thomas Davis, all
of Milford.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday at 2 p. M, in the Berry F'u-
neral Home, Milford. The Rev. Rob
ert Green, pastor of Avenue
Methodist Church, officiated. Inter
ment was in Odd Fellows Cemetery,
Milford.
JESTER
Charles Harvey Jester, SO, die1
Tuesday, September IL, 1856, in
Wilmington Hospital after a short
illness. Funeral services will be
held from the Church of God, Mil
ford, Delaware, Friday afternoon
at 2:30 p. m. Rev. William E. Tull
will officiate. Viewing will be at
the Nichols Funeral Home, New
port, Delaware, Thursday evening
after q p. m. He is survived by 4
sons, Harlan, of Milford, Leroy,
Wesley and Nolan of Newark;
daughters, Elva Todd of Newark
and Louise Jester of Wilmington !;
4 grandchildren 5 sisters; 1 bro
ther, and several nieces and nep-
hews.
HOLMES
Henry Everett Holmes, age "a
1f T inI Il Il ,1x-
in New York City on Monday in
the Hotel Shelton. Mr.. Holmes, a
native of Troy, New York, moved
to Lincoln in 1947 and had served
with the Masten Trucking Com
pany for the past eight years He
was serving as Comptroller of the
company at the time of his death.
He is survived by his wife, Mar
garet l.. Holmes, and sons, Dav-
id of Schenectady, John of Little
Silver, New Jersey, and Henry of
Delaware City, and two grandsons,
Funeral services ana interment
will take place in Troy, New York,
on Friday, September 14th.
MOSLEY
Funeral services for Nathaniel
Mosley, rs, were held at p. M,
Wednesday, at John Wesley A. M
E. Church, Milford Neck, Del.
The Rev. Roy Williams officia-
ted. Interment was at John Wesley
Cemetery.
Mr.. Mosley died Sunday, Sep
tember 9Th, at Kent General Hos
pital, Dover.
He was a busiessman, and a re-
tired farmer, having lived i'm and
near FELTON,, for many years.
He is survived by one SON, Mil
lard; a foster son, William Carney;
one daughter, Mrs. Helen Games
two brothers, Ernest of FELTON, and
Joseph Mosley of Dover; and two
grandchildren
CLIFTON
John-Ed Clifton, rs, a native oi
Long Neck, Sussex County, died
September 9th at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Lee Rust, on the
Millsboro Road.
Born near Lewes, he was a son
of the late George A. Clifton and
Sarah Pass waters Clifton.
In addition to his daughter, Mrs.
Rust, he is survived by the follow
ing other children, Howard, Mrs.
Harold Moore, Norman, Mrs. Ros-
coe Carey, Dale w. and Chester C.
Clifton, all of Milton, and Mrs. Le-
roy Wilson of Lincoln. He also
leaves a brother, William Clifton
of Lewes; Is grandchildren and
six reat-grandchild
The funeral was held at 2 p m,
Wednesday, from Conley's Chapel,
followed by burial in the church
yard.
William Wilkie, 81, recently ap-
pointed manager of the Milford
bureau of the Delaware State News,
was found dead by a passerby at
his desk in the bureau office Mon
day morning, September 10th.
Mr. Wilkie was found by Neal
Jenson, who saw him through the
open door. DR. Casimer Vileises was
called and pronounced him dead.
Death was apparently due to a
heart attack, but he was removed
to the Milford Memorial Hospital
for a post mortem examination.
An Air Force sergeant, he had
taken the position in Milford last
week to supplement his income.
Believed to be a native of North
Carolina, Mr.. Wilkie is survived
by his wife and three children of
10 State Circle, Capitol Park, Do
yer.
NELSON
\ Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
H. Nelson, Sc, of Houston, were
held at the Boyer Funeral Home,
Harrington, Saturday afternoon al
2 O'Clock. Services were in charge
of the Rev. Chester Wilcox, Sr.
pastor of Trinity Methodist Church
Harrington. Interment was in Hol-
lywood Cemetery, Harrington.
Mrs. Nielsen died Thursday, Sep
tember 9Th, in the Milford Memo
rial Hospital, where she had beer
a patient for the past 13 days.
She was born near Ocean View
daughter Of Joseph and Mary Han
nah Robinson, but had resided iT
and near Houston practically al
her life. Her husband, James w
Wilson, died in 1918.
She is survived by a SON, james
Nelson, of Houston; two nephews
Joseph Tallev of Camden and 2
niece, Mrs. Catherine Donovan Hill
Of West Chester, Pa.