Milford chronicle., 1956-12-28

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Philadelphia, after an ill
ness of two weeks.
The child is survived by her
parents and two sisters, Sarah T.
and Betty Lou Birmingham.
Funeral services were held on
afternoon from the
Pentecostal Church of God, Lewes,
with the Rev. Leroy Wiley, pastor,
Burial in Lewes Meth
odist Cemetery.
HOUSTON
Mrs. Nancy P Houston, 80, wild
ow of James P. Houston, died Mon
day night, December "a, in Nanti-
coke Memorial Hospital, Seaford.
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Roy G. Hill of Georgetown a
son, Eldred Houston of Claymont;
five grandchildren, nine great
grandchildren, FIVE great great
grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs.
Bessie Tyndal of laurel
Services were held at 200 p. m.
on Thursday at the Carey Funeral
Home in Georgetown, with the Rev.
Gerald Henderson, pastor of the
Cokesbury Methodist Circuit, Of
ficiating. Interment in Union Gem
etery, Georgetown.
CULVER
Bertha M. Culver, 7S, died We'd
nesday, December 19, at the home
of her son, George A. Culver, at
226 Monticello avenue, Salisbury,
after a long illness.
She was a longtime resident of
Bridgeville until she moved to the
home of her son about 10 years
ago.
Beside her son, she is survived
by Two grandsons.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at 1:30 at the Har-
desty Funeral Home in Bridgeville
with the Rev. A. Jason Blundon,
pastor of Union Methodist Church,
officiating. Interment in Bridge
vile Cemetery.
JESTER
Mrs. Virgie NJ. Jester, IA, widow
of George III. Jester, died Thurs
day, December 20, in the Milford
Memorial Hospital She was
daughter of the late James E. and
Catherine Ennis Sammons.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Laura Chain, Georgetown;
Mrs. Arthur Francis, Philadelphia
Mrs. David Ellingsworth, Ellen
dale; two sons, Norman, George
town; Reese, Milford; IA grand
children, 6 great-grandchildren; a
brother, Arthur San1cnons, New
port; a half-brother, Elmer Sam
mons, Georgetown, three half-sis-
ters, Mrs. Cord Jones, Glendale;
Mrs. Elwood Holson, Harrington,
and Mrs. Joseph Holson, George
town.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at / p. m. in McColley's Meth
odist Church, with the Rev. OIin
Shockley officiating. Interment in
the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Mil
ford.
BRIGHT
Irma Lee Bright, 81, died Sun
day, December %, in the Woman's
Hospital in Baltimore.
Services will be from the Boyer
Funeral Home Friday at 1 p. m.
with the Rev. Larry Renner, pas
tor of the Manship Methodist
Church, near FELTON,, officiating.
Interment will be in the Holly
Cemetery, near FELTON,.
Miss Bright was born near Har-
rington, the daughter of the late
George w. and Mary Minner Bright.
She had lived in Baltimore for the
past 80 years. She was divorced
and resumed her maiden name.
She is survived by a son, Clar-
ence Lee Carson, and a grand
son, both of Baltimore; three bro
theirs, Arlie Bright of FELTON,; Will
liam Bright of Harrington and Ar
chic Bright of Baltimore; a sister,
Mrs. Elwood Jester of Harrington
and several nieces and nephews.
SHOCKLEY
Mrs. Elizabeth Hilton Shockley,
retired Delaware teacher, died at
her home, 113 West street, Milford,
Tuesday, December . rs. Mrs
Snockley was the daughter of the
late Rev. and Mrs. William E
Hilton.
She was born in Philadelphia on
April Is, 1855, attending school in
Philadelphia public schools, and
received her higher education al
Princess Anne Academy. Princess
Anne, Maryland, Cheyney Teach
ers College, Morgan College, and
was awarded the Bachelor of Sci
ence degree at Delaware State Col
lege. Being a minister's daughter
Mrs. Shockley lived in many com
munities before finally making heI
home in Delaware.
In 1911, she secured her first
teaching job in a rural one-room
school in Marydel, Maryland. She
was later employed at the old ele-
mentary school on West street
Milford
On December 81, 1919, she mar
ried Alonzo Shockley, Sr., who
died in 1852.
The long teaching career of Mrs
Shockley included duties at Viii
Evansville and the Benjamin Ban
neker School on North street il
Milford, which concluded AZ years
of teaching whpu she retired in