Milford chronicle., 1956-07-06
OBITUARY


Spring Hill Nursing Home, Sails
bury, after a long illness. She was
a member of several women's or
ganizations.
She is survived by her husband,
d. A. Petry, and one daughter, Mrs.
Lucille Leone, Washington, ID. c.
The Rev. Earle Cummings, pas
tor of the Selbyville Methodist
Church officiated at the services
and interment was made in Red
Mems Cemetery.
BURCH
Mrs. Edith A. Burch, 81, died
suddenly on Tuesday, July 3, fol-
lowing a stroke. She was a men,
ber of Ayita Council. Degree of Po-
cahontas. She is survived by one
sister, Mrs. Nettie Gray, Selby-
vile.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon (Friday) at p. m. in
the Henry H. Watson Funeral
Home. The Rev. w. E. Shelter
dram. pastor of Pilgrim Holiness
Church, Roxana, will officiate, as
sisted by the Rev. Jack Taylor, pas
tor of the Assembly of God Church,
Selbyville Interment will be made
in the Red Mems Cemetery.
MINNER
RATLEDCE
Joint funeral services were con-
Quoted from the J. Millard Cooper
Funeral Home in Harrington at 2
p. m. Wednesday for Mrs. Jennie
r. Minner, 72, of near FELTON,, and
her brother, John G. Ratledge, Sc,
of Wilmington, who died Sunday,
July 1, within two hours of each
other after lingering illnesses.
Officiating were the Rev. Robert
E. Van Cleaf of Middletown, for
mer pastor of Asbury Methodist
Church, Harrington, and the Rev.
Richard Gibson, current pastor of
Asbury Church. Burial was made
in Hollywood Cemetery, near Har-
rington.
Mrs. Minner is survived by her
husband, Nathaniel, and several
nieces and nephews.
Mr.. Ratledge is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Elma Stauffer, a
son, Walter Ratledge, seven grand
children and three great-grandchil-
dren, several nieces and nephews,
all of Harrington.
RUST
Mrs. Edna Joseph Rust, 35, of
Harrington, died in the Milford Me-
mortal Hospital on Tuesday, July
8, where she had been a patient for
10 weeks. She was born near
Georgetown, daughter of Calvin
and Margie Blades Joseph of Can
non. She was a member of the
Pilgrim Holiness Church at Den
ton, Md.
In addition to her parents, she
is survived by her husband, Nor
man L. Rust; four sons, Leroy, Ed
ward, Wayne, and George; three
daughters, Joyce Ann, Lois, and
Josephine, all at home; three bro
theirs. Melvin and Roland Joseph,
both of Delmar; Donald Joseph,
fredericksburg, Md; a sister, Mrs.
Ellen O'Neal, Laurel, and one fos-
ter brother, Woodrow Wilkerson,
Greenwood.
Services will be held Friday at
2 p. m. in the Denton Pilgrim Holi-
ness church. The pastor, the Rev.
Grier Baker, will officiate, assisted
by the Rev. Russell CoverdaIe, pas
tor of the New Liberty Holiness
Church, near fredericksburg. Inter
ment will be, made in the Epworth
Cemetery, near Laurel.
CANNON
John Leighton Cannon of Green
wood, former coroner of Sussex
County, died Friday, June 20 in the
Milford Memorial Hospital.
He was born in Blades, a son of
the late Abraham and Anna Can
non.
In 1902 he went to Philadelphia
as a carpenter, and in 1914 to Pan
anna to assist in constructing pre-
fabricated houses. In 1928 he re-
turned to Delaware on Pennell
Farm, ami later opened a black
smith shop in Greenwood
Mr.. Cannon served terms as dep
uty sheriff and coroner of Sussex
County.
He is survived by his wife, Bessie
L. Cannon; two children, Leighton
of Otisville, N Y, and Carl Cannon
of Philadelphia: six grandchildren,
Is great-grandchildr four bro
theirs, Frank of Fort Lauderdale,
Fla, Grover of Bridgevilie, Ar
thur and James Cannon of Green
wood, and a sister, Mrs. Bertha
Howard of Philadelphia.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Fleischauer Funeral
Home in Greenwood at p. m. on
Sunday Burial was made in the
st. Johnstown Cemetery, Green
wood The Rev. Frank o. Baynard.
pastor of the Greenwood Methodist
Church, offfciated.
LEISHMAN
Mrs. Blanche Fulton Leishman,
72, wife of the Rev. DR.. William
Leishman, pastor of the Lewes
Presbyterian Church, died on Sat
urday, June 80, at the Beebe Hos
pIIdI III LeWeS WHERE she udu DeeH
a patient for six months. She had
been a semi-invalid for the past
two years.
The daughter of the late William
Fulton and Ida Sechrist Fulton of
Stewartstown, Pa. she was the sec
ond wife of the Lewes minister.
They were married September "a,
1916.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by one daughter by former
marriage. Mrs. Edward L. Crosby