Milford chronicle., 1957-09-13

Delaware Hospital in Wilmington
last Saturday night.
He was the son of William H.
Donovan of Bridgeville and the
:. late Annie Messick Donovan.
Besides his father, he is survived
by his widow, Florence Rose.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday at 2 p. m. from the Hardesty
Funeral Home, Bridgeville, with
the Rev. ]. E. Layton, pastor of
Laurel Methodist Church Circuit,
officiating. Interment in Bridge
willie Cemetery.
GEORGE
Wesley S. George, SO, of Cam
den, died in the Wilmington Gen
eral Hospital, Sept 8, after short
illness.
Born in Camden, he operated
general store and filling station at
Rising Sun for a number of years.
Mr.. George is survived by his
wife, Mrs. LOuella George of Cam
den; two daughters, Miss Beatrice
Gooden of FELTON, and Mrs. Marina
Rowe of Camden; his father, Frank
George of Camden, and two grand
children.
Funeral services were held from
the Berry Funeral Home, FELTON,,
on Tuesday at 2 p. m, with the
Rev. j. e. Parker, retired Metho-
dist minister of Camden, officiating.
Interment in Barratt's Chapel
Cemetery, Frederick.
CARTER
James Alfred Carter, age "a years
passed away Tuesday, Sept. 10,
1857, i'm the Veterans Hospital,
Philadelphia, Pa, after a long ILL
ness. Funeral services will be held
from the Berry Funeral Home, Mil
ford on Saturday afternoon, Sept.
IA, 1857 at 100 o'clock with the
Rev William Tull, pastor of the
Church of God, of Milford officiat-
ing. Interment will be in Odd Fell
lows Cemetery, Milford.
He is survived by his wife Eliza
beth Jane Carter, one son, Lloyd c.
Carter and one daughter Debra Jane
Carter, all of Frederick, his mother,
Mrs. Florence Carter, Salisbury,
Md, and one sister, Doris Champion
Savannah, Georgia. Mr.. Carter is
Veteran of the Korean War. Friends
may call at the funeral home on
Friday evening.
VEASEY
Mrs. Sara ]. Veasey, SO, widow
of John S. Veasey, died Sept. 10 at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Julia Pettyjohn, near Milton.
Mrs. Veasey would have been
80 years old next month.
She is survived by four daugh-
ters: Mrs. Pettyjohn, Mrs. Mettie
Warrington and Mrs. Marie Green,
both of Millsboro, and Mrs. Mary
Hastings of Milford; two sons,
John c. and Thomas P. Veasey,
both of Georgetown, and three
stepdaughters, Mrs. Georgia A.
Doyle Of Coolspring; Mrs. Virginia
Kidwell of Wilmington, and Mrs.
Bessie Fl. Wilson of Georgetown.
Funeral services will be held to-
day, Friday, at 2 p. m. in the Har-
beson Methodist Church, with the
Rev. ]. p. George, retired Metho-
dist minister, and the Rev. Dale
Pruitt. pastor of the church, Off
ciating. Interment will be in the
Church cemetery.
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ANDERSON
Services were held at Lewes
Sept. 10 at Atkins Funeral Home
for Mrs. Jane Laws Anderson, 56,
who died at Beebe Hospital on
Sunday, Sept. 8, after a long ILL
ness.
She was the daughter of the late
DR.. Benjamin C. Warren. well
known retired Methodist minister,
and Mary Stewart Benson Warren.
Mrs. Anderson came to Rehoboth
Beach just before World War IL,
and had owned and operated an
antique shop on the Rehoboth
Highway until her recent illness.
She is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Harold w. Hooker of Lewes
and Mrs. Howard Devins of New
York City.
Her only son, 1t. Stephen Laws
Pascal, who served in the Army
Air Corps during the last war, was
killed on a photo reconnaissance
mission in Germany
The funeral was conducted by
the Rev. Richard S. Bailey, rector
of All Saints Episcopal Church of
RehobOth Beach, and the Rev. DR..
William Leishman, pastor of Lewes
Presbyterian Church. Burial was
i'm the family plot in Springhill
Cpmetprv at EasfOn Md
KERN
Mrs. Myra G. KERN. 55. of Do
yer, died at the Kent General Hos
pital early Wednesday, September
II. following a lingering illness.
She was the wife of John z. KERN.
assistant to the postmaster at the
Dover Post Office.
Mrs. KERN had quite an active
career in the Dover area until her
final illness, at which time she was
serving as secretary in the office
of State Treasurer, Mrs. Vera G.
Davis. For a number of years she
was active in the affairs of the
Kent County Republican Commit
tee and directed the work at the
headquarters of that committee
during the 1856 campaign.
For about ten years she served
as Clerk of the Kent County Court
of Common Pleas at a vime before
the juvenile work of that court
was established into a separate
Court.
Before taking over tne court
work she served for many years