Milford chronicle., 1957-05-24
OBITUARY
DAVIS


Memorial Hospital after a long
illness. A son of the late James
L. and Catherine Henderson Da-
Wis. he was a lifelong resident of
Milford. Several cousins survive.
Services were held in the Berry
Funera, Home Wednesday at p.
N The Rev. F. Douglas Milbury,
pastor of wildwood Methodist
Church, officiating Interment in
Odd Fellows Cemetery.
CHRISTOPHER
Services for Mrs. Georgianna
Christopher. 50, widow of Louis
Christopher, who died Friday night,
May II, at the Jarvis Nursing
Home in FELTON,, were held Monday
in charge of Rev. Richard Bailey
of Pennington. at Hardesty Fu-
neral Home in BGidgeville. Burial
in Bloomery Cemetery, near Fed
eralsburg, Md.
Mrs. Christopher was a former
resident of Greenwood, and was
daughter of the late Ferdinand
and Elizabeth Scott Lankford.
She is survived by a son, Clar-
ence L. Christopher, Atwater o.,
daughter, Mrs. Minnie Walls,
Ridgely, Md, II grandchildren, II
great grandchildren.
CALHOUN
Mrs. Helen J. Calhoun, age So
years, wife of Clarence Calhoun
of Milford, died in Milford Memo
rial Hospital, Thursday, May 16,
following long illness. She was
the daughter of the late Sarah L.
and George H. Jones. Funeral ser
vices were held from the Lofiand
Funeral Home, Sunday, May 10, at
2 p. m, with Rev. Douglas Mil
bury, pastor of Calvary Methodist
Church, and Rev. Harry Jaeger,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, officiating. Interment was
in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Mrs. Calhoun is survived by her
husband; four daughters, Mrs
Clayton Hitch, Arlington, Va; Mrs.
William Kenton and Mrs. Marvin
Hitch, Milford, and Mrs. Charles
Vibbert, Palmyra, N. j.; two sons,
Joseph T., Dover, and c. DonneIl
Calhoun of Milford; 16 grandchil-
dren; one sister, Mrs. Matte ].
Greenly, Lincoln.
HENDRICKS
Services for John c. Hendricks,
76, husband of Grace Caroline
Hendricks, were held from the ].
Millard Cooper Funeral Home in
Harrington at 2 p. m. Tuesday, the
Rev. Omro Todd of Goldsboro, Nd,
officiating. Burial in Denton Gem
etery.
Mr.. Hendricks died in Milford
Memorial Hospital late Friday, May
II.
He was born in Pennsylvania,
son of Frank and Jennie Hen
bricks, but had lived in the Har-
rington vicinity for many years
where he was engaged in farming
until about year ago when he re-
tired because of ill health.
Surviving besides his wife are
10 children: Mrs. Goldie Statum of
Chester, Pa; Miss Bernice Hend-
ricks of Wilmington, Chalmers and
Franklin Hendricks, Mrs. Arlene
Hendricks, Mrs. John Case, and
Mrs. Joseph Calvert, all of Har-
ringtOn; Mrs. James Blades of Fell
ton, Mrs. William Daniels and
Mrs. Rata Lank both of Milford,
and 16 grandchildren, and a bro
ther, Alva B. Hendricks of San
Diego, Calf.
LANE
Funeral services for Ashton
Lane, who died Friday, May IL, at
his home near Houston after
short illness, were held in the
Boyer Funeral Home, Harrington,
Monday. The Rev. ]. B. Vaughn,
pastor of Houston Methodist
Methodist Church, officiating. In
terment in Hollywood Cemetery.
Born near Denton, Md, a son
of the late William and Julia Mon
tague Lane, Mr.. Lane had lived in
the Houston area for many years.
He formerly was engaged in farm
ing and at the time of his death
was employed by the city of Mil
ford.
He is survived by his wife, Eta
Hill Lane; eight sons, Burke and
Lyman, both of Houston; Frank
Wilmington; Merritt, Joseph, and
George, all of Harrington; Chief
Petty officer Kenneth Lane, U. S.
Navy, Norfolk, Va; Sergeant Ray
Lane, U. S. Marines, Quantico, Va;
three daughters. Mrs. Thelma Pic
colo, Stanton; Mrs. Julia Holleg-
er and Mrs. Janet Ryder, both OF
Milford.
LOOCKERMAN
i Mrs. Elizabeth Causey Richards
Loockerman, IS, member of a prom
inent Peninsula family, died at her
home on Locust Grove Farm, near
| Greenwood on Tuesday night, May
IA.
She had been an invalid for %
years.
Wife of Jay Clarence LOCKER
man, who survives, she was a
daughter of the late John Emery
Richards of the adjoining Middle
space Farm and Eliza beth Warren
Wright Richards.
Mrs. LOockermaD was an active
charter member of Epworth Meth
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