Milford chronicle., 1957-10-25
OBITUARY
TIMMONS

lingering illness.
Besides her husband and son,
Harry, Mrs. Timmons is survived
by three other sons, Richard Tim
mons of Ocean View; James Tim
mons of Dagsboro, and Paul Tim
mons of Wilmington; five grand
children, and sister, Mrs. Alice
Colwell of Wilmington.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday at p. m. from the James
Funeral Home in Millsboro, with
the Rev. Perry o. Hill, pastor of
the st. Georges Methodist Church,
officiating. Interment in Red Mems
Cemetery, Dagsboro.
GOODWIN
Mrs. Josephine Goodwin, 55, a
Lewes resident for 20 years, died
October 18 at her home on Null
berry street in that town. She had
been i'll the past year. She was
born in Flomaton, Ala, a daugh-
ter of the late Mr.. and Mrs. JOS
eph Lambeth and was one of Is
children.
She is survived by two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Alton S. Bradley, Lewes;
Mrs. Edgar A. Russell, Seaford;
two sisters, Mrs Evell Knowles
and Mrs. Jesse Knowles, both of
FlomatOn; seven brothers, Thos.,
Henry, Leon and Devon Lambeth,
all of Flomaton; Jesse and Wilson
Lambeth of Mobile, Ala; Travis
Lambeth of Brewton, Ala, and four
grandchildren.
Services were held Tuesday at
p. m. in the Atkins Funeral
Home. The Rev. DR.. William .Leish-
man, pastor of Lewes Presbyterian
Church, officiating. Interment in
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Seaford
SWAIN
Funeral services for Jacob A.
Swain, II, who died October Is in
the Delaware Hospital after a
weeks illness were held in the
Boyer Funeral Home Tuesday at
2 p. m. The Rev. Chester Wilcox,
pastor of Trinity Methodist Church,
officiating, and interment in Holly
wood Cemetery, near Harrington
He was born at Harrington, a
son of Samuel w. and Weatherly
Allen Swain. His wife, Alice Ba-
ker Swain, died in 1887.
He is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. John W. Darrell, Whining
ton; son, S. Thayer Swain, ST.
Petersburg, Fla; seven grandchil-
dren, a brother, William A. Swain;
two sisters, Mrs. Noah Howell and
Mrs. Isaac Morris, all of Harring-
ton, and a half-sister, Mrs. Will
liam Passwaters, Lincoln.
Mr.. Swain retired as an en-
ployee in the signal and telegraph
department of the Delmarva Di-
vision, Pennsylvania Railroad, 10
years ago. More recently, he had
been with the Harrington Hard
ware Company and after leaving
that firms employ spent most of
his time in Florida and Whining
ton He was a member of Har-
mony Lodge No. 13, AT and AM,
Smyrna.
Masonic services were held at
the funeral home Monday at p.
m.
HEARNE
FenWick L. Hearne, II. CONAN
ager of the Swarthmorean, 40 Mary
land avenue, Rehoboth Beach, died
October 20 at the Massey Nursing
Home, in Delmar, where he had
been a patient since last June. He
suffered a stroke, two weeks ago.
He had been living in RehOboth
Beach for the past II years, where
he and his wife, Mrs. Bessie Wool
ford Hearne, operated the Swarth-
morean, popular summer room
ing house.
They went to Rehoobth Beach
from Swarthmore, Pa, and Mr.,
Hearne had been employed as a
building contractor in the Phila-
delphia area. He was born in
Quantico, Md, and was the son of
Mrs. Annie G. Hearne of Smyrna
and the late Spencer Hearne, of
Quantico.
In addition to his wife, he is
survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Stanton S. Won GrabilI, Phoenix,
Ariz., and Mrs. Harrison Houder,
Wynnwood, Pa, also seven grand
children.
The funeral was held on Wed
nesday at 2:30 p. m. in the Hill
and Johnson Funeral Home, Sal
isbury, Md, followed by burial in
Parson Cemetery, there.
HENDRICKS
Mrs. Jennie H. Hendricks, 81,
oldest resident of Houston and
an authority on Delaware history,
died at her home in that town on
Thursday, October II, after long
illness. She formerly conducted
a dressmaking business at her
home
She was born on a farm near
Harrington, October "a, 1866, one
of ten children of the late Mat
thias and Sally Parvls Hammond.
She went to Philadelphia as a
young woman and became associ-
ated with a dressmaking estab
lishment She remained with the
firm until her marriage to the late
John Watson Yerkes. In 1928 she
returned to Delaware to make her
home. Her second husband was
William w. Hendricks, who pre-
ceded her in death.
Services were held in the Berry
Funeral Home at Milford, Sunday
at $3.50 D. m. The Rev. Ray Kir-
wan, pastor of Houston Methodist
Church. oficiated. and interment