Milford chronicle., 1957-09-13

sOAISs OudTl0S anu 6ODSEL MIllSE
both of Wilmington; two sisters
Mrs. Elizabeth Townsend of South
hampton, Pa, and Mrs Clifford
Harrington of Smyrna; one bro
ther, Samuel G. Bradley of FELTON,
and several nieces and nephews.
WOOTTEN
Mrs. Daisy B. Wootten, 54, OF
near Laurel, died Sept. at hel
home after 3 brief illness.
Daughter of the late Lemuel anG
Gertrude Hudson, Mrs. WootteI
had lived in Laurel for the past
II years.
She is survived by her husband
Chester w. Wooten; five daugh-
ters: Mrs. LoGise White of Berlin
Md; Mrs. Gertrude Bradford OF
Pittsfield, Md, Mrs. Rada Lewis
of Georgetown, Mrs. Anna Lee Rob
inson and Ailine Wootten, both OF
Laurel; two sons, Chester, Jr., and
Jack g., both OF Laurel; two sis
ters: Mrs. Carlos White of Pitts
field, Md, and Mrs. George Brat
ton of Willards, Md; fifteen grand
children, and two great-grandchil-
dren.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday at 2 p. m. at the Line
Church, with the Rev. James Lam
grell Of Gumboro officiating. In
terment in Line Church Cemetery
MARVEL
Manaen B. Marvel, IA, retired
farmer of near Nassau, died Sept
8 in Beebe Hospital, Lewes.
He was a son of the late David
H. Marvel and Lettie Stevenson
of Sussex County.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Adah r. Steele Marvel; five daugh-
ters, Mrs. Marshall B. Wilkens
Georgetown; Mrs. Carl H. Hurley
Philadelphia; Mrs. James T. John
son and Mrs. Charles G. Carter
both of Milton; and Mrs. Howard
L. Ritter of Lewes; four sons, Ell
bridge A, Manaen B., Jr., OF Mil
ford; David H., of Sewickley, Pa;
Holland of Lewes; a brother, John
r. Marvel of Milton; sister, Mrs
Mary Donovan, Milton; 81 grand
children, and seven great-grand-
children.
Services were conducted at p
m. Friday from the Atkins Funeral
Home, Lewes, the Rev. DR.. Will
liam Leishman, pastor of the Lewes
Presbyterian Church, officiating
Burial will be in st. Georges Gene
terry.
STANTON
Mrs. Sarah c. Stanton, 81, we'll
known Milford woman, died in Mil
ford Memorial Hospital Sept. g.
after long illness.
Wife of the late James H. Stan
ton, who was known in Republican
circles in Delaware, she is the
daughter of the late DR.. and Mrs.
Robert Y. Watson, her father a
Delaware financier.
Mrs. Stanton was a relative of
Martinas De Vale of France, one
of the first American settlers, and
she and her family are connected
with the early history of Milford.
She was an active member of the
Church of Milford, had
interests in the First National
Bank and Trust Company, was
owner of the Watson Block of
stores in the business section of
Milford, was collector of antiques
and had one of the finest collec-
tions in the state.
Mrs. Stanton is survived by a
sister-in-law, Mrs. Jennie Maull,
wife of the late George Clifton
Maull of Lewes.
The funeral services were held
at p. m. Wednesday at Christ
Episcopal Church, with the Rev.
Joseph Kinks, rector, officiating.
Interment in Odd Fellows Gene
terry.
JONES
George P. (Joe) Jones, 81, died
Sept. 6, at the Memorial
Hospital in Wilmington where he
had been a patient for the past two
weeks after being transferred there
from the Milford Memorial Hos
pitaI where he had been a patient
for a week.
He was born at Masten's Corner,
near FELTON,, son of Charles and
Mary Ann Earl Jones and had lived
near FELTON, the greater part of
his life where he was engaged in
farming.
About two and a half years ago
he and his wife went to Miami,
Fla, where they lived until April
Of this year when they returned to
their home on Paradise Alley, near
FELTON,.
Funeral services were held at the
Boyer Funeral Home, Harrington,
Monday afternoon at two o'clock.
Services were in charge of the Rev.
Richard S. Gibson, pastor of As
bury Methodist Church, Harring-
ton. Interment was in Barratt's
Chapel Cemetery, near Frederick.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Ethel Abbott Jones of FELTON,; two
sons, Edgar J. Jones of Camden,
and G. Frank Jones of Harring-
ton; one daughter, Mrs. Irene
Jones Layton of Big Spring, Tex,
nine grandchildren; one great
two brothers, Will
liam Jones of FELTON, and Earl
Jones of Chester, Pa.