Milford chronicle., 1957-01-11
OBITUARY


N the Nelson Funeral Home
Lewes. He died in the Beebe Hos
pital on December 2T. Burial was in
Peoples Memorial Park On the
Lewes-Rehobcth Highway.
Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Eliza
beth Maull Lamb, Lewes.
LACY
Services were held at 2 D. m
last Saturday from the Nelson Flu
neral Home, Lewes, for Robert Irv.
ing Lacy, 80 lifetime farmer OF
Lewes-Rehoboth Hundred, who died
December 31st at the Beebe Hos
pital.
His only immediate survivor is
sister, Mrs. Clara Maull, Lewes
RID.
Burial was in Friendship Gene
terry on the Millsboro Road.
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NOBLE
Mrs. Fannie Swain Noble, 81
widow of Warren Noble, died Jan
at the Laurel Rest Home.
She was born near Bridgeville
but had lived in Philadelphia fol
number of years.
Mrs. Noble was a daughter o
the late Robert p. Swain ard Annie
Spicer Swain.
Survivors include brother, vii.
liam j Swain, of Bridgeville; &
sister, Mrs. Hattie Jones of Dover
Del; several grandchildren and q
great grandchild.
Services were held at D. m
Monday from the Hardesty Funeral
Home in Bridgeville with the Rev
A. Jason Blundon, pastor of Union
Methodist Church, Bridgeville. off.
citing. Burial in Bridgeville Gene
terry. :
RAUGHLEY
Funeral services for Mrs. Effie
V. Maull Raughley, 1 Hanley st.
Harrington, were held at the Boyer
Funeral Home, Harrington, today
Friday, January II, at L p. m, in
/ charge of Rev. William H. Miller
pastor of Pilgrim Holiness Church
Harrington. Interment was in Hol.
lywood Cemetery, Harrington.
Mrs. Raughley had been under
the doctors care for several years
and died of a heart condition or
Jan. z. She was born at Lewes, the
daughter of the late Frank ant Ida
Lingo Maull, but had lived in Har.
rington since 1918. Her husband
George d. Raughley, died in 1880
She is survived by stepdaugh
ter, Mrs. ]. Henry Bramble of Viii
mington / step-grandson; l sister
Mrs. Elmer Johnson, Philadelphia
/ niece and l nephew.
BASKETTE
Paul u. Baskette, 64, World Wa
I veteran and employee of the Du
Pont Company, Seaford, died Jan
uary 4th in the Memorial Hospital
| Wilmington, after an illness of sew
eral weeks.
He was a native of East Tennes
see but had resided in Seafort
for the past 81 years where he wa
formerly associated with the o. D
Rhea Lightning Rod Company.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs
Sarah Mildred Baskette. Seaford
two sons, Paul Baskette, Jr.. Sea
ford, John D. Baskette, Wauxegan
ILL.,; several grandchildren; fou
sisters Mrs. Ray Martin, Mrs Zan
Miller, Mrs. Charles Thornbufgh
all of Kingport, Tenn, and Mrs
James Sulkerson, of Blountville
Tenn.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at the Watson Funeral Home
The Rev. Jervi.s Cooke, of 81
Johns Methodist Church officiated
Interment in Odd Fellows Gene
terry
WALLS
Mrs. Ella B. Walls, So, of IL
South Washington Street, widow
of Howard Walls, died Saturday
January 5th, at her home.
A native Delawarean, she hai
lived in Milford all her life. Sur
viving are a sister, Mrs. Edna Her
| ing, Milford; three brothers, viii
liam NJ. Bickel and Edward Van
Brunt, both of Wilmington, ant
Fred Turwilleger, Chester, Pa; ;
neice Mrs. Mary Hollis; a nephew
William Herring and two gran'
nieces. Mrs. Betty Jane Bunting
and Mrs. Yvonne Bunting all o
Milford.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at D. m. at the Berry Funera
Home. Milford. with interment il
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milford.