Milford chronicle., 1957-07-12
OBITUARY
ARMoUR

home in Houston, Del. on July
1857. He is the husband of the
late Mabel E. Armour Funeral SER
vices will be held from the Berry
Funeral Home, Milford, on Friday
afternoon, July II. at 2 o'clock.
Rev. Ray Kirwan, pastor of Hous-
i IN Methodist Church officiating.
Interment in Odd Fellows Gene
terry, Milford. He Is survived by one
son, Samuel A. NJ Armour, Jr.,
Laurel, two daughters, Mrs. Eliza
beth Carter, Milford, Mrs. Beulah
Sockrider, Milford, three brothers,
GOlan, George, and Arthur Armour,
all of Houston and one sister, Mrs.
Pearl Messick, Houston. He has
been a farmer in this area all of
his life and was a member of the
Houston Methodist Church.
McCABE
George E. McCabe. 6S. died at
his home in Roxana, July 2 after
long illness.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Walsie McCabe; daughter, Mrs.
Helen Mitchell of Millsboro; three
sons, Virgil of Frankford; Court
land of Selbyville and Carl of Rox-
ana, six grandchildren and one
great grandchiid: three sisters.
Mrs. Lizzie Simpler of Ocean View;
Mrs. Maggie Rogers of Frankford
and Mrs. Pearl Rogers of Dags-
boro and one brother, Horace Nc
Ca.be OF Georgetown
Funeral services were held Fri
day July from the Watson and
Gray Funeral Chapel, Frankford.
The Rev. James Langral, pastor of
the Gufnboro Methodist Church.
and the Rev. William Kohl, pastor
of the Roxana Methodist Church,
officiating. Interment in Roxana
Methodist Cemetery.
MARVIL
Mrs. Nora Priestiy MarviI, 70,
died suddenly Thursday, July 4,
in her home near Bridgeville. She
was the widow Of Walter Marvil,
and daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Priestly.
Four sons survive. They are:
Harlie, Roland, Lawrence, all of
this area, and Granville, of Sea-
ford three grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
She also leaves a brother, Ollie
Priestly, of near Greenwood, and
four sisters, Mrs. Maggie Britting-
ham, Philadelphia, Mrs. Minnie Nc
Dowell, Greenwood; Mrs. BERTHE
Dill, Bridgeville, and Mrs. Emma
Murphy, Seaford.
Services were held on July z
in the Hardesty Funeral Home,
Bridgeville, with the Rev. Gerald
Henderson, pastor of Cannon
Methodist Church, officiating. In
terment was made in the Bridge
vile Cemetery.
ADAMS
Mrs. Sarah Lavinia Adams, 92,
oldest member of Wesley Methodist
Church and sole surviving charter
member of the Georgetown New
Century Club, died Saturday, July
6 at the Fair-Ho1me Nursing Home,
Seaford, after a long illness. She
was the widow of Wilbur Adams
and mother of the late William G.
Adams. former U. S, representa-
tive from Delaware.
Mrs. Adams was three times
president of the Georgetown New
Century Club and had from time
to time held every Office in the
club, which is to mark its 60th
anniversary this fall.
She was a member of the WSCS
of Wesley Methodist Church. She
is survived by a grandson and sew
eral nieces and nephews.
The funeral was held July 8,
at 2 p. M, at the Carey Funeral
Home, Georgetown, with the Rev.
Cbl7rles F. Clarkson, pastor of
Wesley Methodist Church and the
Rev. William o. Hackett, former
pastor. officiating. Interment in
Union Cemetery, Georgetown.
TWILLEY
Mrs. Florence T. Twilley, Al,
wife of Houston Twilley, died in
the Milford Memorial Hospital on
July after a long illness.
Services were held Monday in
the William A. Berry Funeral
Home, Milford, with the Rev. Ray
Kirwan, pastor of Houston Meth
odist Church, officiating, assisted
by the Rev. Joseph T. Vaughn,
Berlin, Md, q former pastor of
the Houston Church.
Interment was made in Sunset
Memory Gardens, near Milford
In addition to her husband, Mrs.
Twilley is survived by two sons
and two daughters They are: Mrs.
Betty Lane, Milford; Miss Diane
Morris, Wayne Morris, at home;
William Morris, Milford, and two
grandchildren.
She also leaves four sisters and
two brothers. Mrs. Pearl McCole,
Mrs. Naomi Mohr, and Mrs. Hazel
Jones, all of Milford; Mrs. Eliza
beth Mcbride, st. Paul, Mimi
William Tatman, Dover, and Ell
wood Tatman, California.
Mrs. Twilley had been employed
at the Libby-McNeill & Libby food
processing plant in Houston.
BURTON
J. Albert Burton, "a, a lifelong
resident of Millsboro, died at his
home in Millsboro on July 5, after
a long illness.
He was retired merchant and
had previously been in the mercan-
tile business in the same location
in Millsboro for 55 years. He serv-
ed for many years as town council