Milford chronicle., 1957-03-15
OBITUARY
PRITCHETT

Wednesday afternoon at l o'clock
with interment in Christ Church
yard. The Rev. DR.. Lawrence t.
Slaught, pastor of First Baptist
Church officiating. Mrs. Pritchett
died March 10. She leaves no i'm
mediate survivors.
COLLINS
Mrs L. Emma Collins, 80, died,
March 9 at the home of her son, j.
Alvin Collins, Hatboro, Pa. She was
the the widow of Charles E. Collins.
In addition to her son, Alvin,
she is survived by another son,
Edward B.. Millsboro, two grand
children.
Services were held from the
James Funeral Home, Millsboro,
the Rev. Donald Hornung, pastor
of Grace Methodist Church, Mills
boro, officiating. Burial in Mech
anic's Cemetery, Millsboro.
ABEL
William E. Abel, rs, died March
IL in the Milford Memorial Hos
pital after lingering illness.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Carrie Abel,
he leaves a son, John Thomas Abel
and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held
from the j. Millard Cooper Funeral |
Home, 110 East Center Street, Har-
rington, on Friday at l p. m. In
terment will be in Barratt's Chapel
Cemetery. Frederick.
Miss Mary Garrett of the Pilgrim
Holiness Church, Goldsboro, Md,
will officiate at the services.
COVERDALE
Henry Bennett Coverdale, age 67 |
years, died at the home of Mr.. and |
Mrs. George Morris, of near Fell
ton, on Monday, March II. He had |
been an employee of the Pennsyl- |
caused him to retire. Funeral SER
vices were held from the Lofiand
Funeral Home, Thursday, March |
IA, at p. M, with Rev. Douglas |
Milbury, pastor of Calvary Metho-
dist Church, officiating. Interment |
was in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Mil
ford. He is survived by two sons,
Ralph, of New Castle; Paul, of |
Dover; a daughter, Mrs. Pauline |
O'Neal of Clayton; and grand
children.
JOHNSON
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura |
V. Johnson, who died March IL at
her home on Concord Road, Blades
were held from the Blades Metho- |
dist Church on Thursday, at p. m. |
The services were in charge of
the Rev. George Godfrey, pastor of
Blades Methodist Church, assisted |
by the Rev. Ward Mills, of Chance, |
Nd, and the Rev. ]. c. Handy, of
Laurel, both former pastors of the
Blades Church. Interment in Blades
Cemetery.
Mrs. Johnson was married to
George F. Truitt who died in 1922
and later married William o. John
son who died in 194S.
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Howard McCauley, a grand
daughter, a great grandson and
several nieces and nephews, all of
Blades.
JUSTICE
Mrs. Nollie NJ. Justice, 56, wife of
John Justice, died March 10 in the
Milford Memorial Hospital after a
short illness.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by four sons, William, Harry,
George and Everett Justice, all of
Dagsboro; daughter, Miss Hilda
Justice of Dagsboro; a grandchild,
two brothers, Edward Robinson of
Ocean View and John Robinson of
Clarksville; two half-sisters, Mrs.
Mary Joseph of FELTON, and Mrs. |
Louise Banks of Dagsboro and a
half-brother, Manean Robinson of
Millville.
Mrs. Justice was a member of
st. Georges Methodist Church,
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday, at 2 p. m. from the |
Watson and Gray Funeral Chapel
in Frankford with the Rev. Walter
Donoway, pastor of st. Georges |
Church, officiating. Interment in st. |
Georges Cemetery.
WARREN
Mrs. Ada Neal Warren, 70, wi |
dow of ]. Edward Warren, who |
died in 1949, and daughter of the |
late John H. and Josephine Wheat
ley Neal, died March 8, at the home |
of a brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. George Mills, near Wool |
ford, Md. She was born near Hur- |
lock, Nd, and lived in Harrington |
for many years. Seventeen months |
ago she went to live with her sister. |
Surviving are four brothers, Wal |
ter and Rex Neal, Cambridge, Md. /; |
Raymond E. Neal, East New Mar |
ket, Md; Carlton Neal, Carneys |
Point, N. j.; two sisters, Mrs. Mills
and Mrs. Lula Lynch, Bridgeton,
N. j.; three step daughters, Mrs. |
Catherine Ritter, Crum Lynne, Pa. +: |
Mrs. Helen Hyde, Penns Grove, N. |
j.; Mrs. Millicent Lerch, Harring-
ton; foster son, John Pierce, and
foster daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth
Miller, both of Harrington.
Services were held Tuesday at |!
2 p. m. in the Boyer Funeral Home,
Harrington. The Rev. William H.
Miller. pastor of the Pilgrim Holi-
ness Church officiating. Interment
in Hollywood Cemetery.