Milford chronicle., 1957-09-06
OBITUARY

Miss Miriam Elitza Gray died at
her home in Wilmington suddenly
last Wednesday afternoon.
Daughter Of the late William and
Hester Goslin Gray and born in
Bridgeville, she retired as a school
teacher in June.
She is survived by the following
nieces and nephews: William Gray
Wynwood, N. j.; John Gray, Ard
more, Pa; T. JEFF Gray, Jr., and
Mrs. Adele Gray Rice, both of
Bridgeyille, and Mrs. H. L. DOd-
son, Baltimore.
Funeral services were held last
Saturday at II a. m. in the Har-
desty Funeral Home, Bridgeville,
with the Rev. A. Jason Blundon,
pastor of Union Methodist Church,
officiating. Interment in the Bridge
vile Cemetery.
LYNCH
Mrs. Annie Eliza Lynch, 81, Mil
ford, widow of Emory L. Lynch,
died Sept. 3 in Milford Memorial
Hospital.
Mrs. Lynch is survived by four
sons, Claude E., Sr., Kenton, Movie,
PaulSborO, n. J., and Eluory, Jr.,
and Lance, both of Milford; four
daughters, Mrs. Lillian Haws, Mrs.
Roland Jackson, and Mrs. Althea
Witsil, all of Milford, and Mrs.
Martha Weimert, Cleveland; a bro
ther, Fred Wright, Preston, Md;
a sister, Mrs. Mamie Lane, Preston;
IA grandchildren and % great
grandchildren.
Services will be held Friday at
p. M, at the Berry Funeral Home,
Milford. The Rev. William Tull of
the Church of God of Milford Off
ciated Interment will be in Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Milford.
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WHEATLEY
Funeral services for Gilbert
Wheatley, retired farmer, 70, were
held last Sunday at p. m from
Cokesbury Methodist Church with
the Rev. John w. Wootten, pastor,
officiating. Interment in the church
cemetery.
Mr. Wheatley died last Wednes-
day night at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Barclay NJ. Wheatley of
Salisbury, Md.
He also leaves his wife, Mrs.
Nora Coulbourne Wheatley; a son,
Evrett T. Wheatley of Cambridge,
Md; four grandchildren; a bro
ther, George r. Wheatley of
Rhodesdale, Md; and two sisters,
Mrs. Lindsey Wheatley III Gales
town, Md, and Mrs. Della Coul-
bourne of Bridgey1Ile.
He was a member of Cokesbury
Methodist Church and the IOOF
Lodge.
MESSICK
Mrs. Annie M. Messick, widow
of Monroe G. Messick, died Sept.
l in Kent General Hospital, Dover,
after a long illness. She was an ac-
tive member of Peoples Congrega-
tional- Christian Church. She was
lifelong resident of Dover.
Surviving are two sons, Branch
E. Messick, Manhasset, L. l.; john
G. Messick, Dover; a daughter,
Mrs. Thomas L. Kennedy, Jr. of
Clayton; four grandchildren; two
eat-grandchildren, and three sis
ters, Mrs. Charles Keinan, Will
mington; Mrs Fred Owens; Sea-
ford, and Mrs. Elvie Hastings, Clay
mont.
Services were held in the Torbert
Funeral Chapel, Dover, Wednes-
day, at 2 p. m. The Rev. Robert
w. Duke, pastor of Peoples Church,
officiated. Interment in Lakeside
Cemetery, Dover.
JACOBS
Miss Mary Sina Jacobs, 81, died
early August 29 in her home, 511
Green Hill Road, Dover. She was
a retired registered nurse.
She was born in Dover, the
daughter of the late John T. and
Ella Price Jacobs.
Active in Christ Episcopal
Church, Women's Club and also the
Dover New Century Club.
She is survived by sister, Miss
Olive Jacobs with whom she lived,
a nephew, Philip r. Jacobs, Mil
ford; a niece, Mrs. Eleanor Nor
ris, Georgetown, and two grand
nieces, Mrs. N0rylee Krause, Arm
old, Md, and Mrs. Margaret BoOz,
Georgetown.
Services were held Sunday after
noon at p. m. in the Hardesty
Funeral Home, Bridgeville, with
the Rev. Paul A. Kellogg of Christ
Episcopal Church, officiating. In
terment in Bridgeville Cemetery.
STURGIS
w. Scott Sturgis, rs, retired tele-
graph operator for the New York
Central Railroad at Albany, N. Y,
died Sept. in the Beebe Hospital,
Lewes.
He was a member of Ancient
City Lodge No. 452, AT & AM, AL
bany.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Ida Parkhurst Sturgis; a son, Paul
of Utica, n. Y; a daughter, Mrs
Winifred Pattinson, Albany; one
grandson; step-mother, Mrs.
Laura Sturgis, Selbyville, and
half-brother, Otis Sturgis, New
Jersey.
The funeral was held Thursday
at the James Funeral Home, Mills
boro. The Rev. Charles H. Squires,
pastor of Bethel Methodist Church,
DagsbOro, officiated. Interment in
Red Mems Cemetery, Dagsboro.
Masonic services were held We'd
nesday at the funeral home.
WILLIAMS
Harry Williams, so. a native Of