Milford chronicle., 1957-12-27
DELAWARE,
OBITUARY


ther Long, died at her home near
Selbyville, December 18th. She was
a member of Salem Methodist
Church.p
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Mae Hudson of Philadelphia; two
sons, Washington Long, Bishopville,
Md, and Raymond hong, Ocean
City, Nd: five grandchildren; and
a sister, Mrs. Eva Davidson, Bishop
vile, Md.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday at / p. m. in the Watson and
Whaley Funeral Home, Selbyville,
with the Rev. DR.. j. Earl Cummings,
pastor of the Salem Church, off
ciating. Interment in Red Mems
Cemetery, Selbyville.
ABBOTT
Mrs Mary M. Abbott, IA, near
Wyoming, died suddenly Dec. 21
of a heart attack, at her home
Funeral services were held
Thursday at p. M, from the Pill
grim Holiness Church, Dover, of
which she was a member Inter
ment in Odd Fellows Cemetery,
Camden.
The Rev. Allen Clark, pastor of
Pilgrim Church, officiated at the
services.
Mrs. Abbott is survived by her
husband, John W. Abbott, three
sons, Roland W., and Howard N,
both of Dover, and the Rev. John
Newell G. Boggs, Wyoming, a sis
ter, Mrs. Elma E. Woodley, Little
Creek, and four grandchildren sur
vive
HARMON
Funeral services for Thomas w.
Harmon, II, who with his wife
operated the Dover News Agency in
Dover the past 10 years, were held
from the Trader Funeral Home,
on Saturday at p. m.
The Rev. DR.. Lawrence T. Slaght,
pastor of First Baptist Church Off
ciating. Interment in the Arlington
National Cemetery.
A native of Virginia, Mr.. Har-
mon was a retired state police Off
Ger of West Virginia and was a
veteran of World War I. In addi-
tion to his wife, Mrs. Anna Harmon,
he is survived by two sons, Thomas,
Dover, and Ralph Harmon. Pleas
antville. N. j.
Mr.. Harmon died Dec. 18th in
the Veterans Hospital, Elsmere,
after lengthy illness.
FLETCHER
The Rev. John Henry Fletcher,
58, assistant pastor of st. Georges
Church, of Lewes, many years and
a veteran of World War l, died
last Thursday at his home on Park
Avenue after an illness of three
years
He was a member of Diamond
State Post IL, American Legion
of Rehoboth and a Mason. He was
once employed at Fort Miles as
g sandblaster.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Geneva M. Fletcher, and two daugh-
ters, Mrs Thelma F. Morris, Lewes,
and Mrs. Sara F. White, Kenton.
A military funeral service was
held at 2 p. m, in st. Georges
Church, conducted by Diamond
State Post, with the Rev. George
J. Richards in charge. Burial in
Peoples Memorial Park, on the Re-
hoboth Highway.
d
SHORT, JR.
Charles w. Short, Sr., 64, Mills
boro area poultryman and farmer,
died suddenly last Friday, Dec. 20,
of a heart attack at Dover while
attending an auction.
He was a member of ST. Johns
Methodist Church. A son of the
late Peter M. and Sara Atkins
Short He leaves his wife Mrs. Hat
tie Johnson Short, daughter, Mrs.
Hazel Timmons, Millsboro, and a
son, Charles w. Short, Jr., three
grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs.
Hettie Thomas, Philadelphia, Mrs.
Lula Johnson, Georgetown, three
brothers, Peter NJ and Sheppard
Short, both of Millsboro and Fred
Short, Wilmington.
The funeral was held Monday at
2 D. m. in the Watson and Gray
Funeral Chapel, the Rev. Frank
Lucia, pastor of ST. Johns Church
and the Rev Joseph 2. Holiday,
Queenstown, Md, former pastor,
officiating.
Interment in st. Johns Cemetery.
COULBOURN
Clarence M. Coulbourn, II, died
Tuesday night Dec. 18th, in Nanti-
coke Memorial Hospital, Seaford,
after a long illness.
A former member of the city
police force for nine years, he also
was formerly associated with the
Seaford Marble Works as a stone
cutter.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Nettie Thomas CouIbourn, daugh-
ter, Mrs. Martha G. Tull; four sons
Sgt. Floyd w. Coulbourn, U. S. Air
Force, in England; Clarence W., Jr.,
Roland B. and Jerry G. Coulbourh,
all of here; six grandchildren, two
great grandchildren, a brother,
Charles Coulbousn, Bridgeville and
three sisters, Mrs. Nora Wheatley,
Mrs. Maggie Locates and Mrs. Flo
renee West, all of Seaford.
Services were held last Friday
at 2 .. m., in the Watson Funeral
Home. The Rev Walter H. Stone.
Mt. Olivet Methodist Church, of
which lie was a member officiating.
Burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery,
Seaford.
WETGET,