Milford chronicle., 1957-01-25
OBITUARY
NEVINS

services were H0IU from luG
Watson Funeral Home in Seaford
on Saturday, January 10, for Wal
ter L. Nevins, 56. The Rev. Walter
H. Stone, of Mt Olivet Methodist
Church, officiating. Burial in Odd
Fellows Cemetery. Members of
Nanticoke Post No. 6, American
Legion, assisted in the services.
Mr.. Nevins, a native of Seaford,
and a son of the late John w. and
Martha Nevins Frock of Seaford,
died January 16 in Miami.
His wife, Mrs. Margaret K. New
ins of Miami, and a brother, Fred
erick K. Nevins of Seaford, sur
viVe.
KILLEN
Charles H. Killen, of FELTON,, age
68 died early Wednesday morning
in the Milford Memorial Hospital.
Mr.. Killen a former carpenter had
been in poor health for the past
year. He is survived by his wife
Mrs. Cora Killen, brother James
Killen of Dover, and a sister, Mrs.
Mary C. Williams of Pennington.
Funeral services will be held at
1870 p. m, Sunday at the Berry
Funeral Home in FELTON, with Rev.
Larry Renner, pastor of FELTON,
Methodist Church officiating. In
terment in Hollywood Cemetery,
Harrington. Friends may call at
the Funeral Home, Saturday even
ing.
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DREW
Services for Albert V. Drew, IA,
Bridgeville horticulturist, who died
in the Milford Memorial Hospital
ON Sunday, Jan. 20, were held at
10 a. m. Jan. 23 from Our Lady of
Lourdes R. C. Church in Seaford
with the Rev. Daniel NJ Power in
charge. Burial in Bridgeville
Cemetery.
A native of New Jersey, he was
the son of the late Edward and
Mary Jane VanMeter Drew.
He is survived by son, A. Ed
ward Drew, Bridgeville; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Alberta Smith, Bridge
Vile; two grandchildren; half
sister, Mrs. Sarah Sweeney, Highs
town, n. J.. and a half-brother,
Clifford Drew. Los Angeles, Calf.
TYRE
Services for Charles B. Tyre, 81,
farmer and poultryman of near
Frankford, who died at his home
Sunday, Jan. 20, were held at 1870
p. M, Jan. %, in the Watson and
Gray Funeral Chapel, Frankford,
pastor of St Georges Methodist
Church, officiating. Burial in st.
Georges Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Jennie Fenton Tyre; two daugh-
ters, Mrs Helen Townsend, near
Frankford, and Mrs. Miriam Ben
nett, Clarksville; a foster son, Will
liam McCabe, Bishop, Md; five
sisters, Mrs. Alice Long and Mrs.
Clarence Mitchell, Ocean View /;
Mrs. Calvin Magee and Mrs. James
Robinson, Clarksville, and Mrs.
William Burbage, Philadelphia; and
three brothers, Elijah and Clinton
Tyre, of near Frankford, and HOr-
ace Tyre, Clarksville, and five
grandchildren.
MESSICK
Mrs. Hannah Messick, Al, mother
of Is children, wife of Norman l..
Messick, ST., died January II at
her home near Lincoln after a short
/ illness.
The Is children are six daugh-
! ters, Mrs. Marie Bertrand of Rox-
ana, and Eliza Belle, Virginia Lee
/ Nancy, Sandra, and Doris Ann, at
home; and seven sons, Gardener
of Seaford, Ralph of Milton, Nor
man L., Jr., of Harrington. anc
James. Ernest. Ray, and Harold,
at home.
Mrs. Messick is also survived
by her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Mitchell, Millsboro; her father,
| George Mitchell, Lewes; two bro
theirs, Enoch, Wilmington, and
l Lewis, Baltimore; five sisters
Mrs. Clara Ash and Mrs. Marian
Warrington, both of Millsboro
Mrs. Elva Fisher, Lewes; Mrs
Florence Dickerson, Milton, ana
( Mrs. Helen Warrington, Chaddg
Ford, Pa. and six grandchildren.
1 Funeral services were held on
4 Sunday at the Berry Funeral Home
| in Milford, with the Rev. William
Tull. pastor of the Church of God.
/ in Milford, officiating. Interment in
Lincoln cemetery.