Milford chronicle., 1958-07-25
OBITUARY
FLEETWOOD

BLADES, died july Il, IN the PENN
sula General Hospital at Salisbury
She was a daughter of Isaac and
Mary Jane Prettyman Elliott and
was born at Seaford
In addition to her husband she
is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Kathryn Stair, Wilmington; four
grandchildren, and five sisters,
Mrs. Lille Hill and Mrs. Mary Wat
son, both of Seaford; Mrs. Clara
Steen and Mrs. Sarah Wood, both
of Laurel, and Mrs. Sarah Wood
Wilmington.
Services were held Thursday at
2 p. m. in the Watson Funeral
Home in Seaford. The Rev. j. G
Handy officiating. Interment in
Blades Cemetery.
COWGILL
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Cowgirl, 70, of
III Stockley street. Rehoboth
Beach, suffered a stroke at her
home July Is. and died a few min
utes after being taken to the Bee
be Hospital in Lewes.
Mrs. Cowgirl, widow of Calvin
P. Cowgirl, was proprietor of The
High Tide Tea Room on Lake ave-
nue., Rehoboth, until she retired in
1910. She had been coming to Re-
hoboth since 1925, during the re-
sort seasons.
Funeral services were held on
July Is in Atkins Funeral Home in
Lewes, conducted by the Rev. DR..
William D. Gibson, pastor of Re-
hoboth's Westminster Presbyterian
Church. Burial in Lakeside Gem
etery, Dover, beside her husband,
a former mechanical engineer with
the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Thomas S. Calhoun of Rehoboth;
one sister, Mrs. Angelica Gafford
of Dover, and one grandchild, Jan
Louise Calhoun of Rehoboth.
ANTHONY
Mrs. Sallie Anthony, widow of
James Walter Anthony, died July
81 in the Milford Memorial Hospi-
tai where she had been a patient
for a few days.
Born in Greenwood, she was the
daughter of the late Zacharias and
Emma Bailey. She had lived in the
Harrington area for the past 40
years.
Funeral services were held from
the j. Millard Cooper Funeral
Home. Harrington, on Wednesday
at 2 p. m, in charge of the Rev.
James Langrell, pastor of Gum
boro Methodist Church. Interment
in Hollywood Cemetery, near Har-
rington.
Surviving are four sons, Ernest,
Lawrence, Ralph, and William, all
of Harrington; four sisters, Mrs.
Mary Abbott of Milford; Miss Ella
Bailey and Mrs. Annie Iceland,
both of Wilmington, and Mrs. Ber-
tha Anthony, of Harrington; a bro
ther, John Bailey of Milford, and
five grandchildren.
CANNON
J. Edward Cannon, native and
lifelong resident of Sussex County,
died at noon on Saturday at his
home at Atlanta, on the Bridge
ille-Federalsburg Road. Mr.. Can
non, a well known farmer and ac-
tive churchman, was the son of
the late John Edward and Sarah
Wheatley Cannon. He was 81 years
of age
A lifelong member of Trinity
Methodist Church, near Bridge
Vile, he taught in the Sunday
School of that church for about so
years and for many years served
as choir director.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs. |
Minnie Cannon; one daughter, Mrs.
Claude Adams of Cambridge, Md;
three grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
the Framptom Funeral Home in
fredericksburg on Tuesday after
noon, July %, at 1870 o'clock with
Rev. Gerald M. Henderson, pastor
of Trinity Methodist Church, Off
ciating. Interment took place in
the Bridgeville Cemetery.
JONES
Funeral services for OrYille d
Jones, 81, Dover, who died sud-
denly of a heart attack Saturday,
July 19, were held from the Ira
der Funeral Home in Dover on
July %.
Interment in Barratt's Chapel
Cemetery.
Mr.. Jones. who lived at 326 North ]
Bradford street, Dover, suffered
the fatal attack while sitting at
the wheel of his automobile on
South State street, near North |
street, Dover, waiting for his wife,
Mrs. Mildred Jones, who had gone
to a nearby store.
Mr.. Jones was well known in
Kent County Republican political
circles in which he was active all
his life. An automobile mechanic,
he was employed for many years
in the State Highway Department |
garage in Dover, had also worked
for private automobile concerns,
and more recently at the Dover Air
Force Base.
A son of the late Willard and Ida |
Jones, FELTON,, he leaves, in addi- |