Milford chronicle., 1958-11-07

! hOboth.
Members of Diamond State Post,
American Legion, conducted mill
tary service at the graveside in
Peoples Memorial Park for the
veteran of World War l.
He once worked for the town of
Rehoboth in the maintenance de-
partment. He was born in Lewes.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Riney Mosley, at home, and two
step-children, Edison Mosley of
Philadelphia, and Mrs. Leroy Byrd
of Millsboro.
SHORT
George Short, 81, died Thursday,
October 80, at his home after a
long illness.
He is survived by the following
children: John, Salisbury; Mrs.
Amanda Drake, Philadelphia; AL
fred, Chester, and Norman Short,
Frankford; Margie Short, Phil
adelphia; Mrs. MaIde Wright, Snow
Hill, Md, and Ernest Short, Phil
adelphia three grandchildren, and
two brothers, William, Selbyville,
and Fred of Wilmington, and two
sisters, Mrs. Anna Mae NAPLES,
Rehoboth, and Mrs. Irene Tull,
Salisbury.
The funeral was held Wednesday
at p. m. in the Antioch Methodist
Church, Frankford. The Rev. w.
Elliott Officiated. Interment in the
church cemetery.
LYNCH
George Thomas Lynch, ST., go,
retired merchant and former mem
Der of the town council at George
town.. died November l at the Nan
ticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford.
He was the son of the late Will
liam and Betsy Brown Lynch. His
late wife was the former Nellie
Faucet.
He was an honorary member of
the Georgetown Millsboro Rotary
Club, a 50-year member of Frank
lin Lodge IL, AF&AM, and a mem
ber of Wesley Methodist Church,
where he had served as member
of the official board for many
years.
He leaves three sons, Hover w.,
State Island, N. Y; DIR. John w.
Lynch, Seaford, and George T.
Lynch, Jr., Wilmington.
s Services were held Tuesday at
Q p. m. in Wesley Methodist Church
with the Rev. Elmer Shield, pas
tor, and the Rev. William o. Hack
ett, Seaford, officiating. Interment
in Union Cemetery, Georgetown.
COLLINS
James B. Collins, Sr., IA, hus-
band of the late Delaphine Collins,
died November / after lingering
illness, at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Halle Cathel of Berlin.
Maryland.
Son of the late Edward j., and
Mary Lockwood Collins, he was a
retired farmer.
He is survived by the following
children: Mrs. Mary E. Long,
Frankford; Edward ]. Collins,
Millsboro; William W., Dagsboro;
Mrs. Anna D. Williams, Bishop
vile, Md; Mrs. Cathel; Charles F.,
and Mrs. Hazel I. Rust, Showells,
Md; A/3c Joan Catherine Collins,
WAAF, Hawaii, and A/3c James
B. Collins, Jr.. Forbes Air Force
Base. Topeka, Kansas; five grand
children, and one sister, Mrs. Ber-
tha Baker, Shcwells, Md.
Funeral services were held No
vember at p. m. in the Watson
and Gray Funeral Chapel, Frank
ford, with the Rev. Clarence Fox,
pastor, Bishopville, Md, officiating.
Interment in Odd Fellows Gene
terry, Bishopville.
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PEARSON
Mrs. Ruth S. Pearson, 81, wife
of Lester Pearson of 2001 North
Tatnall Street. Wilmington, died
October 80, in the Wilmington Me-
mortal Hospital after an illness of
several months.
Mrs. Pearson, a native of Mil
ford, was the sister of State Rep.
Harry E. Mayhem, and sister-in-
law of State Senator Walter j.
Hoey, both Democrats, of Milford.
She was a member of the Episco-I
Dal Cathedral Church of ST. John,
its Altar Guild. and the Five
Points Chapter No. 13, Order of
Eastern Star.
Other survivors are a soh, JOS
eph T. Smith, Jr., Richardson
Park; three sisters, Mrs. Rollo A.
Lane, Edge Moor Terrace. Mise
Maybelle E. Mayhew. Wilmington
and Mrs. Hoey, Milford; another
brother, James c. Mayhew, Mil
ford. and two grandchildren, Rob-
in V. and Thomas r. Smith.
Interment was in Grace Lawn
Cemetery Wilmington. Monday