Milford chronicle., 1959-04-24

resident OF Dover and a member
of the First Baptist Church. Her
only survivors are four cousins:
w. w. Richardson. Mrs. Priscilla
w. Fleming. Mrs. w. E. Barnard,
all of Dover, and W. H. Walker, of
Newark.
Services were held Wednesday at
II a. m. in the Ferguson and Hayes
Funeral Home, Dover. Interment in
Lakeside Cemetery, Dover.
HARMON
William Harmon, 81, died April /
10 in the Delaware State Hospital |
after long illness. He was the son
of the late William and Hester Will
liams Harmon, and is survived by /
one daughter, Miss Maola Harmon, |
and step-daughter, Mrs. Beulah
a sister, Mrs. Martha Manaway, |
Lewes.
Services were held Tuesday at
p. m. in the Antioch Church,
Frankford, with the Rev. G. D. Ell
liott, pastor, officiating. Interment
in Wesley Cemetery, Clarksville.
LEWIS
Marshall W. Lewis, 88, farmer,
died April 16 at Beebe Hospital,
Lewes, after a short illness. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida Ad-
kins Lewis, son, Rollie A. Lew
is, Millsboro; three grandchildren
and five great-grandchildr and
sister, Mrs. Sallie Calhoun, Beth
ell.
Services were held Sunday at 81
p. m. in the James Funeral Home,
Millsboro. The Rev. William Kohl,
pastor of Hickory Hill Methodist
Church, officiated. Interment in
Mechanics Cemetery, Millsboro.
BUNTING
Oscar S. Bunting, 81, a farmer
died April 10 in Beebe Hospital
after a three-year illness. Surviv-
ing are his wife, Mrs. Amelia Bunt-
ing; a sister, Mrs. Ella McCabe,
Millsboro; three brothers, Henry
and Dulaney Bunting, both of Sci
byvi1le, and Branta T. Bunting,
Plant City, Florida.
Services. were held Tuesday at 2
p. m. in the Watson and Whaley
Funeral Home, Selbyville. The Rev.
Walter e. Schaltenbrand, pastor Of
Roxana Pilgrim Holiness Church,
officiated. Interment in Odd Fell
lows Cemetery at Bishopville.
BLADES
Mrs. Mary Elma Blades, 81, wife
of the late George L. Blades, died
April 16 at her home in Burrsville,
near Harrington, on the Delaware
Maryland state line. Mrs. Blades
had been i'll for just one, day.
Born near Burrsville, the daugh-
ter of John and Elizabeth Ellen
Voss Russell, Mrs. Blades lived
there all her life. She was mem
Der of Wesley Methodist Church,
Burrsville, for many years.
She is survived by a son, Harlan
r. Blades, with whom she made her
home; five grandchildren, and nine
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at p. m. at Wesley Methodist
Church, with the Rev. Donald S.
Liddecoat, pastor, officiating, as
sisted by the Rev. Robert L. Kirby
of Sherwood, Md, a former pastor
of the church. Interment in Denton
Cemetery, Denton, Md.
REYNOLDS
Mrs. Eva w. Reynolds, widow of
Asa P. Reynolds, died April 20 in
the Milford Memorial Hospital af-
ter a brief illness. She had been
resident of Georgetown for 36
years.
She was a member of Midland
Grange. Georgetown Home DEM
onstration Club, and Grace Meth
odist Church. She was daughter
of the late Frank ]. and Laura
Jackson Whitney.
Surviving are step-daughter,
Mrs. Bernice Finkernagle, Toledo,
Ohio; sister, Mrs. Olive Ray, and
niece, Mrs A. F. Cough, both of
Ridgewood, N. ].
Services were held Thursday at
p. m in the Carey Funeral Home,
Georgetown. The Rev. DR.. Thos
C. Mulligan, pastor of Grace Meth
odist Church, Georgetown, offici-
ating: Interment in Valleau Gem
etery, Ridgewood, N ].
O
THAWLEY
Mrs. Margaret Saunders Thaw-
ley, 81, formerly of Harrington, the
widow of Elmer F. Thawley, died
Saturday, April IL, 1859 in the
Jewell Nursing Home, Milford,
where she had been a patient four
and half years. Her husband
died May z, 1912.
Mrs. Thawley had been engaged
in dressmaking for many years.
She, was born in Saginaro, Mich,
daughter of the late James and
Eunice Anna Reed Saunders. She
had lived in Delaware most of her
life.
Surviving are five children, Mrs.
j. A. Sykes, Portsmouth, Va; FL
bert J. Thawley, Austin, Texas, who
was a member of one of Admiral
Byrd's expeditions; Mrs. Wallace
N Keys, Rehoboth Beach; Mrs.
Paul A. Shaw, Wilmington; Dan
s. Thawley, Baltimore; 4 grand
children; sisters, Mrs Charles
r. Welch, Burrsville, Nd and
Mrs. Fred Ferg, Spokane, Wash
ington.
Funeral services were held in