Milford chronicle., 1959-01-23
OBITUARY
ROBERTS

MTS. O0lId GdIt0T flOOCTIS, o.
widow of a retired seaman, Capt
Frank w. Roberts, died January Is
in Beebe Hospital, Lewes. She had
been hospitalized since she fell and
broke her hip several weeks ago.
Born near Denton, Md, she was
the daughter of the late James Car
ter and Eliza Johnson Carter. Her
husband died in 1858.
Her only immediate survivor is
a daughter, Mrs. Forrest Dillow, OF
Lake Placid, Fla
Services were held at p. m, in
the Atkins Funeral Home, conduct
ed by the Rev. Robert e. Green
pastor of Bethel Methodist Church
Burial in Lewes Methodist Gene
terry.
DAVIDSON
Edward T. Davidson, 78, died
Jan. 13 in Milford Memorial Hos
pital after a brief Illness Before
/ his retire nent, he was carpentry
supervise with the Dupont com
pany in New Jersey. He was {
member of Goshen Methods
Church, had served on the officia
board and was head usher of tht
church for many years.
He was the son of the late JOSIAH
and Mahalia Donovan Davidson oi
! the Milton area. He is survived BY
his wife, Mrs. Emma B. Davidson
Milton; a sister, Mrs. Charles Pet.
tyjohn, Nassau; brother, William
Davidson, Louisiana, Mo-, and sew
eral nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held las
Saturday at p. M, at the William
M Short Funeral Home, Milton
with the Rev. Conrad Hamer, pas.
tor of Goshen Methodist Church
Officiating. Interment in the Meth.
odist Church Cemetery, Milton.
HERNE
Mrs. Bessie Elizabeth Herne, age
% years, passed away at her home
Bronx, N. Y. Sunday, January IL
| 1888. Funeral services were helt
on Thursday afternoon, January
Is, at 2 o'clock at the home of hel
| husbands parents in Bombay
n. Y. At 2:30 o'clock, a service wa!
held in the Methodist Church, Hog
ansburg, ARev William Master
officiating. Burial was in st. Regi
Cemetery, HOgansburg, N Y
She is survived by her husband
Kenneth Herne, one son, Thoma
fIerne, at home, her father, Rober
e. Curtis, Milford, three sisters
Mrs. Mary ziegler, Newark, Mrs
Dorothy Hastings, Milton, Mrs
Doris Alley, Newark, DEL; on
brother, Calvin L. Curtis, Milford
her maternal grandmother, Mrs
Louise E. Herd, Milford, her pater
nal grandfather, Frank Curtis
Ohio.
She was born in Milford and at
tended Milford High School
Her father, her aunt, Mrs. Doro
thy NJ. Bennett, and her sister, Mrs
Mary Ziegler, attended the funera
services.
COLLINS
Mrs. Ida Virginia Collins. go
Oldest resident of Lewes, died sud
denly January II at her home OF
Kings Highway, Lewes. She was
/ lifetime resident of the Lewes com
munity.
She was the daughter of the dat,
Gideon and Mary Carpenter O
rural Lewes and the widow of IT
vim s. Collins, Lewes farmer, wht
died in 1927.
Mrs. Collins was a member n
Bethel Methodist Church since he
husbands death and prior to tha
belonged to the Old Ebenezei
Church near here.
She was the oldest member o
the Women's Christian Temperate,
Union and of the Woman's Socief,
OF Christian Service of Bethe
Church. She was also a member o.
the Margaret Hickman Sunda.
School Glass.
Surviving are one daughter Mrs
John H. Wilson, Wescoat Cor
ner, Lewes; two sons. Edward w
and Charles w. Collins, beth o.
Lewes. A third son, Roy ColIinS
Rehc5oth Beach, died last year. She
also leaves one brother. Walter
Carpenter. Carpenters Corner. seaa
grandchildren and five great grand
children.
The funeral was held Tuesday a
D. m, in Atkins Funeral Home
Lewes. conducted by the Rev. Rob
ert e. Green, pastor of Bethe
Church. Burial in Lewes Methodisi
Cemetery.