Milford chronicle., 1959-12-04
HAUGHEY

nephews.
/ HAUGHEY
! Robert George Haughey, 68, for
mer resident of Milford area, died
suddenly in Memphis: Tenn, on
November 20.
| Born in Pennsylvania, Mr.. Haug-
hey was sergeant in the Army in
World War /. After his discharge,
he joined the Navy as an engineer.
He also was an engineer in the
Merchant Marine in World War III.
His wife died several years ago.
Surviving are a son, Robert G..
Haughey, Jr., Fullerton, Calf !;
three brothers, Percy R. Haughey,
Milford city councilman; Tom
Haughey, Atlantic City, and George
Haughey, Boden, California.
Services were held at the Lofland
Funeral Home, Milford.
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SHOCKLEY
Private funeral services were
held at 2 p. m. Tuesday from the
Nelson Funeral Home, Lewes, for
Mrs. Mae E. Shockley, 64, of Pilot
Town Road, Lewes, who died Fri
day, November 27, at the Beebe
I Hospital after an illness of about a
] year.
Interment in Lewes Presbyterian
Cemetery.
She was the widow of James G..
Shockley, who had been the light
house keeper of the "14-foot Bank
Light" Lewes, until his death 20
years ago.
The mother of IL children, Mrs.
Shockley is survived by 10 of them,
six daughters, Mrs. Norman Lloyd,
Brookhaven, Pa, Mrs. Robert
Stokes, Feasterville, Pa, Mrs. Fred
Parkhurst, Bridgeville, Mrs. Thos.
Landry, New London, Conn, Mrs.
Richard Brown, Chattanooga,
Tenn, and Mrs. Wilbur Medley,
Milton, and four sons, James, with
the U. S. Navy at sea, Coleman and
David, Lewes, and Gil1is Shockley,
Wilmington.
WELLS
George d. Wells, SO, of Milford,
retired staff manager of the Pru-
Dental Insurance Company, died
November 20, in the Milford Mem
orial Hospital following. a short ill
ness.
Services were held Tuesday at
2 p. m. in the Rogers Funeral
/ Home, Milford. Interment in Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Milford The
Rev. A. E. Dougherty, pastor of
Avenue Methodist Church, offici-
ating, assisted by the Rev. Robert
E. Green, Bethel Methodist Church,
Lewes, and the Rev. Roy L. Tawes,
district superintendent of the Do
yer Methodist Conference.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth,
one son, William Wells, one grand
son, and a brother, Jesse Wells, of
Blades.
Mr.. Wells was prominent in the
business life of Milford, and he was
a member of Avenue Church, Mil
ford Post, American Legion; Tenn
pie Lodge, AT and AM; the Tall
Cedars of Lebanon and a past noble
grand of the Salisbury, Md, Odd
Fellows. He was a World War I
veteran.
LUCAS
Miss Clara Lucas, rs, of Green
wood, died November %, after a
long illness. She suffered a stroke
while visiting relatives in Chester
last year during the Christmas hol-
idays from which she never recov-
cred.
A native of near Greenwood,
daughter of the late George H. and
Georgeanna Currey Lucas, she had
lived in the Greenwood area all her
life.
She was a member of Todd's
Methodist Church for over so years,
and also a member of Greenwood
Methodist Church WSCS, and the
Greenwood WCTU. She also be-
longed to Betsy Ross Council No.
8, Daughters of America at Canter-
bury, and the Patriotic Order of
America Camp No. 3, Wilmington.
Services were held at Todd S
Methodist Church, Greenwood
| Hickman Road, on Tuesday at p.
m, in charge of the Rev. William
Smith, pastor, assisted by the Rev.
F. O. Baynard of Clayton. Inter
ment in Todd's Cemetery, adjoining
| the church.
She is survived by five brothers
and sisters, Arthur Lucas, Marcus
Hook, Pa; Mrs. David Messick,
Greenwood; Mrs. Howard Needles,
Marcus Hook; Palmer Lucas Cam
bridge, Nd, and Mrs. Thomas Ford.
Chester, Pa, and several nieces and
nephews.