Milford chronicle., 1959-12-18
OBITUARY
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sville; Mrs. Anna Logan, Washing
ton, D. c., and Mrs. Evelyn H.
Hammons, Clarksville, and two
brothers, Alfred and George Helm,
both of Wilmington.
Services were held Tuesday at
D. m. in the Valley Methodist
Church, Clarksville. Interment in
Wesley Cemetery.
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HUDSON
J. Hean Hudson, 80, died Thurs
day, December 10, after a brief ILL
ness at his home, near Whaley-
vile, Md. He was a retired farmer
and member of the Whaleyville
Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife,
Kate; and a son Selby Hudson, of
Whaleyville; three grandchildren,
and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on
Saturday afternoon at o'clock at
the Watson and Whaley Funeral
Home in Selbyville. The Rev. R.
Gordon Givens, pastor of the Whal-
eyville Methodist Church, offici-
ating. Interment in Dale Gene
terry, Whaleyville.
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GILLILAND
Mrs. Alva Campbell Gilliland,
So, wife of George A. Gilliland,
died December 13 in Jersey City,
N. J. She was a daughter of the
l. u Mo 0in ST11if n
Campbell.
In addition to her husband, she
is survived by three sisters, Mrs
Florence Joseph and Mrs. Verda
Baker, both of Milton; Mrs. Maude
Ware, Brookland Terrace, near
Wilmington; two brothers, Will
liam Campbell, Milton, and Cliff
ford Campbell, Wilmington.
Services were held Thursday al
2 .. m. in the William M. Short
Funeral Home, Milton. The Rev
w. Earl Watts, pastor of the Pill
grim Holiness Church, Milton, off.
ciated. Interment in Whites Chap
ell Cemetery.
LEKATES
Mrs. Nancy Eta LeKates, "a
died December II, at her home in
BridgeviIle following a long i'll
ness.
She was the wife of the late
George LeKates and is survived
by five children, George Of VIII
mington; Frank of Bridgeville
Mrs. Otis Wiley, Bridgeville
Mrs. Belle Banning, Fairville; and
Leroy LeKates, Philadelphia; Il
grandchildren; and Is great
grandchildren.
Services were held Sunday at
ID. m. at the Hardesty Funeral
Home, Bridgeville. The Rev. A
Jason Blundon, pastor of Union
Methodist Church, assisted by the
Rev. John w. Wootten, retired
pastor, officiated. Interment in
Bridgevi1le Cemetery.
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WALKER
Mrs. Alice F. Walker, died at hel
home December 8, after a lingering
illness.
She was the daughter of the late
Henry and Anna Benson Mosburtf
and is survived by five daughters
Mrs. Esther Lofland, Milton; Mrs
Horace Kitchens, st. Petersburg
Fla; Mrs. Earl Trice, Collins Park;
Mrs. Harold Davis, Jacksonville
Fla; and Mrs. Eleanor Willoughby
Annandale, Fla; three sons, Ed
mund and William Walker, both OF
Newark, and John G. Walker, Will
mington; 81 grandchildren and rs
great-grandchildren, and sister
Mrs. Susie Small, Newark.
Services were held Sunday at
o. M, at the William M. Short Fun
eral Home, Milton. The Rev. Jesse
Woodrow, rector of st. Johns Epis-
copal Church officiating. Intermeni
in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milton
PALMER
Mr.. Thomas Palmer, age rs pass
ed away in the Milford Memoria
Hospital, Sunday, December 13tf
after a short illness.
Before his retirement, Mr.. Pal
mer was a Master Mechanic for the
P. r. R. at the turn table in Cam
den, N. ]. During the war he work
ed for Sussex Poultry, and was al
attendant for several filling sta
tions in Milford. He was a member
of Calvary Methodist Church anC
the Junior Order of Mechanics.
Mr.. Palmer resided at AIT Mar
shall Street. He is survived by hi
wife Bessie, one daughter Mrs
Elizabeth Savage of Rehobotl
Beach, two sons, Tom of SeaforC
and Leon with the Armed Forces
in Germany. One sister, Mrs. Mil
dred McCarty of Dewey Beach
eight grandchildren and severa
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be hell
from the Lofland Funeral Home
Friday, December 18 at 2 p. m. will
the Rev. Douglas Milbury of Cal
vary Methodist Church officiating
Interment will be in Odd Fellow
Cemetery, Milford, Delaware.
Friends may call at the funera
home Thursday evening, to 9 p. m
MOORE
Private funeral services weri
held at the convenience of tn,
family for Robert L. Moore, 29
formerly of Laurel, who died De
cember 9. of self-infiicted gunsho
wounds. He lived at 102 Cochran
Street, Middletown.
A native of Laurel, he was the
son of Carmel L. and Sally Collins
Moore and is survived in addi
tion to his parents by his wife
Diane Lease Moore; two sons, Mi
chael Collins Moore, 4, and Chris
topher Allen Moore, months. He