Milford chronicle., 1959-08-07
OBITUARY
LAYTON

made his home IN this vicinity all
his life.
Mr.. Layton was employed by the
Fair as head carpenter.
He was a son of Wilbur B. Lay
ton Sr., and the late Mary S. Hurd
Layton.
Services were held from the ]
Millard Cooper Funeral Home, in
Harrington, at 2 p. m, Thursday
the Rev. William Tull, pastor OF
the Church of God in Milford, Off
ciated. Burial was in Barratt's
Chapel Cemetery, near Frederick
Surviving besides his father, are
his wife, Mrs. Verna Mae Layton
a son, Charles Roland Layton, Jr.
of FELTON,; four brothers, James K
of Milford, Wilbur, Jr., of Harr.
ington, Lawson of Wilmington and
Paul E. Layton of Silver Spring
Md: two sisters, Mrs. James A
Hall of Milford and Mrs. Victor
Knowles of Ridley Park, Pa, an(
several nieces and nephews.
PARKER
Larry l.. Parker, 80, farmer, died
Saturday, August 1st at his home
near Gumboro, after a lingering
illness. He is survived by his wife
Sarah E. Hudson Parker, four sons
Francis, Willards, Md; Lee, Mills
boro; Pashur and Medford Parker
both of Whaleyville, Nd, a daugh.
ter, Miss Annie ]. Parker, at home;
five grandchildren, six great-grand.
children and two great-great-grand'
children.
He also leaves a sister, Mrs
Carrie Donovan, Whaleyville; 6
half-brother, Frank Parker, and q
half-sister, Mrs. Lizzie Donoway
both of Whaleyville.
Services were held at 2 p. m. in
the Bethel Methodist Church, Au-
gust 4, with the Rev. Clarence Will
kens, retired Methodist minister
officiating, assisted by the pastor
the Rev. James Langrel. Interment
was in Red Mems Cemetery, Sell
byville.
COVERDALE
William Henry Coverdale, 43, OF
FELTON,, formerly of Lynch Heights
died July 81, in Milford Memorial
Hospital following a heart attack
A veteran of World War II, he was
employed as a machinist at Della
ware Mills in Frederick.
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. John Loper; son, Joseph,
Baltimore; two daughters, Miss
Lorraine Coverdale,s Baltimore; !;
Mrs. Janet Mithem, Milford; two
brothers, James O., Magnolia; Ell
mer, Milford; three sisters, Mrs.
Edna eileen, Wildwood, N. j.; Mrs.
Dorothy Sisson, and Mrs. Viola
Elton, both of Milford, and two
grandchildren.
Services were held in the Berry
Funeral Home, FELTON,, August 4.
The Rev. William e. Tull, pastor of
the Milford Church of God, officia-
ting. Interment was in Odd Fell
ows Cemetery, Milford.
RUSKY
Mrs. Caroline Young Rusky, 81,
widow of Frank Rusky, Philadel-
phia, died August 2, in the Jewell
Nursing Home at Milford.
She was the mother of Mrs.
George H. Bryan, Lewes Beach, and
Miss Catherine M. Rusky, Lewes.
Born in Mason City, w. Va, she
was the daughter of the late Albert
and Mary Young and had lived in
Philadelphia most of her married
life.
In addition to the two daughters,
Lewes. she leaves five other daugh-
ters. They are: Mrs. Maude Lowry,
Jacksonville, Ohio; Mrs. Lucy
Steffenauer, Butler, Pa; Mrs. Jo-
sephine Reese, Pittsburg; Miss
Mary L. Rusky, Philadelphia, and
Miss Elsie e. Rusky, Philadelphia.
The funeral services were held
in Atkins Funeral Home. The Rev.
Robert e. Green, pastor of Bethel
Methodist Church, officiating. In
.terment was in Sunset Memorial
Cemetery on the Lewes-Milford
Highway.
BULLOCK
Funeral services were held Au-
gust 4, for Joshua Ellegood Bull
ock, Sr., who died Saturday Aug
gust 1, after an illness of several
months. Services in charge of the
Rev. Richard S. Gibson, Pastor of
Asbury Methodist Church, Harring-
ton, were held in the Boyer Funer-
al Home.
Interment was in Gracelawn
Memorial Park near Wilmington.
A native of Laurel, son of the
late Richard and Dolly Spicer Bull
ock, the deceased lived at Hurlock
for many years, where he was en-
ployed in the maintenance and way
department of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. Following an injury, he
able to return to work. He was re-
tired in 1851.
He is survived by his wife, Mary
Cahall Bullock, a son, Joshua e.
Bullock, Jr., Pittsburg, and two
sisters, Mrs. Lille Williamson, and
Mrs. David Williams, both of Fed
eralsburg, Md.
A member of Temple Lodge No.
9 F and AM, Milford, officers of the
order held services at the funeral
home on August 3rd at 800 p. m.
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WRIGHT
Services for Garlda C. Wright,
Sr., 43, who was killed in an auto
accident in Virginia, August 2,
were conducted from the Berry
Funeral Home, FELTON,, at 2 p. m.
Friday.
The Rev. Albert Snapp of Wyom-
ing will officiate at the funeral
home and military rites will be
conducted at the grave in Odd Fell
ows Cemetery, Camden.
Mr.. Wright, who resided in the