Milford chronicle., 1959-04-10

Services were held at the Carey
Funeral Home, Wednesday, at /
p. N. The Rev. DR.. Thomas G. Null
ligan of Grace Methodist Church,
officiating. Interment in Union
Cemetery.
DAVIDSON
Mrs. Emma Jane Davidson, rs,
widow of Alfred Davidson, died at
her home on the Lincoln Milford
Road, near Milford, April 5, after
a long illness.
A native of Milford, she had lived
in that area all her life. She was
a member of Calvary Methodist
Church.
Survivors include two daughters,
Mrs. John H. Poore of Smyrna, and
Miss Leola Davidson, Milford; a
son, Alfred, of Wilmington; seven
grandchildren, five great-grand-
children, and two sisters, Mrs.
Clarence Johnson of Milton, and
Mrs. Mollie Boyce of Milford.
The funeral was held from the
LOfiand Funeral Home, Wednesday,
at p. m., with interment in the
Slaughter Neck Cemetery. The Rev.
Edwin Tull of the Church of God,
Milford, officiated.
PHILLIP
Robert Phillip, 73, we'll known
painter, of Bridgeville, died Fri
day morning, April 3, in the Milford
Memorial Hospital after an illness
of one week, from the effects of a
heart attack. He was a native of
Lanark, Scotland, son of the late
John and Anna Hamilton Phillip.
He was not married and had lived
in the United States for "a years.
Surviving is a sister, Miss Mary
Phillip, Westport, Lanark, Scotland
Mr.. Phillip lived for a number
of years at the homes of Mrs. ]. NJ.
Dickerson in Bridgeville and Mrs.
Harvey M. Wilson, Glendale.
Services were held April at 2
p. m. from the Dickerson home,
304 Walnut Street, Bridgeville. The
Rev. Edward Eckhart, Glendale,
and the Rev. John W. Wooten, a re-
tired Bridgeville minister, officia-
ted Interment in the Bridgeville
Cemetery.
WILKINS
John Roland wilkins, 81, died
April at his home on Savannah
Drive, Georgetown. He was a re-
tired Pennsylvania Railroad en-
ploye and a member of Grace
Methodist Church and of the Red
Men.
He was the son of James Burton
and Priscilla Wilkins. He is sur
vived by his wife, the former Ida
Tyre, son, G. Howard Wilkins,
Georgetown; granddaughter, a
great-grandson; brother, Chris
topher Wilkins, Georgetown; and a
sister, Mrs. Lima King, Oak Orch
ard.
Services were held Tuesday at
p. m. in the Carey Funeral Home,
Georgetown. The Rev. Dr. Thomas
c. Mulligan, pastor of Grace Meth
odist Church, officiating, assisted
by the Rev. Elmer Shield, pastor
of Wesley Methodist Church. Inter
ment in Union Cemetery, George
town.
MURRAY
Mrs. Laura Quillen Murray, II,
died Friday, April 8, at her home,
Millville. She was the widow of the
late Elmer Murray, who died two
weeks ago.
She is survived by three sons,
Elmer, Jr., of Japan; Clifton of
Bethany Beach and David of Mill
vile; two step-daughters, Mrs.
Etha Richards, and Mrs. Marjorie
Knox, Ocean View; six grandchil-
dren; two great-grandchildren; a
brother, Harb Quillen, Roxana, and
one sister, Mrs. Mamie Long, of
Clarksville.
She was a member of the Mill
vile Methodist Church.
Services were held Monday at 8
p. m. in the Watson and Gray Fu-
neral Chapel, Frankford. The Rev.
Melvin Wheatley, pastor of Mill
vile Methodist Church, officiated
Interment in ST. Georges Gene
terry, ClarKSVllle.
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HARMONSON
Mrs. Helen Boyer Harmonson,
Symrna, civic, church, and club
leader, died April 4 in the Della
ware Hospital, Wilmington.
A daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry d. Boyer, she is sur
vived by her husband, Charles Le-
land Harmonson; a daughter, Mrs.
Harmonson Weir; two grandchil-
dren, Dorothy Denney and Ann
Harmonson Weir, all of "GreybOx",
Smyrna, and an aunt, Mrs. G. Ern-
est Rowland, Smyrna.
Mrs. Harmonson was a member
of the Smyrna Special School Dis
trict Board of Education for 18
years; was president of the Twen-
tieth Century Club 1880, succeed
ing her mother in that office; a
member and president of the Smyr-
ma Library Commission for Is
years; former director of the AL
tar Guild of st. Peters Episcopal
Church, and was director of the
Motor Corps of Area No. A, Red
Cross, during World War II. She at
tended Wilson College, Chambers
burg, Pa.
The funeral was held April at