Milford chronicle., 1960-05-20

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Kiski Prep School in Salisbury,
Pa. The following year he attend
ed the University of Delaware until
entering the apprentice service OF
the Pilots Association for the Bay
and River Delaware.
William Thomas Atkins, 80, of
Lewes, the Oldest funeral director
in Delaware. died early Monday at
his home. 119 West Fourth Street.
He was the husband of Mrs. Lille
Virginia Suthard Atkins.
Born in Philadelphia on Decem-
ber Is, 1867, the son of the late
David Thomas Atkins, and Anna
Frances Reed Atkins, he was rails
ed in Milton. He had been in the
undertaking business all of his life.
The business was started by his
grandfather, Thomas Jefferson At
kins in Milford. He moved his
business to Lewes in 1895 and re-
manned active until the past few
years. He took his son, Raymond
r. Atkins, into the business in
1888.
He was a past president of the
Delaware State Funeral Directors
Association, past president of the
Lewes Rotary Club, an elder in the
Lewes Presbyterian Church, a
member of Jefferson Lodge No. Is,
A. F. and A. NJ, and a member of
Evergreen Forest, Tall Cedars of
Lebanon.
He was member of Nur Tenn
pie of Mystic Shrine of Delaware,
32nd degree Mason, member of
Gold Rule Lodge, l. o. o. F.. of
Milton.
In addition to his wife and son,
he is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Beatrice A. Arthur of Homestead.
Fla, a brother, the Rev. Charles
Atkins of Viola, four grandchil-
dren, and five great-grandchil-
dren.
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday at 2 p. m. in the Lewes
Presbyterian Church with the Rev.
James A. Mays. pastor, officiating.
Interment was made in the church
yard.
William S. Jefferson, a vice pres
ident and director of the Sussex
Trust Company, Lewes, was elect
ed president of the Delaware Bank
ers Association, May IL.
The election of Mr.. Jefferson and
other officers was the first order of
business of the association in the
Hotel DUPONT, Wilmington. Mr..
Jefferson succeeded William r.
Brown, cashier of the First Ma
tiOnAl Bank of Wyoming.
Other officers elected were: Gar
land F. Potts. a vice president of
Delaware Trust Company, first vice
president; Howard S. Wagner,
cashier of the Peoples Bank of
Harrington, second vice presi-
dent, and Edward F. Matthews, a
vice president of the Farmers Bank
of the State of Delaware, reelected
secretary and treasurer.
H. Irving Buckson, of Dover, an
assistant vice president of the Del
aware Trust Company, was elected
to the executive committee for a
three-year term. Members re-elect-
ed to the committee were: Elisha
A. Steele, executive vice president
and cashier of the Millsboro Trust
Company, one year term, and Mar
shall C. Tyndall, Sr., vice presi-
dent of Bank of Delaware, two year
term. Mr.. Brown became a member
ex-officio as outgoing president.
Mr.. Brown was made member
of the nominating committee by
Delaware members of the Ameri-
can Bankers Association. Edwin P.
Nellan, chairman of the board and
president of Bank of Delaware, be-
came alternate member of the NOM
mating committee. Gilbert B. Moy-
er, an assistant vice president OF
Wilmington Trust Company, re-
mains as a member of the execu-
tive council, and o. H. P. Bald
win, president and board chair
man of the Farmers Bank of the
State of Delaware, remains ABA
vice president for Delaware.
Mr.. Jefferson was born in Col
yer, Pa, and is graduate of the
Lewes High School. He holds pre-
standard certificate from the Sus-
sex chapter of the American In
stitute of Banking and has taken
courses in money and banking
through University of Delaware
extension.
A former employee of the dupont
Company, Seaford plant, he has
been with the Sussex Trust Com
pany since 1947, starting as a jun
ior teller. He became assistant