Milford chronicle., 1960-12-23
Obituary


ciating. Mr.. Auld, a retired paint
er, died Friday, December 16, at
Smyrna. There are no immediate
survivors.
INGRAM
The Rev. Charles B. Ingram, 79
died December 16, at Smyrna af-
ter long illness. He was ma
tive of Millsboro.
He was founder and builder OF
Mt Zion Church, Georgetown
He is survived by a son, John
B. Ingram, Georgetown.
The funeral was held Monday
at 1 p. m at the Mt. Zion Church
ROTH
Thomas A. Roth. So, died De-
cember Is in the Nanticoke Mem.
orial Hospital, Seaford.
He was painter and lived al
522 Cooper Street, Laurel.
He is survived by his wife, Ge
neva NJ. Roth; two daughters, Mrs
Edith Williams and Mrs. Silvia
Fenwick; son, Jerry, all of Lau.
rel; 10 grandchildren; two sis
ters, Mrs. Beatrice Williams, Sal
isbury, and Mrs. Gladys Anderson
Linwood, Pa; three brothers
George and Lawrence Roth, both
of Baltimore, and Thompson Rotl
of Oxford, Md
Services were held December II
at the Windsor and Disharoor
| Funeral Home.
POWELL
Mrs. Florence K. Powell, "a, wifi,
of John Powell, died Thursday, De
cember Is, i'm Beebe Hospital
Lewes. She was a daughter O
Mrs. Elizabeth Kerr, and the lat,
Robert Kerr.
Besides her mother and husband
she is survived by\ son, Rober
Powell, Dagsboro; two grandchil
dren; three sisters, Mrs. Lillial
Andrews, Westville, N. j.; Mrs
Eleanor Duffy, Philadelphia, an,
Mrs. Mildred Harmon, Newtowl
Square, Pa; and brother, Rober
| Kerr, Westville.
She was a member of Frankfor
Presbyterian Church.
The funeral was held at tn
Watson and Gray Funeral Chapel
Frankford, December 1S.
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DAVIS
Mrs. Myrtle H. Davis, so, an EN-
ploye at the Hartly post office fo
the past Is years, died suddenly il
Hartly last Saturday of a heart at
tack.
She is survived by her husband
Maxwell H. Davis; by her mother
Mrs. Elizabeth Hutchins, Hartly
by three sons, Maxwell, Jr., an
Jason R., both of Hartly, and Allel
H., FELTON,; by one daughter, Mrs
Jerome Beckman, Pittsburg, Pa
and by one grandchild.
Also surviving are two sisters
Mrs. Eunice Buris, Wilmington
and Mrs. Catherine Hurd, Smyrna
and one brother Archer Hutchin:
Wilmington.
| Funeral services were held Tues
day at 2 pm. from Traders Funer;
Home, Dover. Burial Odd Fellow
Cemetery, Camden.
JEFFERSON
Harry E. Jefferson, 66, died FIR
day, December 16, in the Laur,
4 CT hui
, He was born near Laurel, son Z
Mrs. Annie B. Jefferson and tn
late Lloyd |. Jefferson
He was carpenter. He live
on the Millsboro Road, near LAT
rel.
In addition to his mother,
leaves his wife, Nellie O., two son
Alvin T., and Earl J. Jefferson
both of Laurel; four grandchi
dren, four sisters, Mrs Norma
James, Laurel; Mrs. John Jane
Bridgeville; Mrs Howard Shor
Willow Grove, Pa, and Mrs. Tho
Powell, Laurel; and a brothe
Frank Jefferson, Millsboro.
Funeral services were held {
p. M Monday at the Windsor an
Disahroon Funeral Home. TIL
Rev. Lee Elliott, pastor of the Lat
rel Methodist Church, officiating
Interment in Odd Fellows Gene
terry.
CHAMBERS
Funeral rites were held las
Saturday in Atkins Funeral HON
Lewes for Frank B. Chambers, n
retired employe of the Du Pon
Company of Wilmington, who die
Wednesday Dec ID. in the Delawar
Hospital at Wilmington,
A native of Lewes, he was tn
son of the late William E. Cham
bers and Hessie Cottingham. H
retired from the Du Pont Compan
about five years ago where he ha
served in a clerical capacity fo
some II years.
Besides his wife, the former Jes
sic Carswell of Wilmington, he
survived by a brother, Capt. Harr
w. Chambers of Lewes, a retire
Delaware Bay and River pilot, an
two nieces, Mrs. Edison C. Lodg
Jr., Lewes, and Mrs. Hilda Flemin,
Chattanooga, Tenn.