Milford chronicle., 1961-11-17
Obituary

TAFT
Mrs. Elizabeth Tait, 80, died
November 8, at the Delmar Nurs-
ing Home.
She recently lived in laurel. Sur
viving are two daughters, Mrs Mae
Taylor, Camden, New Jersey, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Birmingham, Laur-
ell; son, Stewart, Penns Grove,
New Jersey; a sister, Mrs. Violet
Burr, Arlington, Virginia, five
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
Services were held last Sunday
at the Watson and Gray Funeral
Chapel, Millsboro.
LLOYD
William L. Lloyd, .Jr., 56, re-
tired beverage distributor in the
Dover area, died November 9, in
Kent General Hospital. Dover, af
ter a short illness. He was a MEM
Der of Hiram Masonic Lodge in
Seaford
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Annabelle Lloyd MicyZek, of Sea-
ford; a son, William Lloyd III,
Dover; two grandchildren two
sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Mullin and
Mrs. Clara Hill, both of Seaford.
Funeral services were held last
Sunday from the Watson Funeral
Home, Seaford, with burial follow
ing at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Sea-
ford.
TOOMEY
Raymond Toomey, Sc, an en-
ployee of the State Highway Depart
ment, died November 10, at the
wheel of his car following heart
attack The car veered into the
yard of Floyd Gray, near Days
boro, and stopped. Gray went to
investigate and found Toomey dead
at the wheel. He was member of
Christ Methodist Church, Dagsboro.
Son of the late Woosley and Eliza
Kitchens Toomey, he is survived
by three sons, Leroy, Frankford,
Elijah, Dover, and Jacob, Millsboro;
three daughters, Mrs. Irene Innas-
COLO, Frankford, Mrs Ruth Dukes,
Millsboro, and Mrs. Dolores Will
ey, Georgetown; ten grandchildr
a sister, Mrs. Essie Bunting, Selby-
willie; and a brother, Larry, Days
bOrO.
The funeral was held Tuesday of
this week at the Watson and Gray
Funeral Chapel, Frankford, with
the Rev. Ronald Stearns, officiat-
ing. Interment was in Red Mems
Cemetery, Dagsboro.
DICKERSON.
G. Walter Dickerson, IS, an auc-
tioneer who lived in Milford Neck,
died at his home late last Thurs
day night. He suffered heart
attack after a hunting trip.
Mr.. Dickerson is survived by his
widow, Mrs Lavenia c. Dickerson;
one son, James Burton Dickerson,
fredericksburg, Maryland; five
daughters, Mrs. Brainard Poore,
Mrs. Quenton Webb, Mrs. Louis
Carpenter, Mrs. Herbert Jump, Jr
and Mrs Vinal Kirby, all of Mil
ford
Also surviving are six grand
children; IL great-grandchildren;
two brothers, John Dickerson, Ell
endale, and Arthur Dickerson,
Baltimore, Maryland; four sisters,
Mrs. Georgeanna Donovan, Mrs.
Bertha Cubbage, Mrs. Sadie En-
ory, and Mrs. Virginia Emory, all
of Milford.
Services were held last Sunday
at the Berry Funeral Home, with
the Rev. F. Douglas Milbury, Cal
vary Methodist Church. officiating.
BRANFORD
The Rev. Harry " Branford,
age 73 years, of Rehoboth Beach,
retired minister of the Peninsula
Conference, died Saturday, Novem
Der II, in the Beebe Hospital, Lew
es.
He is survived by his widow,
Josephine M. Branford; a daugh-
ter, Miss E. Josephine BranfOrd of
Baltimore, Maryland; a son, Walter
A. Branford of Washin gton, d. c..
The Reverend Branford served
the following charges on the Del
Mar-Va Peninsula during his thirty
wears of ministry: Ayres Chapel,
Onancock, Virginia; Marion Stat
ion, Nanticoke, Centerville, Fed
eralsburg, Kent Island, and Ridge
fy, all in Maryland; Rehoboth
Beach, Lewes, Harrington, Harbe-
son and Indian Mission in Della
ware.
Funeral services were held We'd