Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1961-07-28

Barratt'S Chapel on Wednesday,
July 26, at pm. with the Rev.
George Bishop, pastor of Frederick
Methodist Church, officiating. She
is survived by one son, Charles
Cohee; one daughter, Mrs. Mary
Berry; two grandchildren, Mrs.
Vera Endicott and Charles Cohee,
Jr.
HARRIS
Mrs. Alice Margaret Harris, 78,
widow of Henry G Harris, died
at her home near Houston, Thurs
day, July 20. Funeral services
were held from the Berry Funer-
al Home, Milford, Tuesday, July
25, with the Rev. Ray w. Kirwan,
pastor of Houston Meth. Church.
officiating. Interment was made in
Hollywood Cemetery, near Har-
rington.
Mrs. Harris is survived by a
brother, Richard l.. Hartley, Jr.,
Glendale, and a sister, Mrs. Flor
ence Heffner, Houston.
BULL
Jesse L. Bull, 46, died in the
Emily Bissell Hospital, Friday,
July 81, after a lingering illness.
He was the son of Mrs. Matte Bull
and the late George Bull. In add
ition to his mother, he is survived
by his widow. Mrs. Ethel Bull; three
! sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Ames and
Miss Daisy Bull, both of Millsboro,
and Mrs. Floreo Knox of New
York City; two brothers, Robert
and Arthur Bull, both of Mills
boro.
The funeral was held Thursday,
July 81, in the Baptist Church at
Onancock, Va, with interment in
the adjoining cemetery.
MASTEN
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice
l.. Masten, 68, were held from the
Berry Funeral Home, Milford, Sun
day, July %. The Rev. F Douglas
Milbury, pastor of Calvary Meth
odist Church, and Rev. W. Edwin
Tull, pastor of the Church of God,
officiated. Interment was in Odd
Fellows Cemetery.
Mrs. Masten, who died in Mil
ford Memorial Hospital, is sur
vived by her husband, Burton Mas
ten, son, Oscar Derrickson Webb,
Milford, two grandchildren; two
brothers, Elwood Kenton, Ellen
dale, and William Kenton, Farm
ington, and a sister, Mrs. Rosa
Walls, Milford.
SAMMONS
Edmund C. Summons, so, died
Sunday. July %, in the Milford
Memorial Hospital. He had been
there one day. after previous treat
ment at the Maple Grove Conva-
descent Home. He is survived by
his widow, Clara Linda Sammons;
a daughter. Vietta Lewis of Blue
Rock Manor; a son, Sudler z.
Sammons of Cleveland, o.; two
grandchildren; one great-grand-
child: one sister, Mrs. Madeln
Williams of Seaford
The funeral was held Tuesday
at the Dodd Funeral Home, George
town, with the Rev. Robert Van
Cleaf. former pastor of Grace Meth
odist Church, officiating. Interment
was in Union Cemetery.
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HILL
Funeral services for Harry Lee
Hill, age &c years, of Milford, were
held from the Lofiand Funeral
Home in Milford, on Wednesday,
July 20. at 2 p. m, with the Rev.
Douglas Milbury( pastor of CAL
vary Methodist Church, officiating.
Interment was in Odd Fellows
Cemetery Mr.. Hill passed away
in the Veterans Hospital in Will
/ mington on Sunday, July %. He
was the son of Harry and Minnie
Hill of Milford. He is survived by
two daughters. Mrs. Janet Lee
Whitney of Magnolia, and Miss
Bonnie Lee Hill of Long Island,
N. Y; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Rec
dy of Milford. A military funeral
was held by the V. F. w. Post
| of Milford.
MELVIN
! Robert N Melvin, age 40 years,
husband of Ruth p Melvin, of Har-
rington. died Sunday July %. Fun
eral services will be held from the
Berry Funeral Home. Milford, on
Saturday, July 20, at l p. m, with
| the Rev. VIM. II. Miller, pastor of
the Pilgrim Holiness Church, Har-
rington, officiating. Interment in
Hollywood Cemtery, near Harring-
ton.
Besides his widow, he is survived
by his mother, Mrs. Thomas H
Melvin of Harrington; one daught-
er. Mrs. Ruth Ann Glanden, FELTON,:
six brothers, Marion of Milford, w.
Harrison, Irving. Thomas H., Jr.,
all of Harrington; Clarence of Del
mar; Carlton of Greenwood.
He was an employee of the Du-
always lived in the Harrington
area.
COVERDALE
Walter Coverdale, 50, a retired
| farmer of the Middletown area,
died Tuesday morning in the Union
Hospital, Elkton, Md, after an ill
ness of two weeks. Funeral ser
vices will be held from the Berry
Funeral Home, FELTON,, today Fri
day. at p. m, with interment in
Barratt's Chapel near Frederick.
The Rev. Arthur Hastings. Pastor
of the Middletown Methodist Chur-
CHI, will officiate.
Mr.. Coverdale retired ten years