Local Engagements and Weddings Held Across Maryland
Mary Margaret Armes and George Edward Sherwood Jr announce their engagement with plans for a April 7 wedding. Helen Mae Bennett and William Robert Jackson also announce their engagement, with Bennett employed by the Caroline County Welfare Board. Verna Lee Davis and Leon Collins wed at the minister’s home in Denton. Collins plans to reside in Chester, Maryland. Collins is a painter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Armes
Himira
N. Y
Federalsburg
Mary Margaret
George Edward Sherwood, Jr
George Sherwood, Sr
Miss Armes
Westinghouse Company
Elmira
Sherwood
du Pont Company
Seaford
Helen Mae Bennett
Frank Slaughter
B. Harrison Bennett
Goldsboro
William Robert Jackson
J. Cortland Jackson
Bennett
Greensboro High School
Golden Beacom School of Business
Caroline County Welfare Board
Jackson
Verna Lee Davis
Chester
Leon Collins
Earl Collins
Denton
Thomas J. Turkington
Theodore Wood
Harrington
Covey Warren wedding in Ridgely Methodist Church
The wedding of Miss Virginia Lee Covey and Mr. Charles W. Warren took place in Ridgely on Sunday at 5 PM with double ring ceremony. The event featured attendants, music by Mrs. Hansen Hoffman, and a reception at the Church House before the couple departed for their wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Lee Covey
Lee Covey
Ridgely
Charles W. Warren
Roy J. Warren
Federalsburg
Ridgely Methodist Church
Harry V. Branford
Hansen Hoffman
Lois Slaughter
Jack Howard
Easton
Vernon Neal
Virgil Webster
Cambridge
Church House
Caroline High School
Cambridge Hospital School
Mr. Warren
Federalsburg High School
Marines
Yorktown
Dover Couple Weds At Dover Home Of Minister
Miss Janet Ann Carpenter of Dover and Airman Darrell Main of Dover Air Force Base married at the home of Rev. W L Jump on Monday afternoon April 2. The couple will reside in Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Ann Carpenter
Dover
Darrell Main
Dover Air Force Base
W. L. Jump
April Term Circuit Court Convened Here On Monday
A county committee inspected the local jail and sheriff’s quarters noting ten colored men and three white prisoners. They praised the interior after recent redecoration, with walls papered and woodwork painted, and found the buildings well maintained overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia H. Heather
Harry M. Allston
Leroy J. Nichols, Jr
Wrightson Aaron Kirby dies at 84 in Preston
Aaron Kirby Wrightson retired merchant and farmer of Preston died at Friendly Nursing Home Del Mar Saturday at age 84. Survived by two daughters Miriam Wrightson Bowling and Mac Wrightson Bradley, two sons William Kirby Wrightson and Edgar Williamson Wrightson, 10 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren, two sisters and a brother. Wife Mae Williamson predeceased him. Services conducted at Preston Funeral Chapel Monday by H. M. Hollis and Son. Burial in Bethesda Methodist Churchyard Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Kirby Wrightson
Preston
Friendly Nursing Home
Delmar
Miriam Wrightson Bowling
Falls Church
Mac Wrightson Bradley
Berryville
William Kirby Wrightson
Accomac
Edgar Williamson Wrightson
Lydia Is. Nichols
Phoenixville
Bessie W. Linklin
Brooklyn
N. Y
W. W. Wrightson
Federalsburg
Mae Williamson
H. M. Hollis and Son
Bethesda Methodist Churchyard
Death of Milton G Towers in Baltimore Farm Resident
Milton G Towers died Monday April 2 at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore after a short illness. He was 52, born in Caroline County, lived on a Federalsburg area farm, son of Mrs Martha Willoughby Towers and the late John E Towers. He is survived by his wife Mabel E Towers and daughter Mrs Ronald Griffith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton G. Towers
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Caroline County
Federalsburg
Martha Willoughby Towers
John E. Towers
Mabel E. Towers
Ronald Griffith
Towers family notices Federalsburg obituary details
Jr of Federalsburg and six sons listed with locations in Fort Jackson Fort Riley Pitts burgh and Federalsburg plus four sisters and four brothers. Funeral services set for Friday at 1 30 pm at Frampton Funeral Home with Rev O G Brewer and Rev Guy H McWilliams officiating. Interment in Hill Crest Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Towers
Federalsburg
Frampton Funeral Home
O. G. Brewer
Chestnut Grove Methodist Church
Guy H. McWilliams
Roxanna
Del
Hill Crest Cemetery
Remembered Denton painter Leroy Sard dies at 72
Leroy Sard 72 a noted painter and paper hanger formerly of Denton and Ridgely died Wednesday night after a brief illness in Nanticoke Memorial Hospital Seaford. Survived by three daughters Grace Mitchell Ridgely Margaret English Blades Sara Dickerson Wichita Kas. Eleven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren also survive. His wife Beulah Dyer of Denton preceded him in death. Funeral service Saturday at 3 PM from Watson Funeral Home Seaford conducted by Rev George C Godfrey Blades Methodist Church. Interment Denton Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Sard
Denton and
Ridgely
Nanticoke Memorial Hospital
Seaford
Grace Mitchell
Margaret English
Blades
Sara Dickerson
Wichita
Kansas
Beulah Dyer
Denton
Watson Funeral Home
George C. Godfrey
Blades Methodist Church
Denton Cemetery
Friddy Farm Death Claims 77 Year Old Frank Smith
Frank Smith aged 77 died of a heart attack while working on a farm near Goldsboro. He collapsed Friday at the site, with neighbors and authorities responding. Funeral arrangements were pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Smith
Goldsboro
Funeral Services Held in Greensboro for Local Resident
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Rawlings Funeral Home in Greensboro with Rev. Grayson Wheatley of St. Pauls Methodist Church officiating. Interment followed in Greensboro Cemetery. Surviving are a daughter Audrey Tinley of Elkton, a son Alton Smith of Greensboro, three grandchildren, three great grandchildren, two sisters Rosie Satterfield of Greensboro and Mollie Neilsen of Wilmington, and two brothers John Smith of Philadelphia and Norman Smith of Goldsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley E. Thawley
Wilmington
Denton
Greensboro
William Nickle
Trainer
Minnie L. Cooper
Concord
Dorothy Flaharty
Helen Wilson
First Methodist Church
K. T. Everngain
Lucien Reinhart
Harry Smith
Douglas Bennington
Louise Gray
William Irwin
Calvert C. Merriken
Elizabeth MacDonald
William E. Collins
Bruce Greer
Washington
C. S. Kauffman
J. P. Walker
Cheryl Ann
Leonardtown
A. P. Atkinson
Rawlings
Grayson Wheatley
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Greensboro Cemetery
Audrey Tinley
Elkton
Alton Smith
Rosie Satterfield
Mollie Neilsen
John Smith
Philadelphia
Norman Smith
Goldsboro
Poole Sr. John Poole Dies at 77 in Easton Hospital
John Poole Sr. 77 of Preston and lifelong Caroline County resident died Sunday night at Memorial Hospital Easton after nearly a month as a patient. He was a farmer, husband of Elizabeth Poole who died two years ago, and father to Meredith B. Thomas of Newark Delaware John Poole Jr. of Prospect Park Pennsylvania and Mrs Roland F Mullikin of Easton. He leaves six grandchildren four great grandchildren and a brother William H Poole of Preston. Funeral services were held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Poole
Preston
Caroline County
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Isaac
Mary Ann Collins Poole
Elizabeth Poole
Meredith B. Thomas
Newark
Del
Prospect Park
Roland F. Mullikin
William H. Poole
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Arthur
Caroline Poultry Farms, Inc
Collins-Davis
Warren-Covey
Arthur Downes
Helen Jean Downes
Walter Downes
Frank Eugene Arthur
Bernard Arthur
Mt. Jackson
T. J. Turkington
Mary Catherine Walls
Ralph Sullivan
Lavinia Bye
Sue Bye
Francis M. Rogers
James L. Reinhart
Winchester
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Goucher College
K. Thomas Everngam, Jr
Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter
N. H
Edwin Lee Lord
Lyda Lord
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Japan
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Kennth Tichnor
Patricia
Newton
N. J
Thomas L. Allston
Mahala Allston
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M. C. Watson
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Howard Andy Perry
Martin Pusey
McCabe
John Pusey
Ernest J. Brown
Richard Bullock
Intercession City
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Donna Lou
Dianna
Oscar Lewis
Wilming
Villa Johnson
Walter G. Kerslake
Vincent Love
Fred Love
J. T. Alstrom
P. W. Downes
E. M. Willey
L. Reyner Dukes
Wilson Smith
Carlton V. West, Jr
Jackie
Cathy
Marcielynn
Alexandria
Carlton V. West
Roland Griffith
Rachel Dickerson
Margaret
Charles Mitchell Griffith
Fort Jackson
South Carolina
Howard R. Shockley
Lillie Wilkerson
Wilbert Cain
Eva Kenton
William H. Paxson
Carlton H. Porter
Lillian P. French
Robert D. Maloney
Mary S. Manlove
William H. Rieck, Sr
Dewey Townsend
Herman Plutschak
Louise C. Jefferson
Louise F. Hargreaves
Leroy R. Venables
Paul W. Satterfield
Nancy F., Thomas
Frances F. Decker
Betty H. Laramore
Mary
Georgetown
Georgetown, del
Nascar
N. 8Th Street
Municipal
Grand Jury
Martin L. Sutton
Foreman
Olivia K. Wyatt
Allie Seward
Virginia W. Heather
Paul W. Cooper
Violet
Rhae
Movie Center
Sun
Paramount Presents
Coles
James Craig, Marcia Dean
Rage Row
Susan Twayward
Richard Conte
Eddie Albert
JO van Fleet
Don Taylor
Ray Danton
Alilan Roth
Thurs
Mickey Spilane
Ralph Meeker
Tex Ritter
Bill Williams
Reese Theatre
Bing Crosby
Wm. Nfolden
Kim Novak
Aa Ay
Aaron K. Wrightson
Brett
Nbc-Tv
Gustav Good
Watchmakers& Jeweler
Denton, Maryland
I Motors
Will’s Sporting Goods Store
Franklin St
Denton, Md
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SU Eee
Natty
Rory
Gilbert
Calhoun
Winters
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Mon
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Barbara Rush
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Universal International Pieture
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Charlotte Greenwood
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Sherwood Oil
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John Poole, SR
Mark Stevens
Jack Stade
Dorothy Malone
Leo Gorcey
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Merian C. Cooper
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Harry Carey, Jr
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