Wright-McCarty and Cahall-Shaffer Marriages in Concord Area
In December 1946 Concord and Harrington communities share wedding news and holiday gatherings. Edna Wright and Walter C. McCarty wed at Concord Methodist parsonage with vows by Rev. Melvin Kay. Dorothy Cahall wed George Wise Shaffer at Harrington Trinity Methodist with celebrations near Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Methodist Parsonage
Edna CG. Wright
Howard Wright
Concord
Denton
Walter C. McCarty
Annie McCarty
Walter McCarty
Preston
Melvin Kay
Concord Methodist Church
Caroline
Smithson
Cahall—Shaffer
Dorothy Louise Cahall
Jennings L. Cahall
Harrington
George Wise Shaffer
George W. Shaffer
Trinity Methodist Parsonage
Thomas C. Jones
Josiah Calloway
Church Hill
Personalities and Passings in a Holiday Gathering
Mr Walter Fountain visited relatives near Philadelphia and attended a St Davids Main Line party hosted by Mr and Mrs George Brown with guests including Edgar Fountain Pauline Stringfellow and others. Richard Peters won a bowling contest as guests enjoyed music games and later New Year wishes. Miss Mary E Martin returned from Liberia after two and a half years as an Assemblies of God missionary, traveling via Pan American Constellation with stops in Dakar Lisbon Santa Maria and Gander. A 50th wedding anniversary was celebrated at a dinner for Mr and Mrs William Towers natives of Caroline County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Fountain
Philadelphia
George Brown
St. Davids
Brown
Edgar Fountain
Atlanta
Del
Pauline Stringfellow
Audubon
N. J
Frank Fountain
Hattie Peters
W. R. Peters
Collingdale
Willard Cohee
James L. Jones
Darby
Grace Evans
Clifton Heights
Lester Fountain
M. Fite
Penllyn
Carl Fountain
W. R. Fountain
Mayfair
Richard Peters
Mary E. Martin
Martin
Midway Farm
Tuckahoe Neck
Dakar
Lisbon
Santa Maria
Azores
Gander
N. F
William F. Towers
Caroline County
In loving memory of Willard M Towers
In loving memory of my dear husband and our father Willard M Towers who departed this life January 6 1944 Always think of you husband and father Thinking of the past Picturing you in memories Just as I saw you last Just a thought of sweet remembrance Just a memory sad and true Just a love and sweet devotion of ones who think of you The flowers we placed upon your grave May wither and decay But love for you who sleep beneath Will never fade away Wife and Children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard M. Towers
Card of Thanks for cards and flowers from Memorial Hospital
Mrs Emma Good expresses heartfelt gratitude for cheering messages while a patient at Memorial Hospital Easton and for Christmas generosity from neighbors and friends, with thanks shared by her children for the happiness they helped create.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Emma Good
Thanks to friends for support after mother's death
We wish to thank all our friends who were kind and helpful during the death of our mother Mrs. Lillian Shively and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mirs
Lillian Shively
Mary Evitts Griffin dies. funeral held in Denton
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Evitts Griffin widow of Charles Green Griffin commission merchant of New York City and member of a pioneer Eastern Shore family were held at J. Virgil Moore Funeral Home Denton on Tuesday. Burial followed in Denton Cemetery. Died December 27 at home from heart disease. Native of Caroline County she was daughter of Jonathan Evitts and Wilhelmina Williams Evitts. She is survived by two cousins and many distant relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Evitts Griffin
Charles Green Griffin
New York City
Eastern Shore
J. Virgil Moore
John E. French
First Methodist Church
Denton
Caroline County
Jonathan Evitts
Wilhelmina Williams Evitts
John R. Ricards
Benson B. Allen
Funeral Rites Held for William Arthur Holt of Hillsboro
Funeral services for William Arthur Holt 55 florist farmer and Caroline County election supervisor were at Protestant Episcopal Church Hillsboro conducted by Rev. Carl E Range. Burial followed in churchyard. He died after a long illness at his Hillsboro home. Survived by sisters Miss Virginia Trott and Miss Ethel Holt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Arthur Holt
Board of Election Supervisors
Caroline County
Protestant Episcopal Church
Hillsboro
Carl E. Range
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Denton
Mr. Holt
James and
Grace Beaven Holt
George Francis Beaven
St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Virginia Trott
Ethel Holt
Francis D Moore dies at 32 in Queen Anne
Francis Delaplane Moore, a merchant at Penn's Grove New Jersey, died at his Queen Anne home on Tuesday after a illness. He was thirty two years old and a son of Mr and Mrs Harry A Moore of Queen Anne, a member of a well known family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Delaplane Moore
Penn’s Grove
N. J
Queen Anne
Harry A. Moore
Beacom School Graduate Moore Dies in Queen Anne
After Beacom Business School graduation in Wilmington, Mr. Moore started a Penns Grove business, retired eight years ago due to poor health, and returned to Queen Anne. Survived by wife Florence Blades of Easton, a navy commander brother, four sisters, and many from his former marriage, with funeral held Thursday at 1:30 pm and Greensboro Cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacom Business School
Wilmington
Moore
Penn’s Grove
Queen Anne
Florence Blades
Easton
Allen W. Moore
U. S. Navy
Richard Day
Thomas L. Reynolds
Jack Leutritz
Baltimore
William B Messick
Greensboro Cemetery
Henry Becker, 70, Dies. Former Truckman from Denton
In profound sorrow we announce the death of Henry Becker aged 70 on Saturday December 14. He was the husband of Lida I. Becker nee Irwin and father of Lida McClelland and Maretta Henshall, all of Brooklyn New York. Mr. Becker, a former truckman, spent many pleasant visits and made many friends in Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Becker
Lida I. Becker
Irwin
Lida McClelland
Maretta Henshall
Brooklyn
N. Y
Becker
Denton
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Union Grove Methodist Protestant
Wm. G. Towers
Thomas H. Baynard
Irene Murphy
Dolly Allfather
Charles Davis
H. Roland Towers
Grace Bowdle
Rochester
F. G. Madara Sire
Madara
Jacqueline
Ceritreville
Paul Maloney
Charles Williams
Dover
Wm. T. Dunlap
Charles Lord
Sadie Maloney
Emmett Lord
Williston
Marion L. Butler
Butler
E. J. Clem
Mariam
Ruth Clem
Kokomo
Indiana
H. J. Ramsdell
Center Street
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Delaware
Raymond Bickling
Earl Holsinger
Fred Bickling
Marvin
Ridgely
Raymond Cohee
Henderson
Harvey Meeks
Goldsboro
Concord Church
H. H. Sparks
Carmen Nowell
Mechanicsburg
and Mirs
Willoughby Nowell
Ernest Collins
Patrais
Greece
South Bend
Selden C. Watters
G. Emory Gottwall
Ohio
James Baker
Admiral
Vaughn Monroe
Mike
Janice Malott
Malott
Music & Radio Shop
Memoriam
W. Arthur Holt
Francis D. Moore
Denton Home Supply
South Second Street
Dentonia Theatre
Wilson
Carpenter Tools
Clayton Melvin
Earl Melvin
Magnolia
Clifton Melvin
Ethel Timmons
Pittsville
Wilfred Melvin
Lewes
Pauline Willis
Chester
Ruth Burrows
Hollywood
Cal
Carrie Sylvester
Bertie Wood
Warren Bossert
George E. Wood
Virginia M. Buckson
Virginia Melvin Buckson
Wilson Buckson
Rawlins Funeral Home
Greensboro
A. L. Grey
G. S. Ross
Centonia Theatre
MY Darling
Clementine
Walter Brennan
HOLT
Cathy Downs
Henry Fonda
Linda Darnell
Victor Mature
Demille
Washington College
American University
Chestertown
Amory
Wild Bill Elliott
Sheriff of
Redwood
Leon Errol In
Joe Palooka
Ingrid Bergman
Cary Grant
Robert Young
Truck Growers Co-op
Lower Caroline
Harmony Community House
and Adrian Booth
Republic
Carole Jallyn Landis
Joslyn
Eae
Paul Henreid
Claude Rains
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