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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1964
Page
4
Denton residents host guests from Arlington and Silver Spring for Mother's Day and family weekends. Local groups meet May 18 at 8 p m with organizers Martha Short and Elizabeth Richards. Funeral services for Harvey H Brown held in Moorestown with interment in Mullica Hill. ministers from Denton presiding.
Mrs Florence Elizabeth Russell Jones 48 of Greenwood died May 7 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital. Survived by husband Harlan L Jones two sons Robert L Thomas and R Richard Thomas both of Bridgeville mother Sallie E Russell of Bridgeville brother Granville M Russell of Federalsburg and two grandchildren. Services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. Hardesty Funeral Home Bridgeville.
Mrs Alice Mae Copp 62 wife of William Copp of Greensboro died Thursday after a long illness in Easton Memorial Hospital. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Bernard Smith New Castle and Mrs Norma Faunt Mountain View Calif three brothers Lewis Walter and Henry Adams all in New Jersey two grandchildren three great grandchildren. Graveside services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Greensboro Cemetery.
John W Bradley of Broomall Pennsylvania a retired master mechanic died at home on Friday He served 30 years with Congoleum Nairn Co Trainer Pennsylvania He was born in Wilmington His first wife Mary Volk Bradley died in 1949 He is survived by his widow Grace Brumfeld Davis a brother James M Wilmington three sons Joseph A and John T both of Claymont and Robert A Holmes Pennsylvania four daughters Mrs
Francis Tribbitt 43 of Ridgely died at his home on Sunday May 10. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Ace Tribbitt his wife Ruth three daughters Nancy Lee Patricia Ann one granddaughter five sisters and four brothers. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 pm at the Rawlings Boulais Funeral Home with Rev Lida Brasure officiating. Interment followed in Greensboro Cemetery.
Edward R. Dawkins Jr., 56, owner of Dawkins Market, died May 7 at University Hospital in Baltimore. He lived at 23 Beaver Dam Heights, Seaford, and was a Stevensville Fire Company organizer and former chief, Stevensville Lions Club organizer, and Methodist Church board member. He is survived by his widow Martha J. Dawkins, a son Edward R. III, a daughter Mrs. Edward R. Nell, four grandchildren, two brothers Albert P. and Hilbert, two sisters Mrs. Sarah Baynard and Mrs. Estelle Kyle, and half brother C. L. Stafford. Services at Watson Funeral Home.
Elmer J Seese 69 a World War I veteran and farmer near Burrsville died at home Monday May 11 A native of North Carolina he resided near Burrsville 11 years and belonged to First Baptist Church Mullica Ul his wife Anna Scholl Loftis two daughters Mrs Albert Weber Monroeville NJ and Mrs Harvey H Brown Moorestown NJ ten grandchildren Funeral services set for Friday at 10 30 A M at the Elmer J Seese address in Burrsville Elmer J Seese 83 Denton resident and carpenter died Friday at his home after 40 years there He belonged to the Church of the Brethren Survived by wife Aura two children Miss Phyllis Seese Rodman Seese and sister Miss Susan Seese Funeral services were held Monday at 2 PM at Church of the Brethren with Rev Richard A Smith officiating Interment in Denton Cemetery.
Mrs Helen Dean Rosser 54 wife of Ralph C Rosser and town clerk to Federalsburg Mayor and Council for twelve years died suddenly Friday morning May 1 at her home. Survived by husband and son Ralph C Rosser Jr of Orangeville California and brothers Henry Dean Greenwood Delaware and Edward Dean Elkton.
Amos Coffin son of the late Mr and Mrs Edward Coffin Sr died May 4 in Miami Florida of a heart attack. Born in Henderson he worked as a Pennsylvania R R agent at Crum Lynne Pa served in World War I then became an executive at Western Electric Co of Newark N J After retirement he traveled in Europe and split time between Miami and Dover Del He is survived by a daughter Mrs Frederic W Bancroft of Alexandria Va two granddaughters and a sister Miss Olivia M Coffin of Dover Services were held at Rawlings Boulais Funeral Home Greensboro Masonic services were held Friday evening and the funeral Saturday at 2 pm Rev Edwin Johns officiating Interment Greensboro Cemetery
Goldsboro society column lists Miss Louise Milby recovering after surgery at Saint General Hospital in Dover. Weekend and Sunday visits are noted for the Shively and Pierson families from Maryland and Greenwood. The Bell Daisey wedding at Seaford Church of God is reported, with several couples attending.
Peggy Ringgold of Ridgely will graduate from Bridgewater College Virginia on May 31 with a B A in Sociology and Elementary Education. A North Caroline High School graduate class of 1960 she plans to teach in Queen Anne County starting in September.
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