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vices, Newark, with entombment
in Harford Memorial Gardens,
Aberdeen, Md.
Florence Elizabeth Harris,
Zion Able missionary
Florence Elizabeth Harris, 71,
of Camden, died Friday, April 18,
2003, in Green Valley Pavilion,
Smyrna.
Mrs. Harris was born in May-
berry, W.Va. in 1931. In 1955 she
married William H. Harris and.
they began their lives together in
Delaware. She worked in the pro-
duction department of Swift Inc.
for 17 years and Perdue Farms for
10 years, retiring in 1987.
She enjoyed singing in the
choir, cooking and working in the
yard. She was a faithful member
of Zion AME Church, where she
was a missionary.
She is survived by her husband
of almost 49 years, William H.
Harris; her niece's children,
whom she helped raise, Ronald
Harris and Sonya Robinson; two
grandsons, Marquais Robinson
and DeShawn Harris; three sis-
ters-in-law, Mary Cash of Smyr-
na, Virginia Barfield of Ellendale
and Ira Harmon of Lewes; a
brother-in-law, Leo Lattimer of
Cleveland, Ohio; a half-brother,
William Morrison of Dover; three
cousins, Caroline Witcher of
Columbus, Ohio, Betty Patterson
and Rebecca Owes, both of
Philadelphia; and a host of other
relatives and friends.
Services were held in Bennie
Smith Funeral Home, Dover, with
burial in Sharon Hill Cemetery,
DOVer.
Virginia E. Freshwater,
Church volunteer
Virginia E. Freshwater, 79, of
Seaford, died Thursday, April 17,
2003, of heart failure in Nanticoke
Memorial Hospital, Seaford.
Mrs. Freshwater was born in
1923 in Seaford. She was a do-
mestic worker. She was a member
of the Greater Faith Temple
Church of God in Christ and a
member of the Mother Board, a
member of the Pastor Aid and
Kitchen Committees.
She is survived by her husband,
John H. Freshwater Sr.; her sons,
John Freshwater Jr. and Jackson
Freshwater of Seaford, and
Melford Freshwater of Milton;
two daughters, Joyce Ann Jackson
of Seaford and Lucille E. Harmon
of Millsboro; a sister, Jtmita Wat-
son of Seaford; a brother, Wolford
Fountain of Philadelphia; two
daughters, Starr Freshwater of
Milton and Valerie Freshwater of
Seaford; a nephew. Garland Foun-
tain of Newark; a niece, Marcia
Cannon of Seaford; seven grand-
children; 13 great-grandchildren;
and a host of nieces, nephews,
cousins and friends.
Services were held in the
Greater Faith Temple Church of
God in Christ.
Dorothy E. "Dot" Martin,
owned Dot's Bus Service
Dorothy E. "Dot" Martin, 73, of
Milton, died Thursday, April 24,
2003, at Christiana Medical Cen-
tel
Mrs. Martin was born. in Mil-
ford. She had owned and operated
Dot's Bus Service and driven a
school bus for the past 37-years,
retiring in 1999.
She attended Milton Wesleyan
Church. Her love of horses had
her involved with the Delaware
and American Quarter Horse As-
sociations, the Delaware 4-H
Horse Advisory Committee, and a
leader of the 4-H East Coast Rid-
irig Club.
As a school bus contractor, she
was a member of the Sussex
County and state of Delaware
School Bus Contractors Associa-
tion.
She was an avid attendee of
state fairs.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Franklin W. Martin,
in 1982; a daughter, Dorothy Ann
Martin; and a sister, Helen W.
Carpenter, in 2002.
She is survived by a son,
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