Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #473 from Delaware Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Memoirs 1865-1950

Date of Conference Journal Memoir/Obituary April 12-16, 1950
Deceased Person Rev. Wilmore Elzey Waters
Birth 8/10/1874 at Fairmount, Md
Death 10/30/1949. Funeral at Haven Methodist Church, Wilmington, De. Interment at Mt. Olive Cemetery, Wilmington, De.
Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information Public school education; attended Princess Anne Academy (now Maryland State College [later UMES]) Princess Anne, Md. Public school teacher in Somerset County, Md. Joined Delaware Conference in 1896. Charges: Cheswold, Del; Port Deposit, Md; Milford, Del; Chestertown, Md; Middletown, Del; Princess Anne, Md; Coleman, Md; Galena; Md; Siloam; Chester, Pa; Mt Joy, Wilmington, Del; John Wesley, Salisbury, Md; St. Michaels, Md; Union Asbury, Crisfield, Md; Marion Station, Md; St. Peters, Wilmington, Del; Exion, Wilmington, Del; Hamilton Memorial, Atlantic City, N.J.; Trappe, Md; Wittman, Md. Retired 1941
Family and Other Information Parents: Rev. Samuel G. & Henrietta Waters Spouse: Jessie Braxton, Baltimore, public school teacher, deceased 4/23/1919 - 4 chlldren (2 deceased as children) 2nd spouse: Miss Celeste Lankford of Wilmington, Del. married 5/7/1935 Surviving: widow, daughter Mrs. Josiah Henry, son Wilmore E. Jr. of Baltimore, 2 granddaughters, grandson, great-grandson.
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