Ethel Morris Thompson (1901-1960)

Ethel Morris Thompson was born about 1901 in Delaware. She died on 29 December 1960 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware.

Ethel Morris Thompson's marriage certificate

The News Journal, 30 Dec 1960
Mrs. Ethel M. Hughes, 59, wife of Edward H. Hughes, 211 Colonial Avenue, Colonial Heights, died Wednesday afternoon in the Wilmington General Hospital.
    Born and raised in Wilmington, she was active in the Women's Republican Club of Wilmington. She was the daughter of the late Benjamin L. and Bessie Thompson.
    In addition to her husband she is survived by four children, Mrs. Samuel Stewart, Mrs. Grace Myers, both of Wilmington, Mrs. Jane Barker of McDaniel Crest, and Edward J. Hughes, Jr., of Kiamensi Heights; a brother, Harlan L. Thompson, Lyndalia; a sister, Mrs. Roy G. Lynam, Gwinhurst; and five grandchildren.
    The Rev. Paul Miller, pastor of Hanover Presbyterian Church, will officiate at the funeral at the Spicer-Mulltkin Home, Twenty-fourth and Market Streets, at 11 a.m. Monday. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday after 7.

PARENTS
Benjamin Luther Thompson
Bessie Harlan

SPOUSE
Edward Henry McCabe Hughes

CHILDREN
Marion Ethel Hughes
Grace Mildred Hughes
Jane Blanch Hughes
Edward H. Hughes

SOURCES

• 1910 census, Wilmington Ward 7, New Castle, Delaware
• 1920 census, Wilmington Ward 7, New Castle, Delaware 
• 1930 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware 
• 1940 census, Representative District 7, New Castle, Delaware 
• The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware 30 December 1960 
• The Evening Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) 16 January 1919