Adele Mumford, 70

FRANKFORD - Adele Mumford of Frankford died peacefully Wednesday, March 28, 2007, in Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, surrounded by her loved ones. She was 70.

Adele was the daughter of Anna Clara and Samuel Chandler, and was born July 23, 1936, in Americus, Ga.

She affectionately known as Mommy, Na Na, Gramps, X, Big Red, Dale and Puffy Jaws.

Adele received her education in Selbyville.

She attended the Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ and the House of Prayer, both in Selbyville.

Adele worked numerous years as a housekeeper and housewife.

Her hobbies, and pleasurable pastimes, included shopping, yard sales, cooking and decorating.

Adele would welcome you into her home no matter who you were. She would feed you and take you in as if you were her own.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Anna Clara Chandler; her stepfather, Samuel Chandler; her son, Terry Mumford; two brothers, Henry C. Lillard and James Keith; and one son-in-law, Kenton Williams.

She leaves to cherish many beautiful and loving memories, five sons and a daughter-in-law, Jerry Mumford of Selbyville, Roland Mumford Jr. of Frankford, Earlest Mumford of Lincoln, Walter Mumford of Laurel, and William and Tory Hardy of Millsboro; six daughters and two sons-in-law, Mary Hallet of Salisbury, Md., Deborah and Harry Morris of Millsboro, Stephanie Mumford of Long Neck, and Janice Williams, Barbara Mumford and Samantha and Donnie Smith, all of Frankford.

She also leaves six brothers and three sisters-in-law, Ulysses Lillard of Selbyville, Charles and Diane Lillard of Frankford, Edward Keith of Jacksonville, Fla., Samuel Chandler Jr. of Long Neck, Cleveland and Juanita Chandler of Bridgeville, and Michael and Annie Chandler of Frankford; three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Mary Alice and Bishop James Johnson of Selbyville, Patricia Sykes of Dover, and Sandra and Pearlis Sturgis of Havelock, N.C.; an uncle, Louis Thomas of Iowa; an aunt, Francis Dismuke of Salisbury; a special friend, Herman Jernigan of Millsboro; two lifelong friends whom she cherished and loved as her sisters, Gladys Mason of Selbyville, and Shirley Taylor of Berlin, Md.; 30 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 19 great-great-grandchildren; and a host of special nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. in Calvary Pentecostal Church, Bishopville, Md., where friends may call one hour prior to the services.

Officiating the services will be Pastor Donald Johnson and Evangelist Mary Johnson.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to Delaware Kidney Fund, 1100 Lovering Ave., Suite 10-B, Wilmington, DE 19806.

Arrangements by Watson Funeral Home, 211 Washington St., Millsboro.