Charles R.Stanley Sr., 66

BRIDGEVILLE - Charles R. Stanley Sr. of Bridgeville died in Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford on Friday, Nov. 16, 2007. He was 66.

He was born on Jan. 1, 1941, in Laurel, the son of the late Walter T. Stanley and Catherine Grinnage Stanley.

Mr. Stanley was a graduate of William C. Jason High School's class of 1960.

He had worked at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital and also Life Care at Lofland Park in Seaford for the past 28 years as a floor care specialist.

Mr. Stanley was recognized as employee of the month in December 1994.

He was a member and usher at St. Johns 2nd Baptist Church in Millsboro and was a former member of Macedonia A.M.E. Church in Seaford.

Mr. Stanley was preceded in death by his wife, Kathleen Jones Stanley who died in 1985; and two brothers, Ronald Stanley and Robert Stanley.

He is survived by seven children, Kathy Ann Jones, Charlene B. Stanley, Sherita A. Stanley, Charles R. Stanley Jr. and Sharon L. Stanley, all of Bridgeville, Angela Y. Winder of Laurel, and Charles T. Crippins of Federalsburg, Md.; 15 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; siblings, Carl L. Stanley and his wife Florence and Joseph M. Stanley and his wife Thelma, Marian Kellum and her husband Jonathan, all of Laurel; and by Alice Kenney Stanley, who he was married to for 13 years.

Funeral services for him will be 1 p.m. Wednesday in New Zion United Methodist Church in Laurel, where friends may call two hours prior.

The Rev. Timothy Duffield will officiate.

Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Arrangements by Frampton Funeral Home, Federalsburg.