Wyonia Montgomery, 75

MILLSBORO - Wyonia Montgomery slipped away quietly to be with the Lord on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, at Green Valley Terrace, Millsboro. She was 75.

She was born on April 1, 1932, in Warrington, Ga., to the late Samuel and Annie Pearl Stokes.

Wyonia received her education in the public schools in Georgia.

Later she moved to Patterson, N.J., and worked as a truant officer at one of the middle schools.

While living in New Jersey, Wyonia was a member of the Solid Rock Baptist Church and sang in the choir.

She loved to sing and play the organ.

Wyonia also loved to sew and was an exceptional seamstress.

She relocated to Millsboro to be with her family.

Wyonia was a member of St. John's 2nd Baptist Church, Millsboro.

She is survived by a son, Ernest Mosley; two sisters, Delois and Alfed Dorsey of Millsboro and Helen Ferrell of Bronx, N.Y.; two brothers, Henry and his wife Ernestine Stokes of Lewes and Harold and his wife Diane Stokes of Harbeson; seven grandchildren, Quenton, Kenton, Anthony, Tsenre, Antoine and Shannon; an aunt, Daisie Terrell, and an uncle, Elder Terrell, both of Atlanta, Ga.

Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at St. John's 2nd Baptist Church, Mt. Joy Road, Millsboro, where friends may call two hours prior and from 6 to 8 this evening.

The Rev. Annie J. Custis will officiate.

Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery.

Arrangements by Miller Funeral Services, Lewes.