Alton S. Ennis, 79

DAGSBORO - Alton S. Ennis of Dagsboro, passed away suddenly on Friday, April 20, 2007, in the Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md. He was 79.

He was born in Berlin, Md., son of the late, William G. and Blanche (Hudson) Ennis.

He worked for the Sussex County Wastewater Department for 10 years.

Alton was a member of the Frankford United Methodist Church and a past member of the Dagsboro Volunteer Fire Co.

He was a hard-working man that loved his family. He also loved gardening, hunting and watching the New York Yankees.

Mr. Ennis was preceded in death by a daughter, Kathy Wilkins; a grandson, Stephen R. Ennis Jr.; four sisters, Florence Daisey, Edna Stephens, Arneta English, Helen Cooper; and a brother, Jack Ennis.

He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Beatrice Jones Ennis; three children, Debbie Ennis Baker and her husband, Richard of Dagsboro, Bill Ennis of Millsboro and Steve Ennis and wife, Connie of Laurel; a sister, Myrtle Lynch of Dagsboro; six grandchildren, Richard Baker, Katie Adkins, John Ennis, Jamie Ennis, Laura Rogers, Kristen Furry; one great-granddaughter, Elizabeth Anne Baker; and his trusted dog, Fido.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Frankford chapel of Melson Funeral Services, Thatcher Street in Frankford, where friends may call after 1 p.m. Burial will be in Prince George's Cemetery in Dagsboro.

Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions in Alton's memory to, American Heart Association, Sussex Chapter, 600 N. Dupont Highway, Georgetown, DE 19947; American Lung Association of Delaware, 1021 Gilpin Ave, Wilmington, DE 19806; American Diabetes Association of Delaware, 110 S. French St, Wilmington, DE 19805; or Frankford United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 37, Frankford, DE 19945.