Mary Etta Ennis, 78

SEAFORD - Mary Etta Ennis, formerly of Laurel and Millsboro, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008, in Seaford Center Genesis HealthCare. She was 78.

Mrs. Ennis was Feb. 25, 1929, in Mount Vernon, Md., the daughter of the late Thomas Wilmore Jones and Bessie Jones.

Her husband, Marion Thomas Ennis, preceded her in death on May 16, 2005.

Mrs. Ennis worked in housekeeping at the Methodist Manor House in Seaford, and also worked as an CNA for Seaford Center Genesis HealthCare.

She loved shopping at the Salisbury Mall.

She was a former member of the United Deliverance Bible Center in Laurel, was a dedicated and faithful usher at all churches she attended and was Mother of the Emmanuel Full Gospel Church in Millsboro.

In addition to her husband and parent, she was preceded in death by two brothers, George Washington and Thomas Jones.

Mrs. Ennis is survived by a sister, Edna Mae Smith of Georgetown; two brothers, James Jones of Baltimore and Lester O. Jones of Princess Anne, Md.; family members she raised as her own, Edward Burke of Tampa, Fla., Vanessa Ennis Harris of Bryn Mawr, Pa., Eston Ennis of Laurel, and Dedra West of Salisbury, Md.; and one stepson, Robert Johnson of Laurel.

Funeral services will noon Friday in the United Deliverance Bible Center, Laurel, where friends may call one hour prior.

The Rev. Sam Dennis will officiate.

Interment will follow in the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Millsboro.

Arrangements by Framptom Funeral Home in Federalsburg, Md.