Mary Evelyn White

Mary E. Handy, 96 RELIANCE - Mary E. Handy, of Reliance, near Seaford, died on Saturday, July 26, 2008, at Life Care at Lofland Park, Seaford. She was 96. Mrs. Handy was born the daughter of the late Thomas Whitby White and Jane E. White of Federalsburg, Md., on Feb. 3, 1912. A resident of Reliance, she was a life long member of Gethsemane United Methodist Church. Mrs. Handy farmed the family farm with her husband, William I. Handy for many years and taught third grade at West Seaford Elementary School for 20 years retiring in 1975. She was a member of Reliance Grange 58, Reliance Homemakers Club and Gethsemane Bible Class. She was also an avid bowler. Her husband William I. Handy died in 1978. She was also preceded in death by a grandson, Charles Robert Bell Jr. in 1980. She is survived by a daughter, Janeann H. Bell and her husband Charles Robert Bell of Woodland; two sons, Irvin "Irv" Handy and his wife Sandra of Seaford and William E. Handy and his wife Carolyn of Mont Vernon, N.H.; her grandchildren, Jeff and Tracy Bell and their children, Amber, Ainsley and Kasey; Chris and Karen Handy and their children, Christian, Collin, Chase and Carolyn; Paula Lynne and Andrew Sacks of Worchester, Mass.; and Jason and Amy Handy and their daughter Elena of Charlottesville, Va. Funeral services were held in the Cranston Funeral Home, 300 N. Shipley St., Seaford. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Instead of flowers, the family suggests donations may be made to Gethsemane United Methodist Church, 2701 Woodland Ferry Road, Seaford, DE 19973.

Mary married William Irvin Handy, son of Theodore Handy and Minnie Lee Figgs, on 20 Dec 1933 in Sussex Co., DE. (William Irvin Handy was born on 19 Jul 1910 in Sussex Co., DE, died on 15 Nov 1978 in Sussex Co., DE and was buried about 18 Nov 1978 in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Seaford, Sussex Co., DE.)