ERNEST S MESSICK SR

MR. ERNEST S. MESSICK SR., AGE 80, OF SEAFORD, DE PASSED AWAY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 20,2023 AT TIDALHEALTH ICU SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY.

HE WAS BORN JANUARY 29, 1943 IN BRIDGEVILLE, DE. SON OF THE LATE LEVI NORMAN AND HANNAH MARIE MESSICK.

ERNIE WORKED FOR ALLEN FAMILY FOODS FOR OVER 30 YEARS WHERE HE RETIRED IN 2004. HIS PASSIONS WERE THE OUTDOORS, GARDENING, HIS MANY DOGS AND ESPECIALLY HIS FAMILY. ERNIE COULD OFTEN BE FOUND RELAXING IN HIS BACKYARD, FILLING HIS BLUEJAY AND HUMMINGBIRD FEEDERS, ADMIRING HIS NEWEST BLOOMS IN HIS GARDEN AND ENJOYING THE SUNSET ON THE DOCK. HOME IS WHERE HIS HEART WAS AND THERE WAS NO PLACE HE WOULD RATHER BE THAN HEARNS POND!

ERNIE WAS A MEMBER OF THE VFW, AMERICAN LEGION AND NANTICOKE YACHT CLUB.

ERNIE NEVER MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL ANYONE WHO WOULD LISTEN ABOUT HIS FAMILY AND ESPECIALLY ABOUT HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

ERNIE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SISTERS DORIS DONAWAY AND NANCY HAMMOND; CHILDREN ERNEST S. MESSICK JR. AND HIS WIFE MICHELLE MESSICK, SUZANNE GREEN, JOEL MARVEL AND HIS WIFE MICHELLE MARVEL; GRANDCHILDREN BROOKE MESSICK, JENNA GREEN, KRISTIN GREEN, COULTON MESSICK, BRADLEY GREEN, GRANT MESSICK, KATELIN MARVEL, JACOB MARVEL; GREAT GRANDCHILDREN JOSEPH SILVA, RYLEE TALENT, BENJAMIN TALENT, MARLEE SHAFFER.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT ST. JOHN'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 300 N. PINE STREET SEAFORD, DE ON MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2023, AT 1PM WITH VISITATION FROM 12 TO 1.

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