Sterling HORNER^[1]

1886 - 1961  (75 years)

• Name	Sterling HORNER
  Birth	3 Mar 1886	Townsend, Northampton Co, VA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1918 - 1959	Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE   [2, 4]
  	According to his 1918 World War I draft registration card, Sterling owned and operated a grocery store at 10th and Adams Streets in Wilmington, Delaware. Later he and his wife, Ella, opened the Strand Sweet Shop in Wilmington. Stirling was known to all his patrons as "Pop Horner".
  Death	29 Jul 1961  [1]
  	Sterling died on 29 July 1961. He was 75 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	2 Aug 1961	Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE   [5]
  	His body was interred at Riverview Cemetery in Wilmington, Delaware on 2 August 1961.
  Person ID	I28923	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	George David HORNER
  Mother	Elizabeth LEWEY
  Family ID	F5453	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ella Elizabeth LOGUE,   b. 8 Mar 1894, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE d. 19 Dec 1959, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	28 Nov 1917	Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE   [1]
  	The couple was married at Eastlake Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, Delaware on 28 November 1917.
  Children	1. Leonard Sterling HORNER,   b. 9 Oct 1920, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE d. 28 Oct 2010 (Age 90 years)   2. Albert Leighton HORNER,   b. 8 Jul 1927, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE d. 2 Apr 2006, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F1550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos

  Sterling Horner. WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record. Ancestry.com 9 West 27th Street, Wilmington, DE.

  
  

• Sources

  [S934] MacDonald, A History of the Logue Family In Delaware. . [S118] Sterling Horner. WWI draft registration card. [S931] MacDonald, A History of the Logue Family in Delaware. [S931] MacDonald, A History of the Logue Family in Delaware. Copy of an undated obituary from an unidentified newspaper. [S528] Riverview Cemetery burial records, Wilmington, DE., Plot Book B440., Book C.