Georgia L. Cannon of Delmar seems like she would have been a good one to have on your side. In 1983, when Delmar councilman Ed Feeney was asked to resign, Cannon penned a passionate letter to the Salisbury Daily Times. “Thank the Lord for someone who will stand firm in his beliefs,” she wrote. “I have heard Ed Feeney pray many times in our church for his fellow councilmen. I wonder if any one of them has ever said a prayer for him?”
From newspaper articles, I have a hard time grasping the finer points of Feeney’s scandal. I only know that Cannon had his back.
In April of that year, she wrote to the paper to honor a neighbor who had died. “Josh [Gibbs] was a familiar figure around town mowing lawns and raking leaves for people,” she said.
And in October, she wrote another letter bringing attention to Lynn Bogardus, Delmar’s Miss Fire Prevention who went on to win Miss Delaware, and Lisa and Eva Jackson who won awards in a baton twirling competition.
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