obituaries

Aug 4, 2022

Dolores Marshall Hinman, 91, of Salisbury, passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.

Born on August 22, 1930 in Crisfield, MD, she was a daughter of the late Charlton and Ethelyn Laird Marshall. Her husband, Richard Franklin "Dick" Hinman, preceded her in death in 1997.

A graduate of Crisfield...

Jul 29, 2022

Late in the midnight hours, God called Letithea Frances "Tee" West home on July 29, 2022 at 3:30 AM at age 56.

Letithea was born December 30, 1965 to the late Lloyd Earl Bizzell and Mary Frances Bell.

Letithea was preceded in death by Samuel Cortez Bowman (Brother), Melvin Samuel West (Son), and Lloyd Earl...

Jul 25, 2022

Sandra "Diane" Morgan, 74, passed away on Monday July 25, 2022 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury, MD.

Diane worked for 20 years at Dresser Industries. During her retirement she assisted her husband working in the crabbing industry in her home town of Crisfield, MD.

In addition to her parents, John H. Carter, Jr. and...

Jul 21, 2022

Mildred Jane "Mid" Tyler, 86, of Rhodes Point, Smith Island, passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2022 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.

Born May 12, 1936 on Smith Island, she was a daughter of the late William C. and Clara Jane Sneade Marsh. Her husband, John Edwin Tyler, preceded her in death on June 6, 1986....

Jul 21, 2022

Mary Frances Adams Kyte, 85, of Crisfield, died Thursday, July 21, 2022 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.  She was a resident of Manokin Manor in Princess Anne.

Born in Crisfield June 13, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Upshur and Alta Somers Adams.  Her husband, Garrett J. "Joe" Kyte, preceded her in death November 27, 1997....

Jul 20, 2022

Jerry W. McCready, 93, of Crisfield, passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.

Born in Crisfield on April 2, 1929, he was a son of the late Orace Jerry and Beatrice Lawson McCready. His wife, Florine Elizabeth Twigg McCready, preceded him in death on April 8, 2014.

Jerry was...

Jul 11, 2022

Doris Jean Baum, 80, of Westover, passed away at her home on Monday, July 11, 2022.

Born in Johnstown, PA on August 5, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Theodore W. and Anna M. Urban Bagley. Her husband, Charles Baum, preceded her in death.

Doris was a member of Eastern Shore Evangelistic Church...

Jul 9, 2022

Vera Brimer Evans Townsend Crockett, 94, of Crisfield, passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2022 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.

Born on Smith Island July 6, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Filmore A. and Evelyn D. Evans Brimer. Her husbands, Aaron Thomas Evans, Otis Townsend, and William "Bill" Crockett preceded her in death....

Jul 1, 2022

Barbara Jo "Jody" Moore Cannon, 73, of Tangier Island, went to be with the Lord on Friday, July 1, 2022 from Riverside Regional Hospital in Newport News, VA surrounded by her loving family.

Born in Crisfield on October 12, 1948 and raised on Tangier Island, she was a daughter of Edna Sears of Tangier and the late...

Jun 28, 2022

Felton Douglas "Doug" Swift, 64, of Crisfield, passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake.

Born in Crisfield on August 11, 1957, he was a son of the late Ralph Alfred Swift and the late Sarah Frances Sterling Swift.

Doug was affectionately known as Crisfield's "Town Icon"; he knew and...

Jun 27, 2022

Cleo Angeline Sneade Gerald, age 90, of Crisfield, Maryland, died Monday, June 27, 2022.

Born in Crisfield July 17, 1931, she was the daughter of the late David Franklin Sneade Jr. and Angeline Maddrix Sneade. She was preceded in death by Donald W. Gerald, her husband of 49 years, as well as her sister, Barbara Jane (Bunk)...

Jun 24, 2022

Wayne H. Webster, Sr., 84, of Princess Anne, MD, died Friday, June 24, 2022 at his home, with his loving family by his side. He was the beloved husband of the late Barbara "Petey" Webster, who preceded him in death on April 25, 1996.

Wayne was born January 5, 1938, in Deal Island, MD, to the late...

Jun 20, 2022

Joan Tyler Tawes, 87, of Salisbury, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday, June 20, 2022.

Born in Crisfield on June 17, 1935, she was a daughter of the late William Washington Tyler and Agnes Tyler.  Her husband, Dick Tawes, preceded her in death on May 9, 2009.

She is survived by her three...

Jun 19, 2022

William Burton "Bill" Rementer, of Crisfield, died Sunday, June 19, 2022 at his home.

Born in Lewes, Delaware on May 10, 1949, he was the son of the late Martin T. and Bessie E. Short Rementer.

Bill grew up in Delaware where he and his family raised chickens for Perdue Farms. He also worked at...

Jun 17, 2022

Nola Elizabeth "Betty" Tull, 91, of Marion Station, died Friday, June 17, 2022 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.

Born in Marion Station on February 20, 1931, she was a daughter of the late Russell G. Johnson, Jr. and Nellie Nelson Johnson.  Her husband, of 52 years, William F. "Bill" Tull, died September 16, 2002.

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Jun 16, 2022

Cody Lee Boswell, 30, of Crisfield, died Thursday, June 16, 2022 at his home.

Born in Parkersburg, West Virginia on May 22, 1992 he was the son of Rhea Dawn Cook Hinman of Crisfield and the late Terry Lee Boswell who died March 5, 2018.

A graduate of Crisfield High School class of 2011, he...

Jun 13, 2022

Woodrow Wilson Cullen, Jr., affectionately known as "Candy Boy", died Monday, June 13, 2022 at Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Berlin.  He was 81.

Born in Crisfield on April 6, 1941, he was the son of the late Woodrow Wilson Cullen and Dolly Frances Morgan Widdowson.  He was a waterman and enjoyed hunting with his best...

Jun 12, 2022

Doris M. McDorman, 87, departed this life on Sunday, June 12, 2022 into the loving arms of her Savior Jesus Christ, whom she loved and served faithfully.

She was born March 1, 1935 to Vernon and Cecil Tawes.

Left to cherish her beautiful memory are her children, Gayle Willis and her husband John of Salisbury,...

Jun 10, 2022

Franklin James "Frank" Seiverd, 82, of Crisfield, died Friday, June 10, 2022 at his home.

He was a US Air Force veteran and a retired Union Boilermaker.  His memberships included Crisfield Elks Lodge #1044 where he was Past Exalted Ruler, Stanley Cochrane Post #16 American Legion in Crisfield, and Bel Air Moose Lodge #1952.

He...

Jun 9, 2022

Linda Somers Abbott, 79, of Crisfield, died Thursday, June 9, 2022 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.

Born July 5, 1942 in Baltimore to Melvin and Mary Dize Somers, she was raised in Crisfield and graduated from Crisfield High School.  She was a homemaker and in her younger years worked in the local sewing factories.  Her husband, James L....