obituaries

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....

Jun 5, 2022

Susan "Sue" Elaine Jones, 63, of Silver Springs, Florida, died Sunday, June 5, 2022 at the home of her daughter in Snow Hill.

Born in Ypsilanti, Michigan on October 22, 1958, she was a daughter of the late Albert Lewis Heavenridge and Wilma Elaine Northrop Serman.

Sue loved her family very much and looked forward...

Jun 4, 2022

Rebecca "Becky" Anderson Porter, 85, of Crisfield, died Saturday, June 4, 2022 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.

She was born in Crisfield, MD on April 26, 1937 to the late Leland and Florence Bonneville.

After marrying Philip L. Anderson of Crisfield in 1957, they moved to Fruitland, MD. Philip predeceased her in 1983.

May 30, 2022

Melvin Mace Harris, Jr., 76, of Crisfield, passed away on Monday, May 30, 2022 at his home.

Born in Crisfield on March 19, 1946, he was a son of the late Melvin Mace Harris, Sr. and Myrtle V. Culbertson Harris. His wife, Donna Lee Nelson Harris, preceded him in death on December 5, 2019.

Melvin...

May 28, 2022

Davita Jo Campbell Matthews Carman, affectionately known as "Degi", 50, of Crisfield, passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2022 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake.

Born in Crisfield on June 22, 1971, she was a daughter of Wenona "Weenie" Abbott Matthews and George "Allen" Matthews of Marion Station and the late Wesley Varnel Campbell who died December...

May 25, 2022

Anna Bell Hatchell, 75, of Shelltown, died Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury.

Born in Crisfield May 23, 1947 and raised in the Shelltown area of Marion Station, she was the daughter of the late Harold R. Bell, Sr. and Martha Elizabeth Horstman Bell.

She graduated valedictorian of the Marion High...

May 22, 2022

Rita Mae Harris, 91, of Crisfield, passed away May 22, 2022 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.

Born in Deal Island on April 3, 1931, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Lola Mae White Abbott. Her husbands, Charles Elwood Ford and John Harris preceded her in death.

Rita was a seafood worker and also...