obituaries

Dec 23, 2025

Kathy Martin Byrd, 68, of Salisbury and formerly of Crisfield, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at her home.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio on January 23, 1957, she was a daughter of the late Charlie and Ida Walston Martin.  She was a graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1975 and was retired supervisor of...

Dec 22, 2025

Vivian "Melanie" Guy, 47, of Smith Island, MD, passed away peacefully at Bay Harbor Post Acute and Rehabilitation Center in Salisbury.

Born in Crisfield on January 21, 1978, she was a daughter of the late Gene Guy and Beverly Rose Tyler Guy.

Melanie was a graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1996.  She worked...

Dec 16, 2025

Donald Wayne Kelley, 74, of Crisfield, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury.

Born in Salisbury on January 9, 1951, he was the son of the late Elmer Kelley and Mary Bull Kelley. Don worked as a Superintendent for Gillis Gilkerson General Contractor for more than 20 years, where...

Dec 15, 2025

Noah Thomas Bradshaw, 80, of Westover, Maryland, passed away on December 15, 2025, at his home on Kingston Lane, the place he loved and carefully tended, surrounded by family and memories of the life he shared with his recently deceased wife, Carolyn.

Born on May 15, 1945, in Crisfield, Maryland, Noah was the son of Coulbourne Bradshaw,...

Dec 9, 2025

Connor Ramsay Wilson, age 6, of Westover, MD, passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2025 in New York City while on vacation with his family.

Born in Salisbury on January 18, 2019, he was a son of Andrew Thomas Wilson and Jessica Ramsay Wilson of Westover.

Connor was a smart, happy first grader at Holly Grove...

Dec 8, 2025

Laurie Ann Melson, 59, of Stockton, passed away Monday, December 8, 2025 at Tidal Health Peninsula Regional. Born in Bristol, PA, on February 16, 1966, she was a daughter of the late James and Wilma Hume Efaw.

She was a graduate of Pennsbury High School in Pennsylvania, and worked many years as a secretary at Holloway and...

Dec 7, 2025

Norman Edward Hicks of Marion Station for more than 20 years and formerly of Baltimore, passed away at his home on Sunday, December 7, 2025.  He was 100 years of age.

Born in Baltimore on September 10, 1925, he was a son of the late William Hicks and June Lithian Hicks. He was preceded in death by...

Dec 3, 2025

Heather Dawn Saurbaugh, 45, of Crisfield, passed away at Med Star Washington Hospital Center on Wednesday, December 3, 2025.

Born in Salisbury and raised in Crisfield, she was the daughter of Charles Francis "Chuck" Esley and Patricia Dawn "Trisha" Laird Esley of Crisfield.

Heather graduated from Crisfield High School Class of 1998 and obtained an Associate's Degree...

Nov 26, 2025

Elmira Lucille Goldsborough Ford, 85, of Crisfield, passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at Alice B. Tawes Nursing Home.

Born in Crisfield on February 2, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Frances Betts Goldsborough.  Over the years she worked at the Crisfield Cap Factory, Rubberset, Captain's Carry Out, and on the water with...

Nov 18, 2025

Robley Donald "Don" Bradshaw, 59, of Pocomoke City and formerly of Crisfield, passed away on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at University of MD Medical Center in Baltimore.

Born in Crisfield April 19, 1966, he was a son of the late William "Milford" and Joan "Priscilla" Bradshaw.

He was a graduate of Crisfield High School and...

Nov 14, 2025

Joan Elizabeth Seyda Cloud, 86, of Marion Station, joyfully woke up in Heaven to be with her Saviour and beloved family on Friday, November 14, 2025 from her home.

She was born in the former parsonage on Hudson St. of the Crisfield Church of God on September 13, 1939. She was a daughter of the late Rev....

Nov 6, 2025

John "Jack" Franklin Matthews, 89, passed away Thursday, November 6, 2025 at his home in Salisbury, Maryland.

He was born in Marion Station, Maryland on June 3, 1936, the fifth of six children to the late Clarence B. Matthews and Eva Mae Nelson Matthews. Growing up, brothers Jack, Lou, and Chick were known as "white leghorns" around...

Oct 30, 2025

Nellie Jane Hinman, 83, of Crisfield, passed away Thursday, October 30, 2025, at Alice B. Tawes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center with her family by her bedside.

Born March 29, 1942, at McCready Hospital in Crisfield, she was the daughter of the late Etheridge Ewell "Smitty" Smith, Sr. and Georgianna Maddox Smith. Her husband of 45 years, Robert...

Oct 27, 2025

Mary Elfreda Powell, 83, of Salisbury and formerly of Marion Station, passed away Monday, October 27, 2025 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake.

Born in Panacea, FL on March 26, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Willie Hartsfield and Jewell McCallister Crockett.  Her husband of 60 years, Larry James Powell, preceded her in death on...

Oct 18, 2025

Jenny R. Jennings, 82, of Marion, passed away Saturday, October 18, 2025, at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.

Born in Crisfield on September 20, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Russell Johnson and Nellie Nelson Johnson. Her husband of 40 years, Joseph Anthony "Joe" Jennings, preceded her in death on December 30, 2017.

She was...

Oct 17, 2025

Bernadette Kliever, 77, of Crisfield, passed away Friday, October 17, 2025, at her home.

Born in Crisfield on December 29, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Francis Leonard Ward and Fay Crockett Ward.

Formerly of Baltimore, she was a graduate of Lansdowne High School and was a retired courier for American Expedite in...

Oct 17, 2025

Barbara J. "Bobbi" Tawes, 88, of Crisfield, passed away Friday, October 17, 2025 at Alice B. Tawes Nursing Home.

Born in Crisfield on February 1, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Alton "Ack" Adams and Ruby Mears Adams.  Her devoted husband of 54 years, Benson E. "Tucker" Tawes, preceded her in death on January 31,...

Oct 14, 2025

Jackie Edward Taylor, 82, of Princess Anne, passed away at his home on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

Born in Crisfield on March 11, 1943, he was a son of the late Stanley and Rose Mears Taylor.

Jackie was a road worker for the MD State Highway Administration in Princess Anne, where he worked for 21...

Sep 27, 2025

David "Barry" Bruce, 84, of Ewell, MD passed away on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.

Born on April 6, 1941 in Fredericksburg, VA and raised on Tylerton, Smith Island, he was a son of the late Carson Henderson "Junior" Bruce and Stella Marsh Bruce.

Barry was a waterman...

Sep 21, 2025

Ruth Elaine Todd, 76, of Crisfield, passed away Sunday, September 21, 2025 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.

Born in Crisfield on October 2, 1948, she was the daughter of the late John Calvin Landon, Sr. and Elaine Ford Landon.  Her husband of 43 years, George W. Todd, III, preceded her in death in 2011.

She was...