obituaries

Sep 3, 2022

Harriet Anne Rhodes, 74, of Crisfield, MD, died September 3, 2022, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, MD.

Born Harriet Anne Fuller in Welch, WV, on June 17, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Allan "Red" and Nina Fuller.

She moved to Baltimore with her family in 1954, graduating from Mergenthaler...

Aug 26, 2022

Harriet "Hattie" D. Miller Figgs, 71, of Marion Station, passed away on Friday, August 26, 2022 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury.

Born in Wilmington, DE on April 7, 1951, she was a daughter of the late Raymond F. Miller, Sr. and Eleanor Beatson Miller. Her husband, James L. Figgs, Sr. preceded her in death...

Aug 18, 2022

Robert Theodore Fifer, 91, of Salisbury, died Thursday, August 18, 2022 at Salisbury Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Born in the Washington, DC area on July 17, 1931, he was a US Army veteran of World War II and was a retired cartographer for the US Department of Defense.

He was preceded in death by his...

Aug 15, 2022

Iris Louise Justice, 86, of Crisfield, passed away on August 15, 2022 at her home.

Born in Crisfield November 12, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Martin Luther Sterling and Virginia Emma Nelson Sterling of the Lawsonia district.

Raised "down neck", she attended public school in Crisfield. During her lifetime she worked in...

Aug 10, 2022

John Fletcher "Jack" Daugherty, 79, of Crisfield, passed away on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.

Born in Crisfield on January 11, 1943, he was a son of the late William Thomas Daugherty, Sr. and Mary Harriet Adams Daugherty. His wife, Donna Marie Bozman Daugherty, preceded him in death on June 19, 2017.

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Aug 6, 2022

Elmer Rufus "Mike" Messick, 82, of Salisbury and formerly of Crisfield, died Saturday August 6, 2022 at the home of his niece, Barbara Klempner.

Born in Crisfield o November 11, 1939, he was a son of the late John and Hattie Nelson Messick.  He worked at Messick Ice Plant in his younger years and enjoyed gardening.  He...

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...