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Beatrice Joyce "Bea Jo" Evans Lawson
Nov 12, 2021
Beatrice Joyce Evans Lawson, affectionately known as "Bea Jo", 80, of Annapolis and formerly of Crisfield and Smith Island, passed away on Friday, November 12, 2021 at Anne Arundel Medical Center.
Born in Crisfield on April 11, 1941, and raised on Smith Island, she was a daughter of the late Clarence "Bus" Evans and Lela Ruth Jones...
George Thomas Marshall, Iii
Nov 6, 2021
George Thomas Marshall, III, 74, of Crisfield, died Saturday, November 6, 2021 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.
Born in Crisfield on December 2, 1946, he was the son of the late George Thomas Marshall, Jr. and Dorothy Lee Riggin Marshall.
George was a graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1964 and earned his bachelor's degree...
June "Rose" Messick
Nov 3, 2021
On Wednesday, November 3, 2021 June "Rose" Messick, 89, of Fruitland and formerly of Hammonton, New Jersey, and Crisfield, closed her eyes at Hartley Hall Nursing Home in Pocomoke to open them in her new permanent address in her heavenly home.
Born in Crisfield on August 21, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Terry Preston...
John Carson Bruce
Nov 2, 2021
John Carson Bruce, 77, of Crisfield and formerly of Tylerton, passed away on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury.
Born in Crisfield July 24, 1944, he was a son of the late Oliver Gibson Bruce and Lillian Lewis Bradshaw Bruce. His wife, Carolyn Parsons Bruce, preceded him in death on October...
Andrew Jackson Smith
Nov 1, 2021
Andrew Jackson "Jack" Smith, of Princess Anne, passed away on Monday, November 1, 2021 at the age of 87. He was born in Portsmouth, VA on November 18, 1933, the son of the late Andrew Jackson Smith and Myrtle Owens Sickman.
Jack proudly served in the US Army during the Korean from 1952 to 1955. He earned...
Susan D. Lehman
Oct 25, 2021
Susan D. Lehman, 85, of Crisfield, MD, died Monday, October 25, 2021 at her home.
Born October 9, 1936 in Cooperstown, NY, she was the daughter of the late Steven and Elizabeth Smolik Durisek.
Susan grew up in Richfield Springs, NY and graduated from Richfield Springs High School in 1954. On August 28, 1956 in...
Shirley Yvonne Sterling
Oct 23, 2021
Shirley Yvonne Sterling, 85, of Crisfield, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.
Born in Wachapreague, VA on May 18, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence Wesley Tyler and Nellie Kate Wolfe Tyler. Her husband, Randall Delano "Tucker" Sterling, died December 25, 2013.
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Gary L. Wilson
Oct 20, 2021
Gary L. Wilson, 66, of Crisfield, passed away on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.
Born in Crisfield on January 25, 1955, he was a son of the late Reginald and Rita Swift Wilson.
Gary was a graduate of Crisfield High School, Class of 1974, and worked...
William Dwight Marshall
Oct 12, 2021
William Dwight Marshall, 76, of Tylerton, Smith Island, passed away on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 on his boat, doing what he loved best, crabbing.
Born on March 1, 1945 on Ewell, Smith Island, he was a son of the late Russell James and Pauline Bradshaw Marshall.
He graduated from Crisfield High School in 1963 and...
Charlotte Marie Middleton Dize
Oct 12, 2021
Charlotte Marie Middleton Dize, 91, of Ewell, Smith Island passed away on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.
Born on Ewell on September 29, 1930, she was a daughter of the late Clayton and Willie Jones Middleton. Her husband, Ruthman Zimmerman "Rukie" Dize preceded her in death on October 15, 2015.
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Kevin Daniel Soukup
Oct 12, 2021
Kevin Daniel Soukup went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury, MD. He made his home in Crisfield, MD.
Born in Utica, NY on February 25, 1963, he was the son of Dan and Louise Soukup and Donna and Warren Timmons, all of Seaford, DE.
He...
Ann Ward Lawson
Oct 10, 2021
Ann Ward Lawson, 77, of Crisfield, was called home to be with her Lord and her family on Sunday, October 10, 2021.
Born in Crisfield on May 30, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Francis Creston and Lillian Wilson Ward.
Ann was married to her "high school sweetheart" for 43 years, Alfred "A.J."...
George Lee Taylor, Sr.
Oct 10, 2021
George L. Taylor, Sr., 86, of Crisfield, passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2021 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.
Born in Marion Station on July 6, 1935, he was a son of the late Samuel Harrison and Ethel Marie Morris Taylor. His wife of 60 years, Lucine Mason Taylor, preceded him in death on December 17, 2018.
...Robert Kraus
Oct 8, 2021
Robert Kraus, 94, of Crisfield, died Friday, October 8, 2021 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.
Born in Germantown, PA on June 15, 1927, he was a son of the late George Carl and Grace Baker Kraus.
A US Army veteran of World War II, he was a bus operator for 39 years working for...
Kimberly Beth Richards
Oct 4, 2021
Kimberly Beth "Kim" Richards, 53, of Crisfield, went to be with the Lord on Monday, October 4, 2021 from TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury.
Born in Crisfield on April 9, 1968, she was a daughter of the late Roger Ralph "Bubby" Riggin, Jr. and Ruby Mae Justice Riggin.
She was a graduate of Crisfield High...
Deborah Lynne Labo
Sep 21, 2021
Deborah Lynn Labo, 60, of Crisfield, passed away on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at her home.
Born in Crisfield on January 29, 1961, she was a daughter of June "Rose" Messick of Fruitland and the late Rev. Jerry Messick.
Deborah was raised in New Jersey after her parents had to relocate for work. She graduated...
Monica Lynne Whitehead
Sep 21, 2021
Monica Lynne Whitehead, 58, of Millsboro, DE, passed away Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, MD.
Born in Elizabeth City, NC on October 11, 1962, she was the daughter of the late Willie Lee and Carolyn Chambers Whitehead.
Monica was loyal, hardworking and very well-liked by everyone that knew her and...
Fred Warner Henderson
Sep 13, 2021
Fred Warner Henderson, 75, of Marion Station, is now absent from his body and present with his Lord! God took him Home on September 13, 2021, while staying at Coastal Hospice on the Lake and spending his precious last days with Kathy, his wife of 44 years. He joined his twin brother Howard (Jean) who preceded him in February...
India Faye Dorman
Sep 12, 2021
India Faye Dorman, 80, of Crisfield, died Sunday, September 12, 2021 at her home.
Born in Crisfield July 13, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Lionel Warren and Ethel Beatrice Pruitt Daugherty.
She worked at the former His Nibbs Shirt Factory and also at the former Carvel Hall Cutlery. Faye enjoyed cooking and...
Shirley Juanita Taylor
Sep 6, 2021
Shirley J. Taylor, 84, stepped into eternity on September 6, 2021 at Alice B. Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield, Md. Born January 7, 1937 in Hallwood, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Agnes Chesser.
Shirley was a life-long resident of Crisfield, and a faithful member of the Crisfield Church of God. Sunday School...
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