obituaries

Sep 19, 2025

Robert Vance Carey, 56, of Crisfield, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, September 19, 2025.

Born in Crisfield on April 21, 1969, he was a son of John Cleveland Carey, II of Crisfield and the late Mary Elizabeth Dashiell Carey.

He was a caretaker for his father and was Hearth and Grill...

Sep 18, 2025

Ralph R. Sommers, Jr., affectionately known by family and friends as "Slicky," of Salisbury and formerly of Crisfield and Florida, passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2025 at Hartley Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Pocomoke City.  He was 91.

He was born in Crisfield on November 24, 1933 and was a son of the late Ralph...

Sep 17, 2025

George P. Taylor, Sr., 76, of Girdletree, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at his home surrounded by his loving family.

Born in Crisfield on October 18, 1948, he was a son of the late Stanley and Rose E. Myers Taylor.

He was a waterman for many years and was a United States Army veteran...

Sep 13, 2025

Joshua David Freeman of Marion, passed away Saturday, September 13, 2025 at his home just three days prior to his 44th birthday.

Born September 16, 1981 in Towson, MD, he was a son of Calvin Leighton Freeman, Jr. and Cynthia Ann Herz Freeman of Crisfield.

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

Sep 2, 2025

Clyde Wesley "Wes" Bradshaw, 80, of Ewell, Smith Island, passed away on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at his home.

Born October 17, 1944 and raised on Tylerton, Smith Island, he was a son of the late Clyde and Bertha Evans Bradshaw.  His wife of 57 years, Helen "Faye" Bradshaw, preceded him in death just three months ago...

Aug 29, 2025

Brenda Lee Webster, 73, of Princess Anne, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, August 29, 2025 from Manokin Nursing and Rehab.

Born in Crisfield on May 27, 1952, she was the daughter of the late Eleanor Green Ward and Bert Alonza Ward.  Her husband, Edward David Webster, preceded her in death on January 31,...

Aug 29, 2025

Alma "Jean" Blades, 90, of Crisfield, passed away Friday, August 29, 2025 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.

Born in Marion Station on May 13, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Orland "Ike" Marshall and Margaret Ward Morrison.  Her husband, Thomas C. "Titter' Blades, preceded her in death in 1990.

She was a...

Aug 25, 2025

Thomas Cruikshank Hill III, passed away on August 25, 2025.

Tom was born February 6, 1951 in Atlanta, Georgia and grew up in Salisbury, Maryland. He had a lifelong curiosity about how things worked and an enduring love for electronics, ham radio, photography and music.

His love of radios began as a child, spending hours constructing Heathkit radios and other electronic gadgets....

Aug 24, 2025

Merry "Yvonne" Lawson, 83, of Marion Station, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 24, 2025.

Born in Crisfield on December 25, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Lori Thomas Johnson, Jr. and Lettie Pearl Nelson Johnson.  Her husband of 56 years, Wayne Grant "Hon" Lawson, preceded her in death on October...

Aug 21, 2025

Phyllis M. Miley, 81, of Crisfield, passed away Thursday, August 21, 2025 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.

Born in Crisfield on December 5, 1943, she was raised on Smith Island and was a daughter of the late Enos Wilson Evans and Alma Marie Evans.  Her husband of 33 years, Gerald L. "Jerry" Miley, preceded her in...

Aug 17, 2025

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Martin (Marmaduke) Sterling Jr., who passed away unexpectedly on August 17, 2025, from a heart attack in Brandon, Florida.

Martin was preceded in death by his beloved wife Dominica Z. Sterling, parents, Martin Sr. and Virginia Nelson, as well as his four brothers and two sisters....

Aug 11, 2025

Myrtle Louise Sterling went home to be with the Lord on Monday, August 11, 2025 at the age of 93. She was a resident of Hartley Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Pocomoke City.

Born in Marion Station on February 25, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Severn Stacius and Beatrice Taylor Bundick. Her husband...

Aug 6, 2025

Cynthia Lou "Cindy" Smarr Wheatley, 64, of Tangier Island, VA, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.

Born in Baltimore, MD on April 30, 1961, she was a daughter of the late Grover C. and Docia F. Pruitt Smarr. She was raised by her sister and brother-in-law, Patricia and Larry Parks, following the...

Aug 5, 2025

Marlene Marsh Poole, 85, of Marion Station, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 from Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield.

Born in Linden, New Jersey on September 6, 1939, she was a daughter of the late James and Rita Evans Crockett.  Her husband of 42 years, Floyd T. Poole, preceded her...

Aug 4, 2025

Peggy Windsor Disney, 79, of Salisbury, passed away on Monday, August 4, 2025 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake.

Born in Marion Station on August 21, 1945, she was the last surviving of ten children of the late Robert and Tressie Elliott Windsor.

Peggy was a graduate of Marion High School and worked as a...

Jul 24, 2025

Robert Weldon "Bobby" Bromley, 72, of Marion Station, passed away on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at his home overlooking the water, his favorite place to be.

Born in Salisbury on March 14, 1953, he was raised in Mt. Vernon and was a son of the late Lindy and Mary Jane Mills Bromley.

A graduate of...

Jul 20, 2025

Earl Monroe Windsor, 92, of Princess Anne and formerly of Hebron and Marion Station, passed away on Sunday, July 20, 2025 at his home.

Born in Marion Station on September 8, 1932, he was one of ten children of the late Robert and Tressie Elliott Windsor.

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

Jul 18, 2025

Carolyn Joyce Lewis Eberle, of Crisfield, MD and formerly of Dundalk, MD, New Freedom, PA, West Ocean City, MD, and Fort Myers, FL, died peacefully at her home on Friday, July 18, 2025.

Born in Baltimore on December 13, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Junior Forest Lewis and Evelyn Ruth Bishoff Lewis. Her husband...

Jul 16, 2025

Elton "Todd" Parks, 63, of New Church, VA and formerly of Tangier Island, VA, passed away on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at the home of his daughter in Westover, MD.

Born on Tangier Island on February 5, 1962, he was a son of the late Richard and Pearl Faye Cooper Parks.

Todd was a waterman...

Jul 16, 2025

William Cranston Tyler, Jr., 86, of Crisfield, passed away on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at his home.

Affectionately known by most as "Billy C.", he was born in Crisfield on January 22, 1939, the son of the late William Cranston "Snooks" Tyler and Mildred Landon Tyler.

A graduate of Crisfield High School, he owned and...