obituaries

Aug 19, 2017

Ada Virginia Ward, 79, of Crisfield, died Saturday, August 19, 2017 at McCready Health.

Born in Chincoteague, Virginia on May 20, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Bill Tarr and Mildred Bowden Tarr Brewington. Her husband, Gordon T. Ward, Sr., preceded her in death on April 15, 2005.

She retired from the former...

Aug 13, 2017

Shirley Bea Doty, 82, of Crisfield, died Sunday, August 13, 2017 at her home.  Formerly of Chesapeake, VA, she had been making her home in Crisfield since 2012.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri on March 23, 1935, she was a daughter of the late John and Mable Miller Rauch.  Her husband, Fred Leroy Doty, died April 5,...

Aug 12, 2017

Franklin Phillip "Frank" Morgan, 69, of Crisfield, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 12, 2017 at Hartley Hall Nursing Home in Pocomoke.

Born in Crisfield on May 29, 1948, he was a son of the late Barney Bayne and Sally Evelyn Dize Morgan.

A 1966 graduate of Crisfield High School, he was...

Aug 11, 2017

Thomas Russell Alban, 73, of Crisfield and formerly of Baltimore, died Friday, August 11, 2017 at McCready Health.

He was born in Baltimore December 9, 1943, and was a retired construction worker. He had been making his home in Crisfield since 2000.

He loved boating, working on boats, spending time with his family and grandchildren...

Aug 11, 2017

Curtis Peter Johns, 57, of Marion Station, Md. went to be with the Lord at his home on Friday, August 11, 2017 after a valiant battle with cancer.

Born in Crisfield on January 5, 1960, he was the eldest son of the late Basil Peter Johns and Ida Mae Garrison Johns.

Curtis began charter fishing...

Aug 5, 2017

James A. "Jim" Cosner, 57, of Crisfield, died Saturday, August 5, 2017 at his home.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland on November 16, 1959, he was a son of Dorothy Mae Miller Settan of Salisbury and the late Junior Cosner.

An employee of Tawes Brothers Auto in Crisfield for more than 20 years, he was an...

Aug 4, 2017

Marie Lindale, 87, of Virginia Beach, VA and formerly of Crisfield, passed away on Friday, August 4, 2017 at Sentara Hospice House. Born in Houston, DE she was the daughter of the late John Aptt and Letitia Sedgewick Aptt Wagemaker. Her husband, Harold George Lindale died on December 26, 2006. Marie was a member and past Worthy Matron of the...

Aug 3, 2017

Deborah E. Ashby, 65, of Crisfield, passed away on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at her home. Formerly of Baltimore she has been a resident here since 2012. Born in Riverdale, MD she was the daughter of the late Edward Welch and Mary Ann Dyes Welch. She was a retired nurses assistant. Deborah volunteered at the McCready Health and the Corbin...

Aug 2, 2017

Robin L. Parks, 55, of Salisbury and formerly of Crisfield, died on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake. Born in Crisfield July 23, 1962, she was the daughter of Dawn Payne Laird of Crisfield and the late John Laird. She was a correctional officer at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover. Surviving besides her mother are...

Jul 29, 2017

Matthew Joseph "Mattman" Blashe, age 2, son of Sarah Wilford of Crisfield and Roland Blashe of Las Vegas, Nevada passed away on Saturday, July 29, 2017 at McCready Health in Crisfield. Matthew was born in Henderson, Nevada on September 26, 2014. Surviving besides his parents are two sisters, Alyssa Townsend and Sophia Blashe, both at home in Crisfield; half sister...

Jul 27, 2017

Stephen Carlyle "Steve" Thomas, 74, of Crisfield passed away on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake.

Born in Crisfield on December 31, 1942, he was the son of Mary Catherine Hallberg Thomas of Crisfield and the late Carlyle Coulbourne Thomas.

He worked as a waterman and was a life member of...

Jul 27, 2017

Shirley Marie Corbett, 82, of Dames Quarter, died Thursday, July 27, 2017 at Specialty Select at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington.

Born in Dames Quarter on April 28, 1935, she was a daughter of the late William Ernest Shores and Harriett Elizabeth Bozman Fleming. Her loving husband of 66 years, James Corbett, died April 23, 2017.

Jul 25, 2017

Thomas Hall Wallace, Jr., 66, of Crisfield, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family and friends.

Born in Baltimore on April 30, 1951, he was a son of the late Thomas Hall Wallace and Loretta Friedley Adcock.

He was a decorated US Army Veteran...

Jul 18, 2017

Frances Elizabeth Windsor, 82, of Marion Station, passed away on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford, DE.

Born in Crisfield on February 7, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Stanford Harvey and Lelia Elizabeth Daugherty Thomas.  Her husband, Thomas Aaron Windsor, Sr. preceded her in death on April 24, 2001.

Jul 18, 2017

Linda Marie Parks, 72, of Ewell, Smith Island, died Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at her home.

Born in Baltimore on July 15, 1945, she was a daughter of the late Harry Reed and Flossie Marshall Evans.

She was a homemaker and a member of Ewell United Methodist Church where she sang in the choir and...

Jul 7, 2017

Sarah Marie Gill, 45, of Crisfield, passed away surrounded by her family on Friday, July 7, 2017 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center.

Born in Richmond, VA on January 18, 1972, she was a daughter of the late Bannister and Elizabeth "Betty" Bryan Gill.

Sarah had been living in Crisfield for over 20 years and loved...

Jul 6, 2017

Paul Elliott Outten, 78, of Westover, went to be with the Lord Thursday, July 6, 2017 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.

Born in Pocomoke on July 19, 1938, he was a son of the late Maurice and Sadie Elliott Outten.

Mr. Outten was the owner of Outten Paving and a member of Living Hope...

Jul 6, 2017

Lorin L. Wheatley, Sr., 70, of Crisfield, passed away on Thursday, July 6, 2017 at Aurora Senior Living in Princess Anne, MD.

He was the son of the late John and Margaret Wheatley of Tangier, VA and was a member of Living Hope Ministries of the Eastern Shore.

He is survived by his wife, Mary...

Jul 1, 2017

Sandra Jean Hastings, of Seaford, DE and formerly of Marion Station, MD, died on her 61 st birthday on Saturday, July 1, 2017 at Christiana Hospital. She had been a resident of Genesis HealthCare Loftland Park Center.

Born in Crisfield on July 1, 1956, she was a daughter of the late Jerry Hastings and the late Frances...

Jun 29, 2017

Marguerite Pruitt Luce, 92, of Crisfield, died Thursday, June 29, 2017 at Chesapeake Cove Assisted Living in Crisfield, Maryland.  Born on May 12, 1925, on Tangier Island, Virginia, she was the daughter of Wyatt Gladstone Pruitt and Mary Olevia Crockett Pruitt.

Marguerite graduated from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia, with a bachelor's degree in education and...