Elsie Elizabeth Mcmurry Tawes
Oct 9, 2016
Elsie Elizabeth McMurry Tawes, 92, of Crisfield, passed away on Sunday, October 9, 2016 at her home. She was born in Morganfield, KY on October 2, 1924 to George Thomas and Mary Estell Mauzy McMurry. Mrs. Tawes was a retired teacher having taught for 25 years. She received her B.S. degree from George Peabody College for Teachers, now Vanderbilt University,...
Jane Yingling Abbott
Oct 8, 2016
Jane Yingling Abbott, 60, of Crisfield, died Saturday, October 8, 2016 at McCready Memorial Hospital. Born in Baltimore on September 6, 1956, she was a daughter of Doris Kress Yingling of Tomball, TX and the late Harry Yingling. She graduated from Westminster High School and worked at various establishments in Crisfield including Riggin's Grocery, Metompkin, and Captain's Galley. She had...
Wayne Grant "Hon" Lawson
Oct 5, 2016
Wayne Grant "Hon" Lawson, 80, of Marion Station, died Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield, Born in Crisfield on May 18, 1936, he was a son of the late Floyd W. and Margaret G. Sedlemayer Lawson. A waterman, he was a graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1954 and served in the US...
Roger Long Tull
Oct 3, 2016
Roger Long Tull, 81, of Crisfield, died Monday, October 3, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Crisfield January 12, 1935, he was a son of the late Long and Elva Owens Tull. His wife, Marilyn Marshall Tull died January 13, 1997. A Crisfield High School graduate of the class of 1954, he worked almost 40 years at...
Winifred Webb Dial
Sep 15, 2016
Winifred Webb Dial, 84, of Crisfield, passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2016 at McCready Memorial Hospital. Born in Crisfield on September 2, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson and Kathryn Lankford Webb. Her husband, Raymond Patrick Dial preceded her in death on November 11, 1967. A 1948 graduate of Crisfield High School, she was a...
Clyde Roger Evans
Sep 14, 2016
CLYDE ROGER EVANS, 74, of Tangier Island, VA, died Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at his home. Born on Smith Island February 25, 1942, he was a son of the late Clyde Evans and Clara L. Sheehee Tyler. He had been making his home on Tangier for the past 52 years. He was a retired tugboat mate and was a US...
Nancy Lee Clayton
Sep 11, 2016
Nancy Lee Clayton, 78, of Tylerton, Smith Island and formerly of Baltimore, MD died Sunday, September 11, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield June 13, 1938, she was a daughter of the late William Wells Clayton and Laura Jane Evans Clayton. She was a graduate of Pocomoke High School class of 1956 and furthered...
Raymond Anthony Tremper
Aug 31, 2016
Raymond Anthony Tremper, 87, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, August 31, 2016 of natural causes at McCready Hospital. He was born in Perry Hall, Maryland on January 17, 1929 to John Francis and Mary Barbara Zimmerer Tremper. He served in the US Army in the Korean War building airstrips. After the war he worked as a cement mixer driver for Clark...
Walter E. "Be-Bop" Ward, Jr.
Aug 30, 2016
Walter E. "Be-Bop" Ward, Jr., 82, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at his home. Born in Crisfield August 3, 1934, he was a son of the late Walter E. and Mabel Laird Ward. His wife, Virginia S. "Ginger" Sommers Ward, died March 1, 1999. Retired from the former Carvel Hall Cutlery in Crisfield, he was a member of...
Richard Allan Smith
Aug 24, 2016
Richard Allan Smith, 81, of Tylerton passed away on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born on Tylerton May 18, 1935, he was the son of the late Richard T. and Clara Virginia Bruce Smith. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Hester Ann Jones Smith. A life-long waterman, Allan was a...
Charles E. Overholt
Aug 23, 2016
Charles Earl Overholt, 91, of Pocomoke City, MD passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at Hartley Hall Nursing Home. Born in Westover on May 14, 1925, he was a son of the late Howard S. and Mary Grace Cathers Overholt. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Sue Jones Overholt in 1978 and his second wife, Susan...
Harlton J. "Hawk" Conner
Aug 21, 2016
Harlton J. "Hawk" Conner, 96, of Crisfield, died Sunday, August 21, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Virginia December 7, 1919, he was a son of the late Aaron and Sara Hudson Conner. His beloved wife of 60 years, Anna Marie Betts Conner, preceded him in death July 10, 2001. Hawk was a US Army veteran of...
Patti Jane Curtis
Aug 19, 2016
Patti Jane Curtis, 55, of Crisfield, died Friday, August 19, 2016 at McCready Health. Born in Crisfield June 17, 1961, she was the daughter of Fay Milbourne Franklin of Crisfield and the late William Benjamin Franklin, Jr. A graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1979, she worked at Mountaire Farms in Princess Anne for the past 35 years. A...
Lundon Lucich
Aug 14, 2016
Lundon Lucich, 45, of Edgewood, MD, died Sunday, August 14, 2016 at his home. Born in Thailand on December 17, 1970, he was the son of Ronald and Ting Lucich of Fairmount, MD. He worked in construction, and enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was an avid Baltimore Ravens fan. He is survived by his parents, Ronald and Ting Lucich of...
Harold Doc Sterling
Aug 9, 2016
Harold Doc Sterling, 68, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at McCready Health. Born in Crisfield April 29, 1948, he was a son of the late Harold Elwood "Doc" Sterling and Mary Frances Crockett Sterling. He was a graduate of James M. Bennett High School, and obtained a degree in business from Woodbridge Business Institute. He also obtained a...
Shirley Mae Sterling
Aug 2, 2016
Shirley Mae Sterling, 89, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Crisfield on December 20, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Wade Hampton and Edna Nelson Cullen. Her husband, Thomas Paul Sterling, died August 9, 2008. Over the years she worked for various local seafood companies. She enjoyed going out...
John Greif Ullrich, Sr.
Jul 20, 2016
John Greif Ullrich, Sr. 77, of Heathsville, VA and formerly of Baltimore, MD and Berlin, MD died Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at Memorial Regional Medical Center in Mechanicsville, VA. Born in Baltimore December 17, 1938, he was a son of the late John Ullrich, Jr. and Anna Sause Ullrich. All of his great-grandparents were born in Germany, and he was...
Josephine Ellen Nelson
Jul 14, 2016
Josephine Ellen Nelson, 83, of Crisfield, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Crisfield on October 7, 1932, she was the only child of George Washington Solomon "Sol" Nelson and Gwendolyn Bennett Nelson. Her husband, Arlie L. Nelson, preceded her in death on January 24, 1993. She was a graduate of Crisfield High...
Ethel Mae Marshall Nelson
Jul 12, 2016
Ethel Mae Nelson, 87, of Crisfield, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at Salisbury Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Marion Station, MD on November 6, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Edward Warren Marshall and Dorothy Catherine Linton Marshall. Her husband of 57 years, Emory Nelson, Jr., preceded her in death December...
Emma Gladys Justice
Jun 25, 2016
Emma Gladys Justice, 81, of Crisfield, died Saturday, June 25, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Crisfield June 23, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Josephus Bell Cullen, Sr. and Jewell Mae Ennis Cullen. A homemaker, she was a graduate of Marion High School and was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. She loved...
