Virginia "Teeny" Ward
Apr 5, 2016
Virginia "Teeny" Ward, 94, of New Church, VA and formerly of Crisfield, passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at the home of her daughter in New Church, VA, surrounded by family and friends. She loved her hometown of Crisfield, but had to move due to damages to her home following Hurricane Sandy. Born in Crisfield on July 15, 1921,...
Dr. Robert Willis Thomas, Jr.
Apr 4, 2016
Dr. Robert Willis Thomas, Jr., 82, of Crisfield, died Monday, April 4, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Front Royal, Virginia on February 2, 1934, he was the son of the late Robert Willis and Eva Hash Thomas. A graduate of the Medical College of Virginia, Dr. Thomas was a pharmacist and owner of Peyton Pharmacy in...
William Pieta
Mar 31, 2016
William Pieta, age 96 and lifelong resident of Gibbstown, NJ died March 31st at his daughter's home in Crisfield, MD. Willie graduated from Paulsboro (NJ) High School in 1939 where he was on the first wrestling team and remained undefeated. He was a WWII veteran serving in Army Air Forces 398th Signal Corp. He worked as a general contractor beginning...
Vernon D. Evans
Mar 28, 2016
Vernon D. Evans, 89, of Marion Station, died Monday, March 28, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Kingston on July 18, 1926, he was a son of the late John and Stella Bradshaw Evans. He was a retired machinist, working for Stewart Shipyard and Coca-Cola. He was a US Navy World War II veteran and...
Frank Anthony Cascio
Mar 27, 2016
Frank Anthony Cascio, 80, of Ocean City, MD and formerly of Baltimore, MD and Fallston, MD, passed away on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Baltimore, MD on January 18, 1936, he was a son of the late Rosario Cascio and Catherine Imbragulio Cascio. He had been making his home in...
Jane Nelson Lewis
Mar 22, 2016
Jane Nelson Lewis, 57, of Salisbury, peacefully went to be with God on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake. Jane was a daughter of the late John and Billie Rae Nelson Lewis. She was born March 26, 1958 in Salisbury and spent her younger years in Saxis, Virginia. She later moved to Salisbury with her family...
Edna Jane Daly
Mar 19, 2016
Edna Jane Daly, 94, of Seaford, Delaware, died Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Methodist Manor House in Seaford. Born in Crisfield on May 2, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Isaac and Carrie Maddox Tyler. Her husband, Leonard Daly preceded her in death. A graduate of Goldy Beacom Business College in Wilmington, DE, she was a retired Social...
Doris Lee Chelton
Mar 15, 2016
Doris Lee Chelton, 91, of Salisbury, died Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield March 14, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Lloyd Handy Carmine and Myrtle Ann Byrd Carmine. Her husband, Ivan Douglas Chelton died in December of 1977. A homemaker, she was a member of Mariners United Methodist...
Shirley R. Beauchamp
Mar 11, 2016
Shirley R. Beauchamp, 83, of Crisfield, died Friday, March 11, 2016 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield on September 10, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Joseph J. and Elsie Mae Sterling Beauchamp. Shirley graduated from Crisfield High School in 1949 and Goldey Beacom Business College in Wilmington, DE in 1951. She worked...
Thomas Weldon "Tom B" Sterling, Jr.
Mar 9, 2016
Thomas Weldon Sterling, Jr. (Tom), 89, formerly of Crisfield, MD where he was known as Tom B , of Harpers Ferry, WV, passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 in Kearneysville, WV, of congestive heart failure. Born March 12, 1926 in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Thomas Weldon Sterling, Sr. and Eleanor Edwards Sterling. He grew...
Pamela Ann Mccready
Mar 3, 2016
Pamela Ann McCready, 69, of Crisfield, died Thursday, March 3, 2016 at her home. Born in Crisfield May 10, 1946, she was a daughter of the late Richard Benjamin McCready who died in 1974 and Hilda E. Barnes McCready who died in 2011. A graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1964, she obtained a B.A. Degree in Sociology and...
Anna M. Pennewell
Mar 2, 2016
Anna M. Pennewell, 102, of Marion Station, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Salisbury Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Marion Station she was the daughter of the late J. Stanley Adams and Irma Tull Adams. Her husband, Robert William Pennewell died in 1965. She was a member of the Marion Baptist Church and the former Order of...
Mitchell K. Sterling
Mar 2, 2016
Mitchell K. Sterling, 76, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Aurora Senior Living of Manokin in Princess Anne. Born in Crisfield May 27, 1939, he was a son of the late Jacob Kilraine and Eutha Mae Sterling. He worked at the former Carvel Hall Cutlery and was a member of Crisfield Wesleyan Church and the Delmarva Stroke Club....
Donald W. Dize
Feb 28, 2016
Donald W. Dize, 88, of Crisfield, died Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Crisfield August 21, 1927, he was a son of the late William and Dorothy Dize. His wife of 63 years, Virginia M. Lane Dize, died July 31, 2013. A retired machinist, he was a graduate of Crisfield High School class of...
Peggy L. Culbertson
Feb 25, 2016
Peggy L. Culbertson, 82, of Crisfield, died Thursday, February 25, 2016 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield on September 15, 1933, she was a daughter of the late Albert and Ruby Collins Culbertson. Peggy attended Eastern Shore Evangelistic Church and Mariners Church. She loved babysitting and spending time with her nieces and nephews. She was...
Sharon Ann Bell
Feb 24, 2016
Sharon Ann Bell, 72, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Baltimore on February 25, 1943, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Leona McAleer Thompson. Her husband, William Oscar Bell, preceded her in death on December 15, 1994. Mrs. Bell devoted her life to caring for disabled...
Barbara Thompson Messick Benedict
Feb 19, 2016
Barbara Thompson Messick Benedict, 90, of Salisbury and formerly of Bivalve, died Friday, February 19, 2016 at her home. Born in Bivalve on June 9, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Cornelius Glenn Messick, Sr. and Amy Turner Messick. Her Bivalve roots remained close to her heart. She enjoyed going "home" to visit with family and friends. Barbara...
Rodney "Ronnie" R. Payne
Feb 11, 2016
Rodney R. "Ronnie" Payne, 72, of Crisfield, passed away on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at the Sun City Center Hospice House in Ruskin, FL. Born in Crisfield on May 22, 1943 he was the son of the late Charles Payne and Teresa Nock Payne. He retired as sales manager of the former Carvel Hall Cutlery in Crisfield and also as...
Philip Taylor "Tater" Clayton
Feb 9, 2016
Philip Taylor "Tater" Clayton, 65, of Marion Station, died Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield September 18, 1950, he was a son of the late Paul Franklin and Mary Ruth Taylor Clayton. A graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1969, he was a dedicated employee of D.J.'s Wash & Gas...
Cornelius Glenn Messick, Iii
Feb 8, 2016
Cornelius "Glenn" Messick, III, 58, of Bivalve, left us to be with his heavenly father on Monday, February 8, 2016. Born in Salisbury July 8, 1957 was the son of the late Cornelius G. Messick, Jr. who died in 2005 and Jean D. Griffin Messick who survives. Glenn was the fifth generation owner and operator of Messick Funeral Home in...
