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...
Ruby Fay Bounds
Feb 7, 2016
Ruby Fay Bounds, 86, formerly of Princess Anne, died Sunday, February 7, 2016 at Wicomico Nursing Home in Salisbury. Born in Mt.Vernon on February 19, 1929, she was a daughter of the late S. Joseph Bounds and Anna R. Dilley Bounds. A retired registered nurse, she was a graduate of Cabarrus Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Concord, NC. She...
Harold Timothy Howard
Feb 6, 2016
Harold Timothy Howard, 90, of Crisfield and formerly of Baltimore, died Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. He was born in Marion Station November 22, 1925. He served in the US Navy and was a retired mechanical engineer for Johns Hopkins University. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He is survived by two sons, Timmy Howard and...
Eva "Maxine" Evans
Jan 26, 2016
Eva Maxine Evans, 72, of Ewell, Smith Island, died Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at the home of her daughter in Princess Anne. Born in Crisfield September 15, 1943 and raised on Smith Island, she was the daughter of the late Watson and Elizabeth Harrison Marshall. A Crisfield High School graduate of 1961, she was Postmaster of Ewell Post Office working...
Roland Lee Lankford
Jan 14, 2016
Roland Lee Lankford, 87, of Marion, died Thursday, January 14, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Annapolis on February 20, 1928, he was the son of the late Roland Lewis Lankford and Mae Riggin Lankford. He was retired from the Natural Resources Police after 30 years of service. He was a US Army Air Force...
Harlan Sanford Keith
Jan 13, 2016
Harlan Sanford Keith, 83, of Salisbury, departed this life and went to his eternal rest on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield, Maryland. He had been a resident of Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield since May. Harlan was born in Chicago on November 9, 1932 to Robert and Mary Katherine Von Stein Keith. He was born...
Ruth Catherine Goldsborough Ward
Jan 12, 2016
Ruth Catherine Goldsborough Ward, 78, of Crisfield, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 from Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Crisfield on April 3, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Charles "Chalky" and Frances Betts Goldsborough. She was manager at Captain's Carry Out in Crisfield for more than 30 years. She...
Naomi G. Thomas
Jan 9, 2016
Naomi G. Thomas, 87, of Crisfield, died Saturday, January 9, 2016 at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville. Born in Fort Pierce, Florida on January 24, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Bartow and Lesi Newell Griner. Her husband, Roy A. Thomas, Sr., died July 7, 2004. She had been making her home in Derwood, MD with her...
Ruth Grace Briddell Lawson
Jan 7, 2016
Ruth Grace Briddell Lawson, 94, of Eden and formerly of Orlando and Crisfield, died Thursday, January 7, 2016 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield September 28, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Charles D. Briddell, Sr. and Gracie Mae Maddox Briddell. Her husband, Alfred J. "Tut" Lawson, Jr., died in 1966. She was...
Donald Brittingham
Jan 4, 2016
MSGT Donald Gordon Brittingham (Ret.), 86, of Petersburg, Virginia and formerly of Kingston, Maryland passed away on Monday, January 4, 2016. Born on February 26, 1929, he was the son of the late Francis E. And Mabel M. Brittingham, and was also preceded in death by one brother, Francis E. Brittingham, Jr. Mr. Brittingham is survived by his loving wife,...
Dorothy Anne Pember
Dec 30, 2015
Dorothy Anne Pember, 91, of Crisfield, passed away on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at Hartley Hall Nursing Home in Pocomoke. Born in St. Louis, MO on February 25, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Robert Clay and Christine Schnaupaus Risner. Her husband of 67 years, Harold Hamlin Pember, preceded her in death on December 3, 2015. Dorothy was...
Charles Winfred "Wimp" Corbin
Dec 26, 2015
Charles Winfred "Wimp" Corbin, 87, of Pocomoke City, died after a short illness at his home on the evening of December 26th. Born June 16, 1928, he was the son of the late Hobson and Clara Sturgis Corbin. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Nancy Corbin Lindland. He leaves behind a wife of 54 years, Betty; sons,...
Joseph Charles "Joe" Kellner
Dec 24, 2015
Joseph Charles Kellner, 88, of St. Petersburg, FL and formerly of Crisfield, passed away on Thursday, December 24, 2015 at Westminster Suncoast Nursing Home in St. Petersburg. Born in Allentown, PA he was the son of the late Harry Kellner and Ruth Erdman Kellner. Joe was a Mason, a member of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Crisfield, a Vice...
Bruce Edward Manos
Dec 24, 2015
Bruce Edward Manos, 63, of Crisfield, and formerly of Lancaster, PA passed away on Thursday, December 24, 2015 at the Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He has been making Crisfield his home since 2012. Born in Lancaster on August 19, 1952, he was the son of the late Eugene James Manos and Elizabeth Grace Smith Manos. He was a...
Grace Marie D'Argenio O'Connor
Dec 23, 2015
Grace Marie D'Argenio O'Connor, 81, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at her home. Born in Bronx, New York, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary Sacco D'Argenio. She was a computer programmer and a member of St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church. She is survived by her husband, Daniel O'Connor of Crisfield; and a sister, Palma Lupo...
