obituaries

Nov 28, 2015

Pamela Marshall Eskridge, 63, of Tangier Island, Virginia, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at her home. Born December 20, 1951 in Nassawadox, and raised on Tangier, she was the beloved daughter of Wanda Wheatley Marshall of Tangier and the late Teddy R. Marshall. A graduate of Tangier High School, she was owner and...

Nov 7, 2015

Iola McCready Isdell, 88, of Marion Station, died Saturday, November 7, 2015 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield January 2, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Orace and Beatrice Lawson McCready. Her husband, Eddie Isdell, died July 28, 2002. A graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1943, she was a homemaker and...

Oct 16, 2015

John Upshur "Johnny" Marshall, 62, of Marion Station, died Friday, October 16, 2015 at his home. Born in Crisfield December 21, 1952, he was a son of Dorothy Long Marshall of Marion Station and the late Percy Miles Marshall who died in 1983. A graduate of Crisfield High School, he was a waterman and a member of Marion Baptist Church....

Oct 15, 2015

Ruthman Zimmerman "Ruke" Dize, Sr., 89, of Ewell, Smith Island, died Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born on Smith Island September 5, 1926, he was a son of the late William E. and Laura Alice Brimer Dize. He enlisted in the US Navy at the age of 17, and served during World War...

Oct 13, 2015

Julia Regina Ward, 84, of Salisbury, died Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at her home. Born in Crisfield July 17, 1931, she was a daughter of the late Charles Upshur and Elizabeth Lear Harrison Swift. Her husband, Donald W. Ward died May 7, 1983. She was a homemaker who loved cooking for her family and spending time with her children and...

Oct 7, 2015

Pauline F. Sterling, 87, of Crisfield, passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at the Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. No services will be held at this time.

Oct 3, 2015

David Chip Crockett, 45, of Philadelphia, PA and formerly of Kingston, passed away on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at the Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana on April 9, 1970, he was a son of David Bruce Crockett of Kingston and Pamela Ann Rodgers Ruckers of Wisconsin. He was a waterman. Being on the water was...

Oct 2, 2015

Clarence Kay Evans, 77, of Ewell, Smith Island, went to his Heavenly home on Friday, October 2, 2015 from Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born on Ewell June 5, 1938, he was the son of the late Severn A. and Evelyn E. Evans. A graduate of Crisfield High School, he was a US Army veteran and worked at Bayside...

Sep 28, 2015

Dorothy Rae "Tinker" Marshall, 78, of Crisfield, died Monday, September 28, 2015 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Marion Station on November 20, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Edward Warren and Dorothy Catherine Linton Marshall. She attended Marion Sarah Peyton School for many years. She loved drawing and coloring and enjoyed helping her sister make...

Sep 28, 2015

Barbara "Bunky" Sneade Pruitt, 86, of Marion Station and formerly of Crisfield, died Monday, September 28, 2015 at her home. Born in Crisfield on April 7, 1929, she was a daughter of the late David Franklin and Angeline Maddrix Sneade. Her husband of 50 years, Preston "Reed" Pruitt, died September 4, 2003. She was a homemaker and also worked at...

Sep 25, 2015

Philip Stewart Lowe, 83, formerly of North East, MD and Ocean View, DE. died in Sarasota, FL on September 25, 2015 with his sister by his side. Born in Crisfield, MD he was a son of the late Ira and Frances Lowe. He is survived by his sister, Ada Wells; Brother-In-Law, Walker Wells; and a niece, Robin Wells, all of...

Sep 23, 2015

James Lee Elliott, 66, of Hagerstown, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 23, 2015. He was preceded in death by his foster parents, Mr. & Mrs. James E. Dougherty, Sr. of Kingston, MD. He leaves behind family member, Patricia Slocum of Egg Harbor City, NJ.

Sep 19, 2015

Connie Fae Cox, 82, of Crisfield, passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at McCready Memorial Hospital. Born in Crisfield on March 19, 1933, she was the daughter of the late John and Rebecca Sterling Mason. Her husband, Charles Wesley Cox preceded her in death on July 4, 2001. A graduate of Crisfield High School Class of 1949, she attended...

Sep 11, 2015

Austin Howeth Cox, Sr., Crisfield's last surviving D-Day veteran, passed away on Friday, September 11, 2015 at his home. He was 95. Born in Crisfield on December 15, 1919, he was the eighth child of the late Wesley Robert "Capt. Wes" Cox and Margaret Julia "Maggie" Howeth Cox. At age 15, his mother enrolled him in the Civilian Conservation Corps...

Sep 6, 2015

Shirley Lee Locklear, 74, of Marion and formerly of Baltimore, died Sunday, September 6, 2015 at her home. Born August 6, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Edith Brooks. She was a homemaker. She is survived by three children, Tony Locklear, Jr. and wife Michele of Marion, Ernest Locklear and wife Jessica of Baltimore, and Lakisha Lancaster of...

Aug 29, 2015

E. Mae Tyler Crockett, 72, of Crisfield, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. Born on Smith Island on May 17, 1943, she was a daughter of the late Lloyd S. Tyler, Jr. and Dorothy Gertrude Tyler. A graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1962, she was retired from...

Aug 28, 2015

Waverly Wilson Evans, 89, of Tylerton, Smith Island, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 28, 2015 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born on Tylerton June 8, 1926, he was a son of the late John Wesley and Amanda Virginia Marsh Evans. He was a retired waterman, and a US Army veteran of World War II. Following his...

Aug 25, 2015

Marilyn Virginia Mister, 68, of Westover, died Tuesday, August 25, 2014 at Aurora Senior Living of Manokin in Princess Anne. Born in Baltimore on January 13, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Franklin W. and Kathleen B. Tyler Marshall. She was a homemaker and a member of Union United Methodist Church on Tylerton, Smith Island. She had a...

Aug 23, 2015

John Emory Byrd, Jr., 79, of Crisfield, died Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born September 29, 1935, and raised in Crisfield, he was the son of the late John Emory Byrd, Sr. and Elestine A. Sterling Byrd. He was a graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1953. He was a machinist, working at the...

Aug 18, 2015

Charles E. "Chuck" Salvas, 50, of Westover, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday, August 18, 2015.  With the Lord's help he fought a long and courageous battle with brain cancer.

Born in Cheverly, Maryland May 9, 1965, he was a son of Andrew Edward Salvas of Dunkirk, Maryland and the late...