Essie Landon Jones
May 10, 2015
Essie Landon Jones, 83, of Crisfield, died Sunday, May 10, 2015 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in White Stone, Virginia on June 24, 1931, she was a daughter of the late Allie G. and Lena Elizabeth Kellum Lee. She retired from Rubberset Corporation in Crisfield after 24 years and was a member of the Evangelical Wesleyan Church. She...
Doris Virginia Griffin Howard
May 10, 2015
Doris Virginia Howard, 89, of Marion, died Sunday, May 10, 2015 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Pocomoke on July 4, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Elliott and Ruth Dryden Griffin. Her husband, Earl Edward Howard, died August 8, 2011. A homemaker and a farmer, she was a member of Rehoboth Presbyterian Church...
John Thomas "Tommy" Parkinson, Sr.
May 9, 2015
John Thomas "Tommy" Parkinson, Sr., 88, of Crisfield, died Saturday, May 9, 2015 at his home. Born in Deal Island on July 3, 1926, he was a son of the late George and Annie White "Crabbin Annie" Parkinson. His wife, Emma Rae Sterling Parkinson, died February 6, 2000. A graduate of Crisfield High School, he was a waterman and a...
Richard F. "Dickie" Swift
Apr 30, 2015
Richard Franklin "Dickie" Swift, Sr., 64, of Delmar, died Thursday, April 30, 2015 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield November 10, 1950, he was a son of the late Norman Swift, Sr. and Hazel Harris Murphy. His step-father who raised him, Richard Butler, also preceded him in death. A graduate of Crisfield High School class of...
Joe Layton Reid, Jr.
Apr 26, 2015
Joe Layton Reid, Jr., 40, of Crisfield, died Sunday, April 26, 2015 at his home. Born in Crisfield on April 28, 1974, he was a son of Evelyn Louise Mister Evans of Crisfield and the late Joe Layton Reid, Sr. who died this past March. He grew up on Smith Island and attended school there until he was 15, then...
Jeffrey William Carmine
Apr 25, 2015
Jeffrey William Carmine, 50, of Crisfield, died Saturday, April 25, 2015 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield March 9, 1965, he was a son of Naomi Elizabeth Thomas Carmine of Crisfield and the late Jesse William Carmine who died January 7, 2008. A graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1983, he was a member...
Loretta Adelaide Marshall
Apr 11, 2015
Loretta Adelaide Marshall, 77, of Crisfield, and formerly of Tylerton, Smith Island, died on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield September 15, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Otis and Mary Brown Tyler. She was a homemaker. Her husband, Elwood Franklin Marshall died on October 1, 1987. Her...
Alverta Louise Townsend
Apr 7, 2015
Alverta Louise Townsend, 91, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at McCready Memorial Hospital. Born in Crisfield October 23, 1923, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Elizabeth Harrison Swift. Her husband, Wayne Sterling Townsend, died December 3, 1986. She was a homemaker and also worked at Metompkin Bay Seafood for many years. She grew up in...
Frederick G. "Fred" Marshall
Mar 30, 2015
Frederick G. "Fred" Marshall, 89, of Tylerton, Smith Island, went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 30, 2015 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield November 14, 1925, he was a son of the late Todd and Margaret Evans Marshall. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Hazel Bradshaw Marshall, and his...
Kara Ann Evans
Mar 28, 2015
Kara Ann Evans, 53, of Crisfield, died Saturday, March 28, 2015 with her family by her side at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury following a courageous battle with brain cancer. Born in Crisfield September 9, 1961, she was a daughter of Marvin H. Tawes of Crisfield and the late Eleanor Ann Marshall Tawes. A dental assistant, she was...
Fuller Leslie Dise
Mar 27, 2015
Fuller Leslie Dise, 86, of Tangier Island, died Friday, March 27, 2015 at his home. Born on Tangier October 23, 1928, he was a son of the late Colson Andrew and Monnie Pruitt Dise. A master electrician, he retired from ANEC after 30 years and also was a maintenance employee for Accomack County Schools retiring after 40 years. He was...
Andrea Nichole Joyner
Mar 27, 2015
Andrea Nichole Joyner, 15, of Crisfield, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, March 27, 2015 following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born September 15, 1999, she was the daughter of Rommel "R.J." Joyner, Jr. and Patricia Anne Lankford Joyner of Crisfield. Andrea was a sophomore at Crisfield Academy and High School where she was involved...
Joan F. Lawson
Mar 20, 2015
Joan Lawson, 76, of Crisfield, died Friday, March 20, 2015 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Crisfield on November 23, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Oris and Wilma Webster Ford. A homemaker, she was a charter member of Somerset Free Methodist Church and enjoyed fishing, flowers, and traveling. She especially enjoyed traveling to wildlife expositions...
Lindsey Ray Brittingham
Mar 18, 2015
Lindsey Ray Brittingham, infant daughter of Raymond Keith and Staci Lynn Berryhill Brittingham of Crisfield, went to be with Jesus on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. Born Monday, March 16, 2015, she proved God performs miracles as her loving family was blessed to have two unexpected days with her before she became a precious angel. Though...
Mildred M. "Millie" Parks
Mar 6, 2015
Mildred Marie "Millie" Parks, 94, of Tangier Island, died Friday, March 6, 2015 at her home. Born in Virginia on September 12, 1920, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Dorothy Wheatley. Her husband, Page Edmonds Parks, preceded her in death on August 23, 1986. She was a homemaker and a member of Swain Memorial United Methodist Church...
Annette Catlin Massey
Mar 4, 2015
Annette Catlin Massey, 78, departed peacefully to go to her heavenly home on Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Her faith and the prayers of her family and friends supported her during her brief illness. Annette was born to the late John and Bernetta Nelson Catlin in Crisfield, Maryland on July 31, 1936. Her husband of 46 years, Donald T. "Donnie" Massey...
Rudy Hall
Mar 3, 2015
Rudy Hall, Sr., 85, of Marion Station, passed away peacefully at PRMC surrounded by family on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Born in Marion, he was the son of the late Bryan and Reba Hall. Prior to retirement, he owned and operated the family business, Rudy Hall and Sons, for over 40 years. He was co-founder, along with the late Hayes...
Eugene E. "Gene" Marshall
Feb 19, 2015
Eugene E. "Gene" Marshall, Sr. of Smith Island died Thursday, February 19, 2015 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield at age 76. Born in 1938, he was the son of the late Elizabeth and Watson "Shug" Marshall, also of Smith Island. After graduating from Crisfield High School in 1955, Eugene went on to enjoy a long career in...
Olive Parks Somers
Feb 17, 2015
Olive Parks Somers, 89, of Princess Anne, died Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at Aurora Senior Living. Born in Crisfield April 16, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Lewis Perry Parks and Frances Elizabeth Murphy Parks. She had been making her home in Princess Anne since 1957. She was a homemaker and retired from the Somerset County Library System....
James Marion "Jim" Brofee
Feb 16, 2015
James Marion Brofee, 69, of Marion, Maryland and Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, died at his Maryland home Monday, February 16, 2015 of a massive heart attack. Jim was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on July 18, 1945. He was raised on Nekoda View Farm (Millerstown, Pennsylvania) by the late Delmar Leroy and Flo Evelyn Bardell Brofee along with his three brothers: Merril,...
