Elwood Thomas "Woody" Long
Dec 14, 2014
Elwood Thomas "Woody" Long, 92, died Tuesday, December 30, 2014, at Washington State Veteran's Home in Tacoma. Born February 20, 1922, in his grandfather's home in Crisfield, he was a son of the late Elwood Stanley Long and Agnus Lillian Nelson Long. His family moved to Philadelphia at age 6 and he graduated from Olney High School in 1939. He...
Dianna Lynn Tyler
Dec 12, 2014
Dianna Lynn Tyler, 60, of Crisfield, died Friday, December 12, 2014 at McCready Memorial Hospital. Born in Crisfield July 29, 1954, she was a daughter of the late Fritz "Chuck" Strobel and Marynell Elliott Hinman. She was also preceded in death by her step-father, Tommy Hinman, Sr. She worked many years at Metompkin Bay Seafood in Crisfield. She was very...
John David Lehan, Jr.
Dec 12, 2014
John D. Lehan, Jr., of Ewell died unexpectedly in his sleep on Friday, December 12, 2014. He was 60 years old. John was born in Pottsville, PA, and grew up in North Beach, MD. His family moved to Smith Island in 2004 and raised their daughter Meredith, now 16, in Ewell. John is survived by another daughter, Megan Lehan of...
Miles Edgar Brittingham
Dec 10, 2014
Miles Edgar Brittingham, 84, of Marion, died peacefully at home Wednesday, December 10, 2014 after a long illness. Born in Crisfield August 28, 1930, he was a son of the late John and Daphne Horsey Brittingham. His step-mother, Melba Justice Brittingham, also preceded him in death. A retired farmer, "Montie" was a devoted member of Faith Fellowship Assembly of God...
George Handley, Sr.
Dec 8, 2014
George Handley, Sr., of Baltimore, died on December 8, 2014 at the home of his daughter, Nancy Bedsworth, in Crisfield. Born on March 17, 1923, he was the son of the late David and Flora Handley of Baltimore. He was one of eleven children. His wife Daisy of 65 years of marriage passed before him. He was a veteran of...
Faye Louise Blair
Dec 6, 2014
Faye Louise Blair, 75, of Westover, died Saturday, December 6, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Cabin Creek, West Virginia on March 27, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Eunice Stewart Berry. She was a homemaker and she enjoyed traveling and camping. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Irvin...
Erma Lillian Landon Price
Dec 5, 2014
Erma Lillian Landon Price, 76, of Crisfield, died Friday, December 5, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield on February 28, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Charles Henry Landon and Mary White Landon. Her husband of almost 55 years, James Edwin Price, preceded her in death on April 20, 2011. A graduate of...
Shirley R. Thomas
Dec 2, 2014
Shirley R. Thomas, 82, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield September 30, 1932, she was a daughter of the late William Roach and Beatrice Morgan Lundgren. Her husband, Robert Thomas, died October 30, 1989. A homemaker, she was a seamstress at the former Crisfield Cap Factory and also ran her...
Mary Ruth Tyler
Dec 2, 2014
Mary Ruth Tyler, 78, of Crisfield died Dec. 2, 2014. She was born Nov. 21, 1936 and is the daughter of the late John W. Tyler and Lillian Tyler. She was a homemaker who was loving & caring and enjoyed taking care of her 5 children, often thinking of them before herself. She loved NASCAR, playing cards, collecting rocks &...
Hector Serrano
Nov 27, 2014
Hector Enrique Serrano Rodriguez, 54, of Marion Station, died Thursday, November 27, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born February 19, 1960 in Ariceo, Puerto Rico. A member of St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church in Westover, he will be remembered for always helping others get their drivers license and to their doctors appointments. He is survived by...
Philomena Theresa "Phyllis" Bradford
Nov 23, 2014
Philomena Theresa "Phyllis" Bradford, 92, of Marion, died Sunday, November 23, 2014 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Mongaup Valley, New York on March 16, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Alfred and Amelia Obermeyer Brenner. Her husband, Warren Thomas Bradford, preceded her in death on May 13, 2009. A homemaker, she worked at many places...
Anna Walston Thaw
Nov 22, 2014
Anna Walston Thaw, 77, formerly of Crisfield, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin surrounded by her family. Born in Crisfield on August 19, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Walter Willard "Wally" and Vivia Nelson Walston. She had been making her home in Pocomoke with her...
Mary Elizabeth Wilson Scott
Nov 17, 2014
Mary Elizabeth Wilson Scott, 90, of Salisbury, died Monday, November 17, 2014 at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge, Virginia. She had been making her home with her daughter in Manassas, Virginia for the past four years. Born in Crisfield July 30, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Jesse T. Wilson, Sr. and Lillie Marie Elliott Wilson....
Harvey Weldon Corbin, Sr.
Nov 16, 2014
Harvey Weldon Corbin, Sr., 83, of Tylerton, Smith Island, died Sunday, November 16, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born on Tylerton March 23, 1931, he was a son of the late Shafter and Dolphia Marshall Corbin. A member of Union United Methodist Church, he was a lifelong waterman who loved to crab and was inducted into the...
Robert Lee Davis
Nov 14, 2014
Robert Lee Davis, 77, of Crisfield, went to be with the Lord, on November 14, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Hospital while surrounded by his family. He was the son of the late James and Laura Davis of Crisfield. He was a life time member of the Somerset Free Methodist Church in Crisfield, and active member of the church choir. He...
Elaine T. Marsh
Nov 3, 2014
Elaine Townsend Marsh, 84, of Rhodes Point, Smith Island, died Monday, November 3, 2014 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born November 19, 1929 in Salisbury and raised in Shad Point, she was a daughter of the late Otis Lloyd and Maud Dykes Townsend. Her husband, Grayden M. Marsh, Sr., died December 22, 1993. A homemaker, she was...
Katherine Labarre Riggin
Nov 2, 2014
Katherine LaBarre Riggin, 93, of Crisfield, MD and formerly of Hampstead, MD, died Sunday, November 2, 2014 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Pen Argyl, PA on November 16, 1920, she was a daughter of the late Jacob and Mary Toth LaBarre. Her husband, John T. "Tommy" Riggin, Jr., preceded her in death August 14, 1990. She had...
Nellie Mae Smith
Oct 28, 2014
Nellie Mae Smith, a resident of Aurora Senior Living in Princess Anne for the past nine years, and formerly of Aberdeen, MD, died Tuesday, October 28, 2014. She was 105 years old. Born in Wye Mills, MD on September 23, 1909, she was a daughter of the late Mordecai and Nellie Skinner Price. Her husband, G. Walter Smith, died in...
William Mark Riggin
Oct 21, 2014
William Mark "Nut" Riggin, 56, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield May 29, 1958, he was the son of W. Edwin Riggin, III of New Hampshire and formerly of Crisfield, and the late Marilyn M. Storus Riggin who died September 9, 1992. He was a graduate of Crisfield High School...
Charles F. Parks
Oct 15, 2014
Charles F. Parks, 60, of Tangier Island, Virginia, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 15, 2014, at his home. Born in Crisfield on November 20, 1953, and raised on Tangier Island, he was a son of the late Albert "Sampy" and Bessie Parks. A member of the Tangier High School class of 1972, he was a Coast...
