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...
Father Andrew J. Fontanella
Oct 11, 2014
Father Andrew J. Fontanella, retired Catholic Priest of Crisfield, MD and formerly of Carlisle, PA, died Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. He was 86. Born March 30, 1928 in Paterson, New Jersey, he was a son of the late Andrew J. and Lucy Vuolo Fontanella. After obtaining his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1949 from...
Raymond E. Hill
Oct 11, 2014
Raymond Eugene Hill, 70, of Crisfield, died Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Crisfield February 8, 1944, he was a son of the late Ray Wilson Hill and Jeanette Thornton Hill. He was a retired electrician and a talented wood carver who enjoyed playing the guitar. He loved eagles and his dog "Tori". He was a...
Dottie Murphy Phillips
Oct 7, 2014
Dottie Murphy Phillips, 73, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake. Born in Crisfield on April 25, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Sarah McCready Murphy. Following the untimely death of her parents, she was raised by her neighbors, Herman "Hungie" and Amelia Ayres. Her husband, Donald W. Phillips, died...
Mary Elizabeth Drewer
Oct 5, 2014
Mary Elizabeth Drewer, 92, of Crisfield, died peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday, October 5, 2014 at the Alice Byrd Tawes Rehabilitation Center in Crisfield. Born in Craddockville, Virginia on July 10, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Willard and Madeline West Truitt. Her husband, Carlton Drewer, died June 8, 2004. She was retired from Rubberset Division of...
Howard K. Hammond, Sr.
Oct 1, 2014
Howard Kenneth Hammond, Sr., 82, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Baltimore on March 8, 1932, he was the son of the late Corbin N. and Elveretta Merryman Hammond. His wife, Elsie M. Fondelheit Hammond, died December 24, 2008. He was a member of the Faith Fellowship Assembly of...
Patricia Louise Horner
Sep 22, 2014
Patricia Louise Horner, 69, of Crisfield, went to be with the Lord on Monday, September 22, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury following complications of Parkinson's Disease. Born January 8, 1945 in Salisbury and raised in Deal Island, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Clara Louise Harrison Abbott. A graduate of Deal Island School class...
William A. Cady, Iii
Sep 15, 2014
William A. Cady III passed away on September 15, 2014 at his home in Crisfield, Maryland. Bill was a Master Electrician, a past member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 26, a 20-year veteran of US Air Force Reserves, an active member of Crisfield American Legion Post Number 16, an occasional worshiper at Crisfield Wesleyan Church, and the...
Norma Lee Ward Watt
Sep 10, 2014
Norma Lee Ward Watt, 76, of Salisbury, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake. Born in Crisfield March 25, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Earl B. and Carrie I. Handy Ward. She lived on the Eastern Shore for the past 20 years, and prior to that lived in Bowie and Washington, DC. A...
Charles Hall Simpson
Sep 8, 2014
Charles Hall Simpson, 78, of Crisfield, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 8, 2014 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. He was born August 31, 1936 to Benjamin Mitchell Simpson II and Marshall Hall Simpson of Miquon, PA. He was predeceased by his wife of 50 years, Earlene "Early" Sulin Simpson, who died October 6, 2013. He is survived by...
Haynie Thomas Marshall
Sep 4, 2014
Haynie Thomas Marshall, 86, of Tylerton, Smith Island, died Thursday, September 4, 2014 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born April 20, 1928 on Tylerton, he was a son of the late Marvin and Thelma Smith Marshall. He was a waterman and a member of Union United Methodist Church and the National Rifle Association. He built model boats for many...
Tommy W. Hinman, Sr.
Sep 4, 2014
Tommy Wilson Hinman, Sr., 70, of Crisfield, died Thursday, September 4, 2014 at McCready Memorial Hospital. Born in Crisfield November 7, 1943, he was a son of the late Charles L. and Joanna Wilson Hinman. His wife, Marynell Elliott Hinman, died March 20, 1999. He worked for many years at Somerset County Roads, and later Maintenance, retiring in 2009. He...
Joseph J. Garpstas
Aug 28, 2014
Joseph J. Garpstas, 84, of Crisfield and formerly of Glen Burnie, died Thursday, August 28, 2014 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Baltimore on April 9, 1930, he was the son of the late Joseph C. and Margaret Bathgate Garpstas. He had been making his home in Crisfield for the past 27 years. He was a...
Glen Walker "Fergy" Ferguson
Aug 28, 2014
Glen Walker "Fergy" Ferguson, 91, of Crisfield, died Thursday, August 28, 2014 in Pocomoke City. Born in Rochester, New York on March 6, 1923, he was a son of the late Fred and Margaret Falls Stuart McCall Ferguson. He had been making his home in Crisfield for the past 20 years. Prior, he lived in Lititz, Pennsylvania for 24 years,...
Betty L. Tyler
Aug 12, 2014
Betty L. Tyler, 86, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at her home. Born in Edgecomb County, North Carolina on June 20, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Harvey G. and Annie Cox Hathaway. Her husband of 59 years, Carl L. "Kie" Tyler, preceded her in death on July 22, 2002. A homemaker, she retired from Rubberset...
