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Gary Gene Guy

Gary Gene Guy

Jul 20, 2014

Gary Gene Guy, 44, of Ewell, Smith Island, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, July 20, 2014. Born on Ewell, on February 18, 1970, he was the son of Beverly Tyler Guy of Ewell and the late Gene Guy who died November 25, 2000. He was a waterman and a graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1988. He was an...

Sarah E. Morgan

Sarah E. Morgan

Jul 19, 2014

Sarah E. Morgan, 85, of Crisfield, died Saturday July 19, 2014 at Aurora Senior Living of Manokin in Princess Anne, MD. Born in Virginia Beach, VA, on March 15, 1929, she was a daughter of the late Upshur and Alta Somers Adams. Her husband, Ernest Morgan, preceded her in death on November 7, 1993. A homemaker, she was a member...

Arnold Louis "Whitey" Schmidt

Arnold Louis "Whitey" Schmidt

Jul 18, 2014

Arnold Louis "Whitey" Schmidt – noted cookbook author – has passed away. He went peacefully at his home art studio in Crisfield, Md on Friday, July 18, 2014. He was 75 years old. Known as the Chesapeake Bay's Blue Crab Guru, Schmidt authored 11 popular books on the region's cooking, culture and people. Schmidt's first book, The Official Crab Eater's...

Doris E. Good

Doris E. Good

Jul 18, 2014

Doris E. Good, 87, of Crisfield, died Friday, July 18, 2014 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Enola, Pennsylvania on November 8, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Edouard and Alta Seitz Heckert. She had been making her home in Crisfield since 1977. She was a 1944 graduate of Enola High School and attended...

Alexis Jeanette Hawke

Alexis Jeanette Hawke

Jun 26, 2014

Alexis Jeanette Hawke, newborn daughter of Lauren and Zachary Hawke, of Princess Anne, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 26, 2014 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. Along with her parents she is survived by her maternal grandparents, Kristin and William Michel; paternal grandparents, Joy and Gene Hawke; maternal great-grandparents, Robert and Barbara McCready, and Florence...

Lucille Evans

Lucille Evans

Jun 21, 2014

Lucille T. Evans, 89, of Crisfield, died on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at the Alice Byrd Nursing Home. Born on Rhodes Point on July 9, 1924 she was the daughter of the late Earl Tyler and Ollie Evans Tyler. She was a cafeteria worker for many years at the Crisfield High School. Her husband, Roland H. Evans, died on October...

Earl W. "Buster" Nelson, Jr.

Earl W. "Buster" Nelson, Jr.

Jun 16, 2014

Earl W. "Buster" Nelson, Jr., 91, of Crisfield, died Monday, June 16, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield July 26, 1922, he was a son of the late Earl W. Nelson, Sr. and Virginia Nelson Sterling. A US Army Air Force veteran of World War II, he was a Bridge Tender of the Hanover Street...

Earl L. Bryley

Earl L. Bryley

Jun 10, 2014

Earl L. Bryley, 84, of Crisfield and formerly of Baltimore, died Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at McCready Memorial Hospital. Born in Baltimore on February 4, 1930, he was a son of the late Joseph and Mary Bryley. He had been making his home in Crisfield for the past 22 years. A US Army Korean War veteran, he was a truck...

Dr. Lloyd H. Stevens

Dr. Lloyd H. Stevens

Jun 3, 2014

Dr. Lloyd H. Stevens, 93, of Marion Station, died Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. Born in Frostburg, Maryland on March 2, 1921, he was the son of the late Lloyd L. and Helen Boettner Stevens. His beloved wife of 63 years, Elizabeth "Bette" Gilbert Stevens died March 5, 2012. A graduate of Pennsylvania College of Optometry,...

Wilma F. Fries

Wilma F. Fries

Jun 2, 2014

Wilma Fay Fries, 62, of Crisfield and formerly of Fredericksburg, VA, died Monday, June 2, 2014 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Valls Creek, West Virginia on March 3, 1952, she was a daughter of the late Gratton and Eula Carter Sparks. She had been making her home in Crisfield for the past several years. She...

James Walter Gosnell

James Walter Gosnell

May 29, 2014

James Walter Gosnell, 78, of Crisfield and formerly of Baltimore, died Thursday, May 29, 2014 at his home. Born in Baltimore on December 15, 1935, he was a son of the late George and Viola Harwood Gosnell. His wife, Wallis Patricia "Pat" Gosnell, died April 20, 2014. He was a construction worker and a US Army veteran. He is survived...

Clarence J. Abbott, Jr.

Clarence J. Abbott, Jr.

May 28, 2014

Clarence J. Abbott, Jr., 91, of Crisfield and formerly of Bridgeville, Delaware, died Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Cambridge on December 31, 1922, he was a son of the late Clarence J. and Lola Hoffman Abbott. A member of the Crisfield Church of God, he enjoyed collecting and sending religious informational materials to...

Eugene Timothy "Timmy" Sterling

Eugene Timothy "Timmy" Sterling

May 23, 2014

Eugene Timothy "Timmy" Sterling, 60, of Crisfield, died Friday, May 23, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield April 8, 1954, he was a son of the late Eugene O. "Tunie" Sterling who died in 1981, and Patsy Somers Sterling who died in 2010. Timmy became disabled at the age of 16 following a diving accident...

Kevin Watson Melson, Sr.

Kevin Watson Melson, Sr.

May 17, 2014

Kevin Watson Melson, Sr., 49, of Stockton, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2014 surrounded by his loving family at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury after fighting a long hard battle with cancer. Born March 14, 1965 in Salisbury, he was the son of Nancy Watson Melson of Pocomoke City and the late Scott S. Melson. Kevin was a locksmith...

Donald P. "Donnie" Price

Donald P. "Donnie" Price

May 13, 2014

Donald P. "Donnie", Price, 61, of Princess Anne, died Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield June 2, 1952, he was a son of Janet Lee "Tease" Tull Price of Crisfield and the late Donald M. Price. He graduated from Crisfield High School class of 1970 and obtained his Bachelor's and Master's degrees...

John H. "Jack" Sterling, Jr.

John H. "Jack" Sterling, Jr.

May 5, 2014

John Hance "Jack" Sterling, Jr., died Monday, May 5, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury.

Born in Crisfield August 19, 1932, he was the son of the late John Hance Sterling, Sr. and Betty Turpin Smith.

A graduate of Crisfield High School, he served in the US Coast Guard and he worked for...

Larry Lee Robertson

Larry Lee Robertson

Apr 29, 2014

Larry Lee Robertson, 73, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at home.

Born in Crisfield September 24, 1940, he was a son of the late William Francis and Evelyn Frances Miles Robertson.

A US Navy veteran, he was retired from the former Mrs. Paul's Kitchens in Crisfield, working many years until their closing.  He...

Robert Wayne Mason, Jr.

Robert Wayne Mason, Jr.

Apr 28, 2014

Robert Wayne Mason, Jr., 56, of Rhodes Point, Smith Island, died Monday, April 28, 2014 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury.

Born in Nassawadox, Virginia on February 1, 1958, he was a son of Anne Marie Bradshaw Snead Miles of Crisfield and Robert Wayne Mason, Sr.

He was...

Rev. Ruth Morris Stant

Rev. Ruth Morris Stant

Apr 19, 2014

Ruth Morris Stant, 90, of Cleveland, Tennessee and formerly of Crisfield, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2014.

She was the daughter of the late Mary Elizabeth and L. Townsend Waters. "Miss Ruth," as she was affectionately called, enjoyed a fruitful ministry as a credentialed minister and faithful pastor's wife in various Church of God parishes in Maryland,...

Florine Elizabeth Mccready

Florine Elizabeth Mccready

Apr 8, 2014

Florine Elizabeth McCready, 88, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home.

Born in Hallwood, Virginia on July 23, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Harold Twigg and Virgie Stant.

She was a dietician at the Tawes Nursing Home for 23 years and worked prior...

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