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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...

Ruth M. Watson

Ruth M. Watson

Mar 27, 2014

Ruth Matilda Watson, 81, of Crisfield, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 27, 2014 from Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on January 4, 1933, she was a daughter of the late Preston Irvin and Matilda Kathleen McCready Thomas. Her husband, John Lewis Watson, preceded her in death on December 19, 1997. A...

David Wayne Cullen

David Wayne Cullen

Mar 24, 2014

David Wayne Cullen, 65, and his wife, Laura Lee Menzel Cullen, 61, of Delmar, Maryland, passed away Monday, March 24, 2014 following a fire at their residence. David was born in Crisfield on December 22, 1948. He was a son of the late Joseph Bell Cullen and Jewell Ennis Cullen. He was a self-employed carpenter who was a history buff...

Laura Lee Menzel Cullen

Laura Lee Menzel Cullen

Mar 24, 2014

David Wayne Cullen, 65, and his wife, Laura Lee Menzel Cullen, 61, of Delmar, Maryland, passed away Monday, March 24, 2014 following a fire at their residence. David was born in Crisfield on December 22, 1948. He was a son of the late Joseph Bell Cullen and Jewell Ennis Cullen. He was a self-employed carpenter who was a history buff...

Rudy Adonnell Thomas, Jr.

Rudy Adonnell Thomas, Jr.

Mar 17, 2014

Rudy Adonnell Thomas, Jr., 57, of Tangier Island, Virginia, died Monday, March 17, 2014 at his home. Born on Tangier Island, November 15, 1956, he was a son of Barbara Pruitt Thomas of Crisfield and the late Rudy Adonnell Thomas who died April 21, 1991. Rudy was the 4th generation owner and captain of Tangier Mail & Freight, running mail...

John Woodland Haxter

John Woodland Haxter

Mar 15, 2014

John Woodland Haxter, 90, of Crisfield, died Saturday, March 15, 2014 at McCready Memorial Hospital. Born in Crisfield on August 20, 1923, he was a son of the late Peter and Charlotte Anne Tawes Haxter. A graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1941, he was retired from the US Navy serving 20 years. Following his retirement from the US...

Tristan Alexander Hitchcock-Haifley

Tristan Alexander Hitchcock-Haifley

Mar 8, 2014

Tristan Alexander Hitchcock-Haifley was born to David and Rebecca Haifley on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Along with his parents, David Haifley and Rebecca Hitchcock Haifley, he is survived by his grandparents, Dennis and Frances Hitchcock and Donna...

Eva L. Burton

Eva L. Burton

Mar 6, 2014

Eva L. Burton, 95, of Crisfield, died Thursday, March 6, 2014 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on September 27, 1918, she was a daughter of the late George F. "Duffy" and Hattie A. Daugherty Lawson. Her husband, Marion L. Burton, died September 23, 1992. A homemaker, Mrs. Burton was a graduate of Crisfield High...

Lorraine Patricia Charnock

Lorraine Patricia Charnock

Mar 6, 2014

Lorraine Patricia Charnock, 63, of Tangier, Virginia, died Thursday, March 6, 2014 at the home of her daughter, Trish Warfield, in Crisfield. Born in Philadelphia, PA on February 3, 1951, she was a daughter of the late Norman and Elizabeth Epp Morris. She had been making her home on Tangier for the past four years and formerly lived in Fredericksburg,...

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