Linwood Benson Sterling, Jr.
May 31, 2013
On May 31, 2013, Linwood Benson Sterling, Jr (Lenny) passed away at PRMC surrounded by his family. Born December 31, 1948 in Crisfield, MD he was the son of the late Linwood "Possum" Sterling, Sr. and Frances Davis Sterling. Linwood was an avid waterman with a love of fishing and crabbing. A big-hearted man, who loved driving the seafood trucks,...
Robert S. Insley
May 28, 2013
Robert Lee Insley, Sr., 84, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at the Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born on June 29, 1928 in Andrews, MD, he was a son of the late Samuel M. and Nellie G. Slacum Insley. He was retired from the Somerset County Roads Dept. after 30 years of service. His affiliations included the...
Rodney N. Riggin
May 27, 2013
Rodney N. Riggin, 60, of Crisfield, died Monday, May 27, 2013 at his home. Born in Baltimore on November 29, 1952, he was a son of Katherine LaBarre Riggin of Crisfield and the late John Thomas Riggin, Jr. who died in 1990. He had been making his home in Crisfield since 1990. A graduate from North Carroll High School in...
Fred M. Henderson
May 26, 2013
Fred Malcom Henderson, 96, went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, May 26, 2013, at his home in Marion, after a period of declining health. Fred was born on September 16, 1916, to Fred Warner Henderson and Annie Elizabeth Beauchamp Henderson. His wife, Olga Tyler Henderson, preceded him in death in 1993. He was a retired school bus...
Leslie H. Corbin
May 22, 2013
Leslie H. Corbin, 84, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at McCready Memorial Hospital. Born on Tylerton, Smith Island on September 13, 1928, he was a son of the late Shafter W. and Dolphia A. Marshall Corbin. He was a life-long waterman and the owner of the former Mazie's Rentals. He was also Captain of the dredge boat "Mary...
Dr. George E. Rimby
May 22, 2013
Dr. George E. Rimby, 90, of Crisfield and formerly of Royersford, PA, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Collegeville, PA on February 19, 1923, he was a son of the late George Harple and Lillian Townsend Rimby. He had been making his home in Crisfield since 1984. A retired optometrist, he...
Robert C. "Bobby" Carey
May 20, 2013
Robert Charles Carey, 79, of St. Augustine, Florida, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 20, 2013 at his daughter's home in St. Augustine after a long illness. He was born the son of Evelyn Winstead Carey and Joseph Raymond Carey in Baltimore, Maryland on February 27, 1934. He resided many years in Crisfield, Maryland and Pocomoke, Maryland. He and his...
Edward N. "Ed" Schreiber
May 16, 2013
Edward N. "Ed" Schreiber, 80, of Crisfield and formerly of Philadelphia, died Thursday, May 16, 2013 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, MD. He was born in Springfield, PA on November 26, 1932, a son of the late Harry V. and Dorothy R. Ives Schreiber. He had been making his home in Crisfield for the past 14 years. He...
Doris Stant Justice
May 13, 2013
Doris Stant Justice, 70, of Annapolis and formerly of Crisfield, died Monday, May 13, 2013 at the Anne Arundel Medical Center. Born in Crisfield, November 7, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Alvin and Winnie Bell Stant. Her husband of 47 years, George William "Billy" Justice, preceded her in death on February 5, 2013. A graduate of Crisfield...
Peggy J. Mason
May 6, 2013
Peggy J. Mason, 81, of Crisfield, died Monday, May 6, 2013 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield, MD. Born in Crisfield on April 8, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Fletcher and Sarah Swift. Her husband, William B. Mason, Jr. preceded her in death on January 14, 1994. A graduate of Crisfield High School, she was...
Janice V. Sterling
May 5, 2013
Janice V. Sterling, 86, of Marion, died Sunday, May 5, 2013 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Wilmington, DE on September 8, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Miles and Shirley Boyd Short. A graduate of Wilmington High School, she was a homemaker and a member of Quindocqua United Methodist Church in Marion. She...
William "Bill Zack" Ward
Apr 30, 2013
William Zack "Bill Zack" Ward, 67, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at his home. Born in Crisfield on April 20, 1946, he was a son of the late Raymond K. and Mildred G. Lawson Ward. A retired waterman and decoy carver, "Bill Zack" was an avid hunter and fisherman. He had a special love for his family and...
Jewel Ramona Gravely
Apr 26, 2013
Jewel Ramona Gravely, 67, of Princess Anne, died Friday, April 26, 2013 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Roanoke, Virginia on July 16, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Hazel Virginia Brookman Gravely. She loved her stuffed doggies, reading magazines, getting manicures, Elvis music, arts and crafts, and going on trips with her...
Ada Virginia Sterling Ammerman
Apr 18, 2013
Ada Virginia Sterling Ammerman, formerly of Crisfield, Maryland and more recently of Yorktown and Newport News, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013 at St. Francis Nursing Center where she had been a resident for the past several years. It was her wish that her remains be donated to the Anatomical Board of Virginia to further medical research and education. Born...
Virginia Crockett Culbertson
Apr 6, 2013
Virginia Crockett Culbertson, 78, of Crisfield, died Saturday, April 6, 2013 at her home. Born in Crisfield November 5, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Claude and Julia Pruitt Crockett. Her husband of 57 years, Lewis M. "Louie" Culbertson, died February 21, 2012. She was retired from Rubberset Corp. in Crisfield, and prior, worked at the former His...
Joseph David "Joey" Compton
Mar 29, 2013
Joseph David "Joey" Compton, 33, of Salisbury and formerly of Crisfield, died Friday, March 29, 2013 at his home. Born in Baltimore August 20, 1979, he was a son of Lou and Fran Compton of Crisfield. A Crisfield High School graduate of the class of 1997, he was a warehouse manager for R.C. Holloway in Salisbury. He was an avid...
Frances Pruitt Marsh
Mar 23, 2013
Frances Pruitt Marsh, 75, of Crisfield and formerly of Tylerton, Smith Island, beloved wife, mother, and sister, went home to be with the Lord after a short battle with cancer on Saturday, March 23, 2013. She died quietly surrounded by her family and loved ones. Born on Tangier Island, Virginia May 19, 1937, she was a daughter of the late...
Dorothy Lee Sterling
Mar 22, 2013
Dorothy Lee Sterling, 92, of Crisfield, died Friday, March 22, 2013 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Crisfield April 25, 1920, she was a daughter of the late Frank James and Lena Parks Ward. Her husband, Fulton W. Sterling, preceded her in death April 18, 1969. She was a seamstress at the former Crisfield Cap Factory and a...
Ira Thompson "I.T." Todd, Jr.
Mar 22, 2013
Ira Thompson "I.T." Todd, Jr., 95, of Crisfield, died Friday, March 22, 2013 at his home. The son of the late Ira Thompson and Nellie Adele Parks Todd, he was born November 19, 1917, the last baby boy born on Holland's Island. Shortly after, when Holland's Island was evacuated due to erosion, his family moved to Crisfield where he was...
Scott S. Melson
Mar 15, 2013
Scott Strick Melson, 76, of Pocomoke City, Maryland, passed away at home peacefully on Friday, March 15, 2013 with his wife by his side, following a long battle with cancer. Scott was born April 26, 1936 in Lewes, Delaware to the late Clayton and Mary Page Melson. He was the owner-operator of Melson Funeral Home in Pocomoke City, Maryland from...
