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...
Shirley Evans
Mar 11, 2013
Shirley Evans, 85, of Crisfield, died Monday, March 11, 2013 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. Born in Crisfield August 11, 1927, she was a daughter of the late George Thomas and Virginia Evans Kellum. Her husband, Roger J. Evans, preceded her in death on March 18, 1973. She had been a resident of Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home for the...
Henry J. Mcgarry
Mar 11, 2013
Henry J. McGarry, 65, of Crisfield, passed away at his home on Monday, March 11, 2013. Funeral Services will be held in Philadelphia, PA on Monday, March 18, 2013. Local arrangements are being handled by the Bradshaw & Sons Funeral Home of Crisfield, and the Joseph A. Quinn, Inc. Funeral Directors in Philadelphia, PA. To send condolences to the family...
Gregory Lee Cullen
Mar 8, 2013
Gregory Lee Cullen, 46, of Crisfield, died Friday, March 9, 2013 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield August 12, 1966, he was a son of the late Joseph Bell Cullen, Jr. who died in 1969 and Mary Ellen Cullen Maddrix who died in 2011. He was also preceded in death by his step-father, Elwood Maddrix who...
Ernest L. "Buddy" Jones, Jr.
Mar 7, 2013
Ernest Linwood "Buddy" Jones, Jr., 82, of Crisfield, died Thursday, March 7, 2013 at the Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Crisfield on September 12, 1930, he was a son of the late Ernest Linwood "Lenny" and Margaret Tucker Jones. A veteran of the Army National Guard, Buddy was a waterman, carpenter, auto mechanic and boat builder. He was...
Vincent Joseph Jordan
Mar 6, 2013
VINCENT JOSEPH JORDAN (Lt. Col. USAF RET), age 93, of Crisfield, and formerly of Chester, NY, died Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at his home. Born in Philadelphia, PA on July 6, 1919, he was the son of the late Vincent and Anna Nina DelVecchio Giordano. His beloved wife, Virginia Farr "Gini" Jordan, preceded him in death on October 14, 2010....
Sarah Frances Johnson
Mar 2, 2013
Sarah Frances Johnson, 88, of Crisfield, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at the Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield January 19, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Robert Franklin Swift and Vernetta Ann Cox Swift. Her husband, Carl P. Johnson, died on May 20, 2012. She was a retired seamstress for several...
Terry James Daley
Mar 1, 2013
Terry James Daley, 64, of Tangier Island, died Friday, March 1, 2013 at his home. Born February 18, 1949 on Tangier, he was a son of the late James Gorden and Nettie Jean Laird Daley. He was co-owner along with his wife of Daley & Sons Grocery, Inc. since 1986. He was a charter member and was an assistant chief...
Diane E. Hinman
Feb 27, 2013
Diane E. Hinman, 70, of Crisfield, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her family on February 27, 2013. Born April 19, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Estelle and Dewey Evans. She was a home health care provider and an excellent cook. One of her favorite pastimes was cooking dinners for her large family. She was well...
