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Mary L. Hastings

Mary L. Hastings

Jul 31, 2012

Mary L. Hastings, 79, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at her home. Born in Crisfield May 29, 1933, she was a daughter of the late Grayden and Dorothy M. Purcell Wilson. Her husband, Thomas Jerry Hastings, preceded her in death June 26, 2004. She was a retired Certified Nursing Assistant at Tawes Nursing Home and Hartley Hall Nursing...

Aaron Stewart Culbertson

Aaron Stewart Culbertson

Jul 29, 2012

Aaron Stewart Culbertson, 42, of Crisfield, passed away Sunday, July 29, 2012 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield October 10, 1969, he was a son of Lewis Morris Culbertson, Jr. and Patricia Crockett Culbertson of Crisfield. He was a truck driver for Tidewater Express and was a member of the Crisfield Church of God. Affectionately known by...

Leslie "Sue" Lochridge Olszack

Leslie "Sue" Lochridge Olszack

Jul 25, 2012

Leslie "Sue" Lochridge Olszack, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, died on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at her home in Crisfield, Maryland. Born in Evanston, IL in 1950, Sue was a daughter of the late Willard Fiske Lochridge III and Patricia Daugherty Lochridge. She was raised in Scarsdale, NY, and formerly lived in St. Augustine and Miami, Florida. Sue will...

Savannah Pauline Riggin And Ava Grace Riggin

Savannah Pauline Riggin And Ava Grace Riggin

Jul 25, 2012

Savannah Pauline Riggin and Ava Grace Riggin, twin daughters of Paige Swift and Jake Riggin of Crisfield, passed through Heavens beautiful gates and were welcomed as two of God's precious angels on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Along with their parents, Savannah Pauline and Ava Grace are survived by their grandparents, Heather and Darrick Duncan of Crisfield, Rusty Riggin/Melody Morgan of...

Nancy N. Tawes

Nancy N. Tawes

Jul 12, 2012

NANCY NUTTLE TAWES, 83, of Crisfield, died at home on Thursday, July 12, 2012 following a long term illness. Born in Baltimore on February 23, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Harold Creston and Florence Funk Nuttle. A 1946 graduate of Western High School in Baltimore, and a 1950 graduate of Washington College, , she was a school...

Colleen Vaughn Sterling

Colleen Vaughn Sterling

Jul 8, 2012

Colleen Vaughn Sterling, 85, of Salisbury, died Sunday, July 8, 2012 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield on May 29, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Vaughn and Emma Landon Sterling. A graduate of Crisfield High School, she was a retired LPN working at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield and the former Springhill Nursing...

Michael Timothy Sharpe

Michael Timothy Sharpe

Jul 2, 2012

Michael Timothy Sharpe, 59, of Crisfield, passed away Monday, July 2, 2012 at McCready Memorial Hospital. Born on August 4, 1952 in Columbia, Pennsylvania, he was a son of the late Lt. Col. George D. Sharpe, Sr. DPM and Marguerite (Brock) Sharpe. Michael was a graduate of William Tennet High School in Warminster, Pennsylvania. In 1969 he enlisted in the...

Rev. R. Dewey Crockett

Rev. R. Dewey Crockett

Jul 2, 2012

Ralph Dewey Crockett, 64, of Tangier, died Monday, July 2, 2012 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born on Tangier July 16, 1947, he was a son of the late Merrill Ray and Ruth Parks Crockett. Dewey, as he was affectionately known, was a 1965 graduate of Tangier High School. He attended Ferrum College and the University of Virginia...

Royce F. "Brad" Bradshaw, Jr.

Royce F. "Brad" Bradshaw, Jr.

Jun 25, 2012

SALISBURY ROYCE F. "BRAD" BRADSHAW, JR. On Monday, June 25, 2012, "Brad" as he was affectionately known, crossed over the bounds of the earthly life to be with his most beloved Lord and Savior. Not wanting to die, but ready when his Master called and needed him, he drifted into the "Clouds of Glory". Brad was the son of the...

Philip Ray Mahan

Philip Ray Mahan

Jun 22, 2012

Philip Ray Mahan, 82, of Crisfield, died Friday, June 22, 2012 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Rehobeth, Maryland on April 6, 1930, he was a son of the late Walter K. and Chloa Kreeger Mahan. A graduate of Marion High School and a US Army veteran, he was a poultry farmer and serviceman, Somerset County...

Norwood Gary Tull

Norwood Gary Tull

Jun 22, 2012

Norwood Gary Tull, 61, of Crisfield, died Friday, June 22, 2012 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on June 14, 1951, he was the son of Eileen Marshall Tull of Salisbury and the late Norwood Harvey Tull. He was a life-long waterman, and formerly was captain of the oyster buy boat "Capt. Wood's". He was also co-owner...

Eleanor Ann Tawes

Eleanor Ann Tawes

Jun 20, 2012

Eleanor Ann Tawes, 77, of Crisfield, passed away on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at her home after a courageous eight year battle with cancer. Born in Crisfield on January 18, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Charlton and Ethelyn Laird Marshall. She taught first grade in the Somerset County School system for 23 years. She was active in...

Rollin Jennings Searfoss

Rollin Jennings Searfoss

Jun 8, 2012

Rollin Jennings Searfoss, 85, of Crisfield, died Friday, June 8, 2012 at his home. Born in Freemansburg, Pennsylvania on August 25, 1926, he was the son of the late Stanley and Florence Johnson Searfoss. Rollin and his wife Jean lived in Pennsylvania for 40 years and moved to Maryland in 1988 after they retired. "Rollie" or "Rol", as he was...

Elmer Nelson Cullen, Sr.

Elmer Nelson Cullen, Sr.

May 25, 2012

Elmer Nelson "Tug" Cullen, Sr., 80, of Crisfield, died Friday, May 25, 2012 at the Alice B. Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on August 11, 1931, he was a son of the late Wade Hampton Cullen, Sr. and Edna Nelson Cullen. He was retired from the Maryland State Roads Department after 25 years. A US Army veteran...

Doris Faye Balderson

Doris Faye Balderson

May 20, 2012

DORIS FAYE BALDERSON, 74, of Crisfield, died Sunday, May 20, 2012 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Marion Station on June 7, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Orland "Ike" Marshall and Margaret Ward Morrison. A graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1955, she was a machine operator at the former Carvel Hall Cutlery in...

Carl P. Johnson

Carl P. Johnson

May 20, 2012

Carl Phillip Johnson, 96, of Crisfield, died Sunday, May 20, 2012 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Westover on November 3, 1915, he was a son of the late Frank Dale and Mollie Ennis Johnson. He was a farmer and was retired from the former Mrs. Paul's Kitchens. He was a devoted member of Faith Fellowship Assembly of...

Nancy Lee Riggin

Nancy Lee Riggin

May 16, 2012

Nancy Lee Riggin, 63, of Ocean View, DE and formerly of Westover, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at her home in Ocean View. Born in Crisfield on February 27, 1949, she was a daughter of the late Roy Riggin, Jr. and Gloria Ryan Copper. She had been making her home in Delaware for the past eight years. She was self-employed....

Jeanne D. Mason

Jeanne D. Mason

May 15, 2012

Jeanne D. Mason, 87, of Crisfield, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury surrounded by her loving family. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 14, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Harry W. and Elsie Taylor Luckenbach. Her husband, Wilson V. "Pappy" Mason, Sr., preceded her in...

George William Swift

George William Swift

May 14, 2012

George William Swift, 80, of Crisfield, died Monday, May 14, 2012 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born in Crisfield on February 25, 1932, he was a son of the late Robert and Vernetta Cox Swift. He retired from Somerset County Roads after 33 years. He also served two years in the Army National Guard Company L, 115th Infantry, of...

Mary Elizabeth "Mary Liz" Suarez

Mary Elizabeth "Mary Liz" Suarez

May 10, 2012

Mary Elizabeth Suarez, 92, of Crisfield, MD, daughter of the late Horace (Ned) Wilson and Daisy Sterling Wilson and wife of the late Raymond Suarez, passed away on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Known as "Mary Liz," she is survived by a son, Raymond E. Suarez, and his wife, Martha Johnston, both of...

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