E. Lenora Riggin Tyler
Jul 30, 2010
E. Lenora Riggin Tyler, 85, of Crisfield, died on Friday, July 30, 2010 at the Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield April 6, 1925 she was the daughter of the late Herman Ellis Riggin and Lenora Frances Tyler Riggin. She worked for the former Carvel Hall Cutlery in Crisfield. She was a member of the Asbury...
William G. "Bill" Vessey
Jul 29, 2010
WILLIAM GORDON "BILL" VESSEY, 81, of Rehobeth, died Thursday, July 29, 2010 at his home. Born in Crisfield January 28, 1929, and raised in Rehobeth, he was the son of the late Guy and Ethel Massey Vessey. He graduated from Marion High School in 1946, and from the University of Maryland College Park in 1950. He served in the US...
Joseph C. Sterling
Jul 25, 2010
JOSEPH COULBOURN STERLING, 79, of Crisfield, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, July 25, 2010 peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family. Born October 20, 1930 in Crisfield, he was a son of the late Arlie Graham and Ada Virginia Cochrane Sterling. He was a 1950 graduate of Mercersburg High School and furthered his education at Franklin...
Ellen Peterson Mclane
Jul 24, 2010
ELLEN PETERSON McLANE, 93, of Crisfield, died Saturday, July 24, 2010 at Mallard Bay Nursing Home in Cambridge. Born in Cambridge January 18, 1917, and raised in Aireys, MD, she was a daughter of the late Axel and Esther Clausen Peterson. Her husband of 55 years, James Wesley McLane, preceded her in death October 15, 1998. Following her graduation from...
Joan S. Townsend
Jul 21, 2010
JOAN S. TOWNSEND, 75, of Princess Anne, died Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Salisbury on August 28, 1934, she was a daughter of the late William Vaughn Evans and Ella Estelle Shores Daniels. Her husband, Dale Edmund Townsend, preceded her in death Feb. 26, 2009. She was formerly employed at the...
Helen F. Pianka
Jul 17, 2010
HELEN FAYE PIANKA, 71, of Princess Anne, died Saturday, July 17, 2010 at Anchorage Nursing and Rehab Center in Salisbury. Born in Wenona on December 15, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Roger and Rosalie Adams Hoffman. Her husband, Roland Pianka preceded her in death September 22, 1983. She was a health service supervisor at Salisbury University working...
Stanley M. Pruitt
Jul 14, 2010
STANLEY M. PRUITT, 67, of Crisfield, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury surrounded by his loving family. Born on Tangier Island, Virginia July 15, 1942, he was a son of the late Clifton "Pick" and Rita Crockett Pruitt. He was a Crisfield High School graduate of the...
Leonard S. "Lenny" Evans
Jul 13, 2010
LEONARD STANLEY "LENNY" EVANS, SR., 67, of Ewell, Smith Island, Maryland, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Rhodes Point, Smith Island, he was a son of the late Leonard B. Evans and Norma A. Tyler Evans Marshall. A graduate of Crisfield High School class of...
Mabel J. Parks
Jul 13, 2010
MABEL J. PARKS, 87, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield August 4, 1922, she was the daughter of the late James Edward and Christine Barnes Mosher. Her husband, Ralph W. Parks, preceded her in death July 21, 1997. A graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1939, she...
Elizabeth Hathaway Edmondson
Jul 10, 2010
ELIZABETH HATHAWAY EDMONDSON, 80, of Crisfield, Maryland and formerly of Tarboro, North Carolina, died Saturday, July 10, 2010 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. She had been residing in Crisfield with her nephew, Harvey Tyler for the past year. Born in Tarboro on February 6, 1930, she was a daughter of the late Harvey Gaston Hathaway and Annie...
Pauline Vivian Swift
Jul 9, 2010
PAULINE VIVIAN SWIFT, 90, of Crisfield, passed away Friday, July 9, 2010 surrounded by her family at the home of her loving son Tommy, and his wife Cathy, who had been her caregiver for the past seven years in Delmar, Maryland. Born in Deer Park, Maryland on September 1, 1919, she was a daughter of the late Bert and Mae...
Francis B. Parks
Jul 3, 2010
Francis B. Parks, 75, of Crisfield, and formerly of Rhodes Point, Smith Island, died on Saturday, July 3, 2010 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born on Tangier, VA, he was the son of the late Warner A. Parks and Estha Lee Crockett Parks. He was a waterman and served in the U.S. Marines. His wife, Jane E....
Patsy S. Sterling
Jul 1, 2010
PATSY SOMERS STERLING, 83, of Crisfield, died Thursday, July 1, 2010 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. She had been a resident of Manokin Manor Nursing Home in Princess Anne for the past four years. Born in Crisfield August 8, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Kirk V. Somers and Gladyth I. Dilley Somers. Her husband, Eugene...
Eva Rust
Jun 30, 2010
EVA RUTH EUZA PRITCHARD RUST, 93, of Crisfield, MD and formerly of Farmington, DE , died Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, MD. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Sydney Rust of Crisfield with whom she lived; her brother, George (wife Sally) of Medina, NY; her sister, Helen of Sebastian, FL;...
Suzanne "Sue" Ward
Jun 29, 2010
Suzanne V. (Sue) Ward, 67, of Crisfield, died on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at her home. Born in Crisfield June 6, 1943 she was the daughter of the late E. Dewey Evans and Estelle Venable Evans. Her husband, Thomas S. Ward died May 30, 2001. Sue was a retired cashier with Super Giant in Salisbury, and then owned and operated...
Denise Tyler Chelton
Jun 28, 2010
DENISE HOPE CHELTON, 57, of Salisbury, passed away Monday, June 28, 2010, peacefully at her home following a long and courageous battle with cancer. Born in Crisfield February 10, 1953, she was a daughter of Maureen Sterling Ward of Salisbury and the late Jerry Tyler. A graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1971, she was a graduate of Mt....
Mary J. Woolston
Jun 28, 2010
Mary J. Woolston, 95, of Catonsville, MD and formerly of Crisfield, died on Monday, June 28, 2010 at Charlestown Retirement Center in Catonsvile. She was born September 27, 1914 in Crisfield, Maryland. She was the daughter of the late Charles M. Woolston Sr. and Willie Mae Landon Woolston. Ms. Woolston was educated in the Somerset County Public School System and...
Virgie Elizabeth Johnson
Jun 15, 2010
VIRGIE ELIZABETH JOHNSON, 93, of Marion Station, died Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on November 21, 1916, she was a daughter of the late Albert and Agnes Matthews Howard. Her husband, Benjamin Franklin Johnson preceded her in death. She was a caregiver at the Tawes Nursing Home working 10 years...
Peggy Jane Ennis Tull
Jun 6, 2010
PEGGY JANE ENNIS TULL, 80, of Crisfield, went home to be with the Lord and have a joyous reunion with her beloved husband and parents on Sunday, June 6, 2010. She died at the home of her daughter with her loving family by her side. Born in Crisfield March 10, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Garland and...
Gladys Mae Laird
Jun 3, 2010
GLADYS MAE LAIRD, 81, of Crisfield, died Thursday, June 3, 2010 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield March 23, 1929, she was a daughter of the late Elwood and Ruby Adams Matthews. Her husband, William C. "Billy" Laird, died April 7, 1995. A Crisfield High School graduate of the class of 1947, she was a professional...
