Anna Brittingham
Sep 19, 2009
ANNA LEE BRITTINGHAM, 87, of Crisfield, died Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield on April 20, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Cyrl and Lola Dize Crockett. Her husband, Elwood George Brittingham, preceded her in death. She was retired in 1985 from Rubberset Corp. in Crisfield and was a...
Vivian Evans
Sep 18, 2009
VIVIAN E. EVANS, 81, of Rhodes Point, Smith Island, died Friday, September 18, 2009 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born on Rhodes Point on March 30, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Willard and Louise Bradshaw Evans. Her husband of 60 years, Milton F. Evans, died July 10, 2006. She was assistant Post Master at the Rhodes...
Denny "Bebop" Laird
Sep 17, 2009
DENNY "BEBOP" LAIRD, 49, of Marion Station, died Thursday, September 17, 2009 in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on February 7, 1960, he was a son of the late Jackie Howard and Helen Elizabeth Lee Laird. He was a 1979 graduate of Crisfield High School and a 1989 graduate of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore with a degree in physical...
Mabel Bell Dryden
Sep 15, 2009
Mabel Bell Dryden, 80, of Waynesboro, Virginia, and formerly of Princess Anne, Maryland, died Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at Augusta Health Center, Fishersville, Virginia. She had been living with her daughter and son-in-law, Darlene and Danny Hall, of Waynesboro, VA. She was born November 19, 1928 in Crisfield, Maryland, the daughter of Robert and Vernettia Swift. In addition to her...
Jimmy Edwin Evans
Sep 13, 2009
JIMMY EDWIN EVANS, 65, of Crisfield and formerly of Ewell, Smith Island, died Sunday, September 13, 2009 at his home. Born on Ewell, Smith Island on August 10, 1944, he was a son of the late Edwin and Cora Katherine Corbin Evans. He had been making his home in Crisfield since1989. A 1963 graduate of Crisfield High School, he was...
Robert E. "Bob" Maddox, Sr.
Sep 9, 2009
ROBERT E. "BOB" MADDOX, SR., 81, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield on June 26, 1928, he was a son of the late Henry Norman and Bessie Tyler Maddox. His wife of 49 years, Betty Green Maddox, died April 28, 2002. A 1945 graduate of Crisfield High School,...
James Richard "Ricky" Ward, Jr.
Aug 22, 2009
JAMES RICHARD "RICKY" WARD, JR., 17, of Crisfield, died Saturday, August 22, 2009 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Salisbury on December 9, 1991, he was the son of James Richard "Rick" Ward of Crisfield and the late Tamara T. "Tammy" Ward, who died October 27, 2006. Ricky was a 2009 graduate of Crisfield High School where he...
Lillian Ruth Crockett
Aug 21, 2009
Lillian Ruth Crockett, 87, of Crisfield, died on Friday, August 21, 2009 at the Manokin Manor Nursing in Princess Anne. Born in Crisfield, she was the daughter of the late Augustus T. Forbush and Lillian Guy Forbush. She was a retired nurses aide at the McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Her husband, Richard M. Crockett, died May 25, 2007. Surviving...
R. Christine Holland Smith
Aug 21, 2009
R. CHRISTINE SMITH, 59, of Tylerton, Smith Island, died suddenly Friday, August 21, 2009 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born and raised in Crisfield, Maryland, she was the daughter of Priscilla Holland of Crisfield and the late Edward T. Holland. She had been a resident of Tylerton for the past 28 years. A 1968 graduate of Crisfield High...
Nelson C. Riggin
Aug 19, 2009
Nelson Coulbourne Riggin, 63, of Crisfield, died on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at his home. Born in Crisfield August 10, 1946, he was the son of the late William Edwin Riggin, Jr. and Elva M. Miles Riggin. Nelson was a retired truck driver for Tidewater Express in Crisfield. He was a 1964 graduate of Milton Hershey School, Hershey, PA. After...
Crystal C. Adkins
Aug 14, 2009
CRYSTAL C. ADKINS, 60, of Crisfield and formerly of New Castle, Delaware, died Friday, August 14, 2009 at her home. Born in Montcall, West Virginia on June 29, 1949, she was a daughter of the late Edward Bonds, Sr. and Colleen Erwin Bonds. Her husband, William D. Adkins, Sr., died in 1988. She had been making her home in Crisfield...
Harry Eugene Cullen
Aug 13, 2009
HARRY EUGENE "HARRY GENE" CULLEN, 54, of Snow Hill, died suddenly on Thursday, August 13, 2009 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born October 16, 1954 and raised in Crisfield, he was a son of William Edgar Cullen of Crisfield and the late Ida Ruth Howard Cullen. He was a 1972 graduate of Crisfield High School and Wicomico County...
Rollins Tull Bradshaw
Aug 12, 2009
ROLLINS TULL BRADSHAW, 87, died following an extended struggle with Parkinson's disease, on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, with his wife of 64 years, Lucille, by his side. Born in Crisfield on May 15, 1922, he was a son of the late Florence and Captain Kia Bradshaw of Smith Island. He was raised...
Lettie Pearl Johnson
Aug 12, 2009
LETTIE PEARL JOHNSON, 85, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at Manokin Manor Nursing Home in Princess Anne where she had been a resident for almost three years. Born in Marion Station, Maryland on December 10, 1923, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin Freely and Florence Mae Green Nelson. Her husband, Lorie T. Johnson, died April 12,...
Naomi R. Lee
Aug 8, 2009
NAOMI R. LEE, 76, of Crisfield, died Saturday, August 8, 2009 at Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield where she had been a resident for the past four years. Born in Crisfield, Maryland on January 24, 1933, she was a daughter of the late John and Irene Killman DeHaven. Her husband, Howard J. Lee, died July 18, 1997. She was a...
Preston "Cool Breeze" Crockett
Aug 7, 2009
PRESTON LEE "COOL BREEZE" CROCKETT, 63, of Crisfield, died Friday, August 7, 2009, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Nassawaddox, Virginia on June 16, 1946, he was a son of the late Charles Crockett and Amanda Jane Parks. He was raised on Tangier Island, Virginia, and had been making his home in Crisfield for the past 27...
Donald Lee Tull
Aug 6, 2009
Donald Lee Tull, 76, of Crisfield, passed away at the Berlin Nursing Home, in Berlin, on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009, of natural causes. He fought a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. He served in the U.S. Navy for 4 years and also served in the U.S. Air Force for 2 years, before being honorably discharged. He worked for Rental Equipment...
Nina Ray Coons
Jul 25, 2009
NINA RAY COONS, 91, of Marion Station, died Saturday, July 25, 2009 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born on Tangier Island, Virginia on April 19, 1918, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Clara Parks Bradshaw. Her first husband, Alfred L. Crockett, died in 1949, and her second husband, whom she had been married to...
Gloria Banks
Jul 12, 2009
GLORIA MARIE BANKS, 84, of Eden, died Sunday, July 12, 2009 at her home following a brave battle with bone cancer. She was born on February 26, 1925 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Known and loved as "Mom Banks", she moved to the Eastern Shore in her early twenties to work for Peninsula Regional Hospital in the Medical Records Department. She also...
Eula Newton Sparks
Jul 12, 2009
EULA NEWTON SPARKS, 72, of Crisfield for the past five years and formerly of Valls Creek, West Virginia, died Sunday, July 12, 2009 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born on April 8, 1937 in Duffield, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Myrtle Vaughn Carter. Her husband, Gratton Sparks, died June 30, 1998. She is...
