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...
Linda Faye Walston
Jul 12, 2009
LINDA FAYE WALSTON, 64, of Marion Station, went to be with her Lord and Saviour on July 12, 2009 from Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born on June 8, 1945 in Crisfield, Maryland, she was a daughter of the late Olive Landon Hickman. She leaves behind her two adoring and loving sons, Ralph Lester Walston, Jr. and wife...
Nancy Purnell Cox
Jul 8, 2009
NANCY PURNELL COX, 79, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at McCready Memorial Hospital. Born in Crisfield August 26, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Weldon "Kid" Purnell and Eva Riggin Purnell Milbourne. Her husband, Arthur Thomas Cox, Jr. died August 9, 1987. A graduate of Crisfield High School, she was a retired Clerk-Treasurer for The City...
Katina Leigh Marshall
Jul 7, 2009
KATINA LEIGH MARSHALL, 36, of Crisfield, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield following a valiant battle with leukemia. Born in Crisfield April 23, 1973, she was a daughter of George Thomas Marshall, III and Beatrice "Bea" Griffin Marshall of Crisfield. She grew up in Durham, North Carolina, graduating in 1991 from Jordan High School....
M. Kathryn Laird
Jul 5, 2009
M. Kathryn Laird, 100, of Buffalo, NY and formerly of Crisfield, died on Sunday, July 5, 2009 in Buffalo. Born in Crisfield January 22, 1909, she was the daughter of the late Levi Laird and Lula League Laird. She was a self employed hairdresser for many years. She was a member of the Immanuel United Methodist Church in Crisfield. Surviving...
Rita Evans Crockett
Jul 2, 2009
RITA EVANS CROCKETT, 93, of Crisfield, died Thursday, July 2, 2009 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born on Rhodes Point, Smith Island, on January 10, 1916, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Effie Evans. She married James Edward Crockett, moved to Crisfield, and started working at Estelle Bradshaw's Beauty Shop. Later, they moved to Linden, New...
Billy Joe Cales
Jul 1, 2009
BILLY JOE CALES, 79, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, July 1, 2009 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Sandstone, West Virginia on July 7, 1929, he was the son of the late Leslie Dunn Cales and Lena Madge Gill Cales. He had been making his home in Crisfield for the past 20 years. He was a former truck...
Jacqueline Faye "Jackie" Mooney
Jul 1, 2009
JACQUELINE FAYE MOONEY, 67, of Salisbury and formerly of Berlin, Westminster and Crisfield, died Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at Deer's Head Hospital Center in Salisbury where she had been a resident since December 1989 after being injured in an automobile accident. Born in Towson on February 15, 1942, she was a daughter of Katherine LaBarre Riggin of Crisfield and the...
Andrew L. "Shad" Crockett
Jul 1, 2009
ANDREW L. CROCKETT (SHAD) of Crisfield, Maryland died on July 1, 2009 at age 85 after a brief illness. Born on Tangier Island, Virginia, he was the son of the late Andrew A. and Priscilla Wheatley Crockett. He was a graduate of Crisfield High School and the U.S. Army Transportation Marine Deck Officer's Academy. As a young man he worked...
Wade D. Ward
Jun 29, 2009
WADE D. WARD, 85, of Crisfield, died Monday, June 29, 2009 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield on March 24, 1924, he was a son of the late Weldon William and Lena Elizabeth Ward. His wife of 30 years, Helen Sue Cox Ward, preceded him in death on May 7, 1991. A Crisfield High School graduate...
Carroll Walters, Jr.
Jun 28, 2009
CARROLL WALTERS, JR., 78, of Deal Island, died Sunday, June 28, 2009 at his home. Born on Deal Island on November 22, 1930, he was the son of the late Benjamin Carroll Walters, Sr. and Alice Twigg Walters. A graduate of Deal Island School, he was the owner of Carroll Walters Seafood. He was also very proud that he was...
Estelle Bradshaw
Jun 27, 2009
Estelle Bradshaw, 93, of Crisfield, died on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at the Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home. Born on Feb. 16, 1916 at Ewell, Smith Island, she was the daughter of the late Noah T. Evans and Maggie Dora Jones Evans. She was a licensed Beautician since 1931 and was owner and operator of Estelle's Beauty Shop in Crisfield....
Richard Wayne Evans
Jun 17, 2009
RICHARD WAYNE EVANS, 63, of Ewell, Smith Island, died Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Born in Crisfield on September 1, 1945, he was a son of the late Emory L. and Mary Jane Evans and the grandson of the late Raymond and Hattie Evans and Harry and Miranda Evans. He had lived most his life...
Carlis Somers
Jun 17, 2009
Carlis Somers, 59, of Hendersonville, TN and formerly of Crisfield, and daughter of the late Bud & Hettie Lentz, died on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at her home of cancer. She graduated from TA Futrall High School in Marianna, AR in 1968 and Crowley's Ridge Vocational Technical Nursing College in Forrest City, AR in 1970. Her passion in nursing was...
Charles W. Bishop
Jun 10, 2009
CHARLES W. BISHOP, 78, of the Rehobeth area of Westover, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Pocomoke City on January 11, 1931, he was a son of the late Raymond and Daisey Brittingham Bishop. A 1948 graduate of Pocomoke High School, and a US Navy Korean War veteran, he was a retired...
