L. Carroll Adams
Jun 7, 2009
L. CARROLL ADAMS, 80, of Marion Station, died Sunday, June 7, 2009 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Marion Station on September 6, 1928, he was a son of the late Ernest and Marie Bailey Adams. A Crisfield High School graduate, he was a life-long farmer. He attended the former Phoenix United Methodist Church and Mariners United Methodist...
David M. Price
Jun 5, 2009
DAVID M. PRICE, 52, of Crisfield, died Friday, June 5, 2009 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore following a sudden illness. Born in Crisfield, December 3, 1956, he was a son of Janet Lee "Tease" Tull Price of Crisfield and the late Donald M. Price who died November 7, 1991. A 1975 graduate of Crisfield High School, and...
Charles L. "Lindy" Carman, Sr.
Jun 5, 2009
CHARLES L. "LINDY" CARMAN, 81, of Crisfield, died Friday, June 5, 2009 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield on June 16, 1927, he was the son of the late John William "Gilly" and Alma Somers Carman. He was a waterman and a United States Navy veteran. He was also a member of the Watermen's Hall of...
Joan F. Keller
Jun 3, 2009
JOAN F. KELLER, 73, of Marion, Maryland and formerly of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Maryland. Born in Philadelphia on October 5, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Lydia Pahl Smith. A 1953 graduate of Upper Darby Senior High School in Upper Darby, PA, she was a...
Jessie Mae Abbott
May 26, 2009
JESSIE MAE ABBOTT, 73, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at her home. Born in Crisfield May 17, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Albert James and Rhea Jeanette Sterling Rich. She was a former employee of Handy's and Mrs. Paul's Kitchens. She was a member of the Evangelical Wesleyan Church in Crisfield, which she loved. A...
William Terry "Aub" Marshall
May 23, 2009
WILLIAM TERRY "AUBREY" MARSHALL, 71, of Tangier Island, Virginia, died Saturday, May 23, 2009 at his home. Born on Tangier Island September 27, 1937, he was a son of the late Homer "Coolie" Marshall and Margaret Parks Dise. He was a waterman and a US Navy veteran. He was a member of Swain Memorial United Methodist Church and the Tangier...
Judith Faye "Judy" Byrd
May 18, 2009
JUDITH FAYE "JUDY" BYRD, 69, of Crisfield, died Monday, May 18, 2009 at her home. Born in Crisfield on July 12, 1939, she was a daughter of Gladys Marshall Blades of Crisfield and the late James P. Blades. Her husband, Donald "Sparky" Byrd, died July 1, 1998. A Crisfield High School graduate of the class of 1958, she was a...
Warren Thomas Bradford
May 13, 2009
Warren Thomas Bradford, 84, of Salisbury for the past 29 years and formerly of Marion, died on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on November 18, 1924, he was a son of the late Edward and Cecile Isola Bradford. A US Navy World War II veteran, he was a life...
Robert Henry Keene, Iii
May 9, 2009
ROBERT HENRY KEENE, III, 73, of Westover and formerly of Baltimore, died Saturday, May 9, 2009 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Baltimore on January 5, 1936, he was a son of Robert Henry Keene, Jr. of Baltimore and the late Margaret Hays Keene. He was a retired truck driver. He is survived by his father, Robert H....
Dickie "Richard" Tawes
May 9, 2009
DICKIE "RICHARD" TAWES, 75, of Salisbury, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2009 at Salisbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Born in Crisfield on December 21, 1933, he was the son of the late Robert and Katherine Evans Tawes. He was a US Army veteran, and formerly worked for The City of Crisfield, NASA and NOAA. He is survived by his wife,...
Rachel Katherine Mccready
May 4, 2009
RACHEL KATHERINE McCREADY, 93, of Baltimore, and formerly of Pennsylvania and Crisfield, died Monday, May 4, 2009 at Manor Care-Rossville in Baltimore. Born in Crisfield on June 29, 1915, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Ida Mae Ward Riggin. Her husband, Carroll James McCready, preceded her in death on September 4, 1985. A homemaker, she was a...
Eva R. Moore
Apr 28, 2009
EVA R. MOORE, 95, of Crisfield, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 from Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home where she had been a resident for almost four years. Born in Crisfield on January 23, 1914, she was a daughter of the late Edward "Ned" and Marie Matthews Riggin. Her husband, H. Stanley Moore, died in...
Elworth R. "Jr." Hall, Jr.
Apr 24, 2009
ELWORTH RAYMOND "JR." HALL, JR., 73, of Crisfield, died Friday, April 24, 2009 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on December 2, 1935, he was the son of Verna Lee Poole Hall of Crisfield and the late Elworth Raymond Hall. A graduate of Marion High School, he was a farmer and crab pot maker. He was a...
Lorine Lawson
Apr 19, 2009
Lorine Lawson, 72, of Marion Station, died on Sunday, April 19, 2009 at the McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in West Virginia on May 1, 1936, she was daughter of the late John Clifford Holland and Bessie Elizabeth Hicks Holland. She was a homemaker and a Certified Nursing Assistant. Surviving are three sons; Kermit Lawson, Jr., and Gregory Lawson,...
Margaret Lee Tawes
Apr 18, 2009
MARGARET LEE TAWES, 97, of Crisfield, died Saturday, April 18, 2009 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Salisbury on March 8, 1912, she was the only child of the late J. Osbourne Nelson (died 1960) and Sadye Davis Nelson (died 1952). Her devoted husband of 48 years, John P. Tawes, preceded her in death on September 19, 1986....
Ruth W. Isiminger
Apr 15, 2009
RUTH W. ISIMINGER, 91, of Norfolk and formerly of Crisfield, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2009, in Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center. Born in Philadelphia, she was raised in Crisfield, the daughter of the late Harry and Elata Whelton. A graduate of Crisfield High School, she worked for civil service as a phone operator for more than 25 years. She...
John Lawrence Somers, Jr.
Apr 15, 2009
JOHN LAWRENCE SOMERS, JR., 80, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on October 3, 1928, he was a son of the late J. Lawrence and Amy Adams Somers. A graduate of Crisfield High School class of 1945, he was the owner and founder of Somers Crab Pots and was the...
William Benson "Ben" Sterling
Apr 14, 2009
WILLIAM BENSON "BEN" STERLING, 89, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at Manokin Manor Nursing Home in Princess Anne. Born in Crisfield on January 18, 1920, he was a son of the late William and Mary Ann Hickman Sterling. He was a retired custodian of the former Maryland Crabmeat Company, and also worked at the former Mrs. Paul's Kitchens,...
Grace M. "Peggy" Riggin
Apr 14, 2009
Grace Mae Adams Riggin, 83, also known as "Peg" to her late husband; "Peggy" to her family and friends; "Grace" to many; "Miss Grace" to all her family at Manokin Manor; "Mom-Peg" to a few; "Mom" to three; "Granmom" to ten; and most importantly, "Child" to the Father, died on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at the Manokin Manor Nursing Home...
George E. "Junie" Massey, Jr.
Apr 12, 2009
GEORGE ELTON "JUNIE" MASSEY, JR., 87, of Crisfield, passed away Sunday, April 12, 2009 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield after a short stay. He was a native of Crisfield, born August 13, 1921 to the late Eva Byrd Massey and George Elton Massey. Valedictorian of Crisfield High School Class of 1937, he served in the US Navy on a...
