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Wade D. Ward

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

L. Carroll Adams

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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,...

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