Peggy Luann Sterling Davenport
Oct 24, 2008
PEGGY STERLING DAVENPORT, 50, of Easton, died Friday, October 24, 2008 at Easton Memorial Hospital. Born in Crisfield on July 16, 1958, she was the daughter of Patsy S. Murphy of Hurlock and the late Luther R. "Skippo" Sterling who died November 17, 1964. Her husband, Lloyd C. Davenport, Jr., died in a tragic automobile accident on November 3, 2000,...
Betty Hill
Oct 22, 2008
YVONNE ELIZABETH "BETTY" HILL, 67, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at Peninsula Regional Medical in Salisbury. Born in Stotesbury, West Virginia on October 4, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Raymond and Helen Barnabi Armstrong. She was the cook at Watermen's Inn restaurant for the past 25 years and was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary's...
Thomas G. Charnock
Oct 21, 2008
Thomas G. Charnock, of Tangier Island, VA, died on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield and a native of Tangier he was the son of Mary Adelaine Parks Charnock, who survives, and the late Thomas Gladstone Charnock. Mr. Charnock spend his formative years on Tangier Island. He, as most islanders, became a waterman and traveled the Chesapeake...
Lawson E. Williams
Oct 12, 2008
LAWSON E. WILLIAMS, 73, of Marion Station, died Sunday, October 12, 2008 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on December 30, 1934, he was a son of the late Emmett Joseph and Phoebe Emily Maddox Williams. A member of Quindocqua United Methodist Church in Marion Station, he served in the US Army National Guard Company L, 29th...
Fulton Sterling
Oct 12, 2008
FULTON W. STERLING, 74, of Crisfield, died Sunday, October 12, 2008 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on September 19, 1934, he was a son of the late Fulton and Pauline Nelson Sterling. He was a self-employed carpenter who could build anything with his hands and was very creative with his work. He also enjoyed traveling. He...
Richard B. "Dicky" Ward
Oct 11, 2008
Richard B. "Dicky" Ward, 80, of Rehobeth, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at the McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield after a long illness. Born May 4, 1928 in Crisfield he was the son of the late Earl B. and Carrie I. Handy Ward. Dicky served proudly with the U.S. Army as...
Irene Caroline Warwick
Oct 8, 2008
IRENE CAROLINE WARWICK , 77, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. She had been a resident of the Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home for the past three years. Born in Crisfield on November 2, 1930, she was a daughter of the late John and Irene Kilmon DeHaven. Her husband, Charles M. Warwick, Jr....
Carl R. Hirsch
Sep 27, 2008
Carl R. Hirsch, 82, of Annemessex Ridge near Crisfield, died on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. He had been a resident of Crisfield for the past 16 years. Born in Wilmington, DE he was the son of the late Edgar Hirsch and Ruth E. Van Sant Hirsch. He graduated in 1944 from Conrad...
Mike L. Rowe, Jr.
Sep 6, 2008
MIKE L. ROWE, JR., 55, of Crisfield, died Saturday, September 6, 2008 at his home. Born in Portsmouth, Virginia on July 22, 1953, he was the son of Myrtle Butler of Crisfield and the late Mike Loyd Rowe. A graduate of Dill City High School in Oklahoma, he was an employee of Handy's Company in Crisfield, and prior, was a...
Susan J. Overholt
Aug 29, 2008
SUSAN J. OVERHOLT, 76, of Pocomoke City, died Friday, August 29, 2008 at her home. Born in Girdletree on July 6, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Milton Edward and Pruella Susan Young Tarr. She was a homemaker and a member of Goodwill Baptist Church in Pocomoke where she was past choir director, Rehobeth Baptist Church, the Late...
Shelva Jean Evans
Aug 20, 2008
SHELVA JEAN EVANS, 69, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at her home. Born in Crisfield on October 26, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Lloyd James and Thelma Virginia Byrd Tyler. A member of Faith Fellowship Assembly of God in Crisfield, she was a homemaker who enjoyed spending time with her family. She was also anxiously...
Wallace "Bunk" Landon
Aug 18, 2008
WALLACE "BUNK" LANDON, 72, of Crisfield, died Monday, August 18, 2008 at his home on Jacksonville Road in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on February 20, 1936, he was a son of the late Charles Christopher and Erma Ward Landon. His wife, Betty Lou Landon, died November 18, 2007. A US Army veteran, "Bunk" worked at the former Sweetheart Bakery in...
Caleb W. Jones, Jr.
Aug 15, 2008
Caleb W. Jones, Jr., 81, of Crisfield, died Friday, August 15, 2008 at his home. Born on Ewell at Smith Island he was the son of the late Caleb W. Jones, Sr. and Charlotte Tyler Jones. He was a retired waterman. He was a member of the Evangelical Wesleyan Church in Crisfield, and was inducted a few years ago in...
James W. Dodson
Aug 9, 2008
JAMES W. DODSON, 90, of Crisfield and formerly of Baltimore, died Saturday, August 9, 2008 at Hope Hospice House in Cape Coral, Florida. Born in Culpepper, Virginia on April 7, 1918, he was a son of the late Aubrey and Lottie Waters Dodson. His wife, Theda D. Dodson, died March 31, 2003. He had been making his home in Fort...
Thomas "Paul" Sterling
Aug 9, 2008
PAUL STERLING, 76, of Pocomoke City and formerly of Crisfield, died Saturday, August 9, 2008 at Salisbury Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Crisfield November 29, 1931, he was a son of the late Willis and Grace Blake Sterling. He was a retired maintenance worker at the former Mrs. Paul's Kitchens in Crisfield. He enjoyed horses, fishing and hunting. He...
E. Franklin Humphreys
Aug 8, 2008
Edward Franklin "Frankie" Humphreys, 72, of Crisfield, died Friday, August 8, 2008 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield on October 4, 2008, he was a son of the late Edward "Bunny" and Lola Wharton Humphreys. He worked many years with his father-in-law, the late John Goldsborough, at Goldsborough's Grocery in Crisfield until their closing. He also...
Evelyn Frances Landon
Jul 26, 2008
EVELYN FRANCES LANDON, 96, of Crisfield, died Saturday, July 26, 2008 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield where she had been a resident for the past few months. Born in Crisfield on November 13, 1911, she was a daughter of the late Oscar Francis and Vida Jane Tyler Howard. Her husband, Charles Linwood "Suttag" Landon, Sr., died June...
Agnes Mae Harris
Jul 22, 2008
AGNES MAE HARRIS, 85, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield where she had been a resident for the past seven years. The daughter of the late Joseph and Lucille Wheeler Taylor, she was born July 4, 1923, the first baby born in McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Her husband, Otis W....
Stuart Raymond Garrison
Jul 15, 2008
Stuart Raymond Garrison, of Crisfield, who has been missing since 2002, was found on February 9, 2005 and was positively identified and released by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore on Tuesday, July 15, 2008. Born in Crisfield on October 7, 1959, he was a son of Mary Ruth Somers Garrison of Crisfield and the late Jesse...
Allen Somers, Jr.
Jul 14, 2008
ALLEN "BOH" SOMERS, 65, of Crisfield, died Monday, July 14, 2008 at his home. Born in Crisfield on October 7, 1942, he was the son of Allen "Froggy" Somers of Crisfield and the late Mary Virginia Riggin Somers. He was retired from the former Carvel Hall Cutlery in Crisfield where he worked 33 years until their closing and was currently...
