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Thomas "Paul" Sterling

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

Dolores H. Nelson

Dolores H. Nelson

Jul 8, 2008

DOLORES H. NELSON, 81, of Boca Raton, Florida and formerly of Crisfield died Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at her home in Boca Raton. Born in Crisfield on December 12, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Mable Sterling Helsby. Her husband, J. Kenneth Nelson died October 16, 1999. She had been making her home in Florida since...

Lynda Mae Holland

Lynda Mae Holland

Jun 30, 2008

LYNDA MAE HOLLAND, 60, of Crisfield, and formerly of Odenton, died Monday, June 30, 2008 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. She was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia on August 27, 1947. A homemaker, she enjoyed BINGO, fishing, crabbing, and spending time with all her family. She is survived by her wonderful husband of 44 years, Clyde Joe Holland...

Catherine Wheatley

Catherine Wheatley

Jun 26, 2008

On Thursday, June 26, 2008, Catherine "Marie" Wheatley, 62, of Marion Station, MD and formerly of Baltimore, went to her eternal home.

She was the devoted wife of John Wheatley, Sr. and loving mother to Garland Lockhart and her husband, Steve of Westminster, Torie Webb and her husband Danny of Westover, MD, Michael Wheatley and his wife Billie of...

Ruth V. Bradshaw

Ruth V. Bradshaw

Jun 26, 2008

Ruth Virginia Bradshaw, 92, of Ewell on Smith Island, died on Thursday, June 26, 2008 at the Manokin Manor Nursing Home in Princess Anne. Born on Tylerton, Smith Island, she was the daughter of the late Edwin C. Smith, Sr. and Annie Parks Smith. She was a homemaker. Her husband, J. Willroy Bradshaw, was longtime owner of the Smith Island...

Robert G. Shutt

Robert G. Shutt

Jun 16, 2008

Robert G. Shutt, 79, of Hearts Ease near Crisfield MD, formerly of Yorklyn, DE passed away on Monday, June 16, 2008 at the McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Mr. Shutt was a graduate of A.I. duPont High School, and served his country in the U.S. Marines. Robert was a pitcher for the Wilmington Blue Rocks from 1951-52 and was a...

William R. Crockett, Jr.

William R. Crockett, Jr.

Jun 7, 2008

William R. "Billy" Crockett, Jr., 52, of Crisfield, died Saturday, June 7, 2008 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on July 9, 1955, he was a son of William R. "Bill" Crockett, Sr. of Crisfield and the late Gayle Loreman Crockett, who died in 1994. He was self- employed. Billy was a member of Faith Fellowship Assembly...

Dennett Lee Butler

Dennett Lee Butler

May 31, 2008

DENNETT LEE "DENNY" BUTLER, 67, of Shelltown, Maryland, died Saturday, May 31, 2008 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Maryland, from complications of MDS. Born June 17, 1940 in Crisfield, Maryland, he was the son of Gladys Powell Butler of Princess Anne, and the late Earl Butler, who died in 1968. He was a graduate of Marion High School,...

Dennis Cooper

Dennis Cooper

May 28, 2008

PERRY "DENNIS" COOPER, 56, of Marion Station, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. Born July 23, 1951 in Dover, Delaware, he was a son of Janice Sterling of Marion Station and the late Perry E. Cooper. He was a correctional officer with Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover. He was affiliated with Quindocqua United...

Carol Jean Mcmann Sneade

Carol Jean Mcmann Sneade

May 28, 2008

CAROL JEAN McMANN SNEADE, 74, of Crisfield, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. She had been a resident of the Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home since February. Born on Tangier Island, Virginia November 18, 1934, she was a daughter of the late Wesley and Mildred Crockett McMann. She was a retired home health caregiver and...

Gloria Ann Richards

Gloria Ann Richards

May 27, 2008

Surrounded by her devoted family, Gloria Ann Richards, 70, of Crisfield, MD was welcomed to her heavenly home on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, after a long-term illness. Born in Crisfield on February 4, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Sherman Milbourne and the late Martha Coulbourne Milbourne. In 1955, she married the love of her life, Ralph Wesley...

William O. Miller

William O. Miller

May 27, 2008

William O'Donnell Miller, 73, of Crisfield, Maryland and formerly of Louisville, Kentucky, died Monday, May 27, 2008 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, Maryland. He was born February 17, 1935 in Richmond, Kentucky, the second son of the late James A. Miller, Jr., and Frances Loraine O'Donnell Miller. He was educated at the Model School of Eastern Kentucky...

Claude S. Hawkins

Claude S. Hawkins

May 25, 2008

Claude Swanson "Hawk" Hawkins, 79, of Crisfield, died Sunday, May 25, 2008 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Lynchburg, VA on October 11, 1928, he was the son of the late William Edward Hawkins and Katie Lee Brown Hawkins. He loved and was very devoted to his late wife, Elsie J. Hawkins, who died December 25, 1998....

Bessie "Angie" Martin

Bessie "Angie" Martin

May 19, 2008

Bessie Marie "Angie" Dugger Martin, 49, of Crisfield, died on Monday, May 19, 2008 at her home surrounded by her family following a lengthy illness. Born in Rogersville, Tennessee on November 22, 1958, she was the oldest of three children born to the late James Dugger and Wilma Nadine Thompson. She had been living in Crisfield since 1979, moving from...

Laura Horner

Laura Horner

May 17, 2008

LAURA L. HORNER, 89, of Salisbury and formerly of Wenona, died Saturday, May 17, 2008 at Salisbury Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Salisbury. Born in Powellville on January 10, 1919, she was a daughter of the late Charlie and Lucinda Hudson Mitchell. "Miss Laura" was affectionately known as the Avon Lady in the Deal Island area for over 50 years....

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