Pearl Byrd
Mar 3, 2007
PEARL E. BYRD, 92, of Crisfield, died Saturday, March 3, 2007 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield where she had been a resident for 6 years. Born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania on November 2, 1914, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Lena Aldridge Pollette. Her husband, James R. Byrd, Jr., died March 13, 1965. She was...
William R. "Bill" Ernst
Feb 27, 2007
William R. "Bill" Ernst, 80, of Lutherville, MD, died on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at Stella Maris in Timonium, MD. Born in Baltimore he was the son of the late John H. Ernst and the late Martha Jane Unglaub Ernst (a native of Crisfield). In 1944 he dropped out of high school at the age of 17 and lied about...
Homer Tyler, Jr.
Feb 18, 2007
HOMER D. TYLER, JR., 49, of Crisfield and formerly of Smith Island, died Sunday, February 18, 2007 at the Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born on Smith Island on July 5, 1957, he was a son of Homer D. Tyler, Sr. of Crisfield and the late Helen Evans Tyler. He was a life-long waterman and a member of...
Daniel Harrison
Feb 15, 2007
DANIEL WILSON HARRISON, SR., 93, of Ewell, Smith Island, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 15, 2007 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield where he had been a resident for several years. Born on Smith Island April 16, 1913, he was a son of the late Tankard Edward and Eva Maxine Evans Harrison. His wife,...
Elizabeth Pruitt
Feb 14, 2007
Mrs. Elizabeth Bounds Pruitt, 89, of Tangier Island, Virginia died on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at the Harrisonburg Health and Rehab Center in Harrisonburg, VA. Born in West Point, Virginia on February 10, 1918, she was a daughter of the late Charles Milton and Mary Emma Wood Bounds. Her husband, Charlie W. Pruitt, died October 6, 1982. Mrs. Pruitt was...
Rudolph "Rudy" Ward
Feb 12, 2007
RUDOLPH LEO WARD, 78, of Salisbury, died Monday, February 12, 2007 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield, Maryland on December 30, 1928, he was a son of the late Charles William and Mollie Cook Ward. Rudy was a longtime employee of the former Schmidts Baking Company in Crisfield but retired from Standard Register in Salisbury in...
Joyce Gerald
Feb 11, 2007
Joyce R. Gerald, 87, passed away on February 11, 2007, at Maryview Nursing Care Center in Suffolk, VA. She was a native of Crisfield, MD, and the daughter of the late Eva Byrd Massey and George Elton Massey. She was predeceased by her husband, J. Edward Gerald, who passed away in 1996. Mrs. Gerald was a longtime employee of the...
Wanda Daugherty
Feb 4, 2007
WANDA L. DAUGHERTY, 75, of Crisfield, died Sunday, February 4, 2007 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on July 25, 1931, she was a daughter of the late John T. and Alva G. Somers Bozman. Her husband, Robert Lee "Bobby" Daugherty, died October 16, 1992. She was a homemaker and a former CNA at the...
Dorothy Milliner
Feb 1, 2007
DOROTHY MADDOX MILLINER, 77, of Crisfield and formerly of Accomack County, Virginia, died Thursday, February 1, 2007 at her home. She had been making her home in Crisfield for the past 52 years. Born in Birmingham, Alabama on December 27, 1929, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary Deason Maddox. Her husband of 54 years, Herbert James...
Norris "Scorchy" Tawes
Jan 29, 2007
CHARLES NORRIS "SCORCHY" TAWES, 86, of Crisfield, died of cardiovascular disease Monday, January 29, 2007 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on January 20, 1921, he was a son of the late John Ellis Dido Tawes and the late Bessie Parks Marshall. His wife of 66 years, Ellen Jean Tawes, died November 19, 2005. A...
Joseph Sorrell
Jan 26, 2007
JOSEPH E. SORRELL, 53, of Tucson, Arizona and formerly of Cleveland, Ohio and the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, died in Tucson. Born in Washington, D.C. on August 20, 1953, he was the son of the late Jesse J. and Emily M. Hill Sorrell. He became disabled at the age of 28, and prior, was an electronic technician. He was...
Virginia Mister
Jan 14, 2007
CRISFIELD VIRGINIA F. MISTER, 97, of Crisfield, died Sunday, January 14, 2007 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Deal Island on May 8, 1909, she was the daughter of the late Archibald and Nettie Northam White. Her husband, James Garland "Tighty" Mister, died July 28, 1994. A homemaker, she was a member of Immanuel United Methodist Church in...
Preston Scott, Sr.
Jan 11, 2007
PRESTON H. SCOTT, SR., 87, of Crisfield, and formerly of Salisbury, died Thursday, January 11, 2007 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. He had been a resident of the Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield for the past eight years. Born in Crisfield on April 6, 1919, he was a son of the late Marvin Scott and the late...
Elizabeth Harris
Jan 7, 2007
ELIZABETH E. "AUNT BETTY" HARRIS, 85, of Crisfield, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 7, 2007 at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield on April 7, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Herman and Mamie Ann Somers Walston. She was a seamstress at the former Crisfield Cap Factory and was a...
Harry Ulvila
Jan 4, 2007
HARRY O. ULVILA, 71, of the Annemessex Ridge Area of Crisfield, Maryland and formerly of Massachusetts, died Thursday, January 4, 2007 at his home. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts on February 8, 1935, he was the son of the late Eino and Aune Seppala Ulvila of Finland. He had been a resident of Crisfield for six years. He was a graduate...
Mary Ann Sterling
Jan 2, 2007
MARY ANN STERLING, 80, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, January 2, 2007 at Manokin Manor Nursing Home in Princess Anne where she had been a resident for four years. Born in Virginia on June 8, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Pete and Lena Poulson Purcell. Her husband, William E. "Tucker" Sterling died December 15, 1993. She was a...
Jonah Nelson Whitelock
Jan 2, 2007
JONAH NELSON WHITELOCK, stillborn son of Craig Steven and Beth Ann Nelson Whitelock of Marion Station, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 2, 2007 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his sister, Joelle Evelyn Whitelock of Marion Station; his maternal grandmother, Jo Nelson of Crisfield; and many...
Elizabeth Nelson Olsen
Dec 30, 2006
CRISFIELD ELIZABETH NELSON OLSEN, of Crisfield, went to her Heavenly Home on Saturday, December 30, 2006. She was 81 years of age. Born in Crisfield on her Mother's birthday, November 6, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Charles Christopher and Hattie Lawson Nelson. Her husband, Oscar Olsen died October 29, 1975. A Crisfield High School class of 1942...
Harold Lindale
Dec 26, 2006
HAROLD GEORGE LINDALE, 79, of Crisfield since 1954 and formerly of Harrington, Delaware, died Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at his home. Born in Fredericka, Delaware on July 29, 1927, he was the son of the late George Edward and Ruth Reynolds Lindale. A retired Trouble In Service employee with Delmarva Power, he was a member of Mariners United Methodist Church...
June Landon
Dec 26, 2006
JUNE TYLER LANDON, 81, of Crisfield, died Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield on January 8, 1925, she was a daughter of the late W. Washington and Agnes Justice Tyler. Her husband, Arthur T. Landon, Sr. died on February 27, 2003. They shared 61 years of marriage. She worked for many years...
