Sara Mcgrath Andrews
Mar 27, 2007
SARA McGRATH ANDREWS, 89, of Pocomoke City, died Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at Salisbury Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield October 26, 1917, she was a daughter of the late John H. and Addie Mae Mills McGrath. Her husband, James F. Andrews died October 15, 1990. She had been making her home in Pocomoke City since 1954,...
Jesse Raymond Garrison, Jr.
Mar 26, 2007
JESSE RAYMOND GARRISON, JR., 74, of Crisfield, died Monday, March 26, 2007 at his home. Born in Crisfield January 29, 1933, he was a son of the late J. Raymond and Arinthia Meredith Garrison. He was a graduate of the Crisfield High School class of 1951, and briefly attended Western Maryland College. He was also a US Army veteran serving...
Hayes Diggs, Jr.
Mar 17, 2007
Hayes F. "Satch" Diggs, Jr., 50, of Crisfield, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 17, 2007 from the McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield. Born in Crisfield he was the son of the late Hayes Franklin Diggs and Patsy Ruth Diggs. He worked at Diggs Seafood Company until it's closure and then the family business, Mary's Little Lambs....
Arza Owens
Mar 16, 2007
Arza A. Owens, 79, of Crisfield, passed away at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury Friday, March 16, 2007 surrounded by his family. Born in Crisfield on February 18, 1928, he was the son of the late Christopher C. Owens, Jr. and the late Esther Mae Elliott Owens. He retired in 1990 with the former Mrs. Paul's Kitchens in Crisfield....
William H. "Slugger" Hinman
Mar 8, 2007
William H. "Slugger" Hinman, 80, of Crisfield, died on Thursday, March 8, 2007 at Harley Hall Nursing Home in Pocomoke City. Born in Crisfield on January 26, 1927, he was the son of the late Emma Trader Hinman and Samuel Preston Hinman. An Army Veteran of World War II, he served with the 88th Blue Devil Division in Europe. He...
Terry Schweizer
Mar 4, 2007
TERRY PRESTON SCHWEIZER, 54, of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey and formerly of Crisfield, went to be with the Lord Sunday, March 4, 2007. Born in Crisfield on August 8, 1952, he was a son of Rose Dize Messick of Mt. Vernon. He attended Crisfield Elementary School and later graduated from Oakcrest High School in New Jersey. He was a...
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...
