Obituaries

Feb 10, 2016

Bonnie Sue Rockwell of Linkwood passed away on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at Chesapeake Woods. She was 55. She was born on September 25, 1960 in Dorchester County, Maryland the daughter of the late James C Newcomb, Sr. and Mary R. Mills Newcomb. She worked at Airpax and Coldwater Seafood and later worked as a cashier at Food Lion in...

Feb 4, 2016

Ethel Joyce Stevens of Cambridge passed away on February 4, 2016 at University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Dorchester in Cambridge. Joyce, Joy, Casey were the nicknames many knew her by. Joy was an amazingly loving mother to her three children Jon Stuckey, Angela Gager and Tammy Stevens. Joy is also survived by her son-in-law Brian LeMasters, Grandchildren...

Jan 31, 2016

Marvin O. Stanley Sr. (Pop), 84, of Linkwood, MD passed away peacefully on January 31, 2016 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake surrounded by his loved ones. Born on August 19, 1931 in Supply, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Ettie Lovett. On October 20,1956, Marvin married the late Esther Priscilla Stanley of Fishing Creek, MD. In...

Jan 30, 2016

Harold "Billy" Dawson Jr., 69, of Cambridge passed away quietly on January 30, 2016 at Mallard Bay Care Center, Cambridge. Billy was born July 30, 1946 in Cambridge, MD to Harold "Bill" Dawson and Ida Pauline Dawson (n e Nave). During his early years, Billy lived on a farm in Harmony, MD before moving to South Dorchester County where he...

Jan 30, 2016

Lehman Lewis Adams, 88, of Fishing Creek died Saturday evening, January 30, 2016 at Mallard Bay Care Center with his loving family by his side. Born on April 5, 1927 in Fishing Creek, he was a son of the late Capt. Winfield (Winnie) Adams and Eliza Lewis Adams. Lehman attended school in Hoopers Island and graduated from Hoopers Island High...

Jan 28, 2016

Charles Anthony “Tony” Shockley, 67, of Linkwood, passed away on January 28, 2016 from mesothelioma at home with family and friends by his side. He was born in Cambridge on June 16, 1948, and was the son of Charles E. and Lillie Mae Shockley. Tony grew up on Hoopers Island and was a graduate of South Dorchester High School....

Jan 23, 2016

V. Carol Bramble-Elzey, 59, of Federalsburg passed away peacefully Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake, Salisbury. Her loving husband and daughters never left her side. Born December 31, 1956 in Easton she was a daughter of the late Gladys Parks Bradley and Calvin Florin Bradley. For most of her working career she was a house keeper...

Jan 19, 2016

Theodore E. "Ted" Malkus, 89, of Cambridge, Maryland passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at his home. Born in Cambridge on November 8, 1926 he was a son of the late Nanette Luthy and Milton M. Malkus, Sr. Ted attended the local schools and graduated from Cambridge High School with the class of 1943. In 1947 Ted and the former...

Jan 18, 2016

William A. Reis, Jr., 86, of Elliott Island, Maryland passed away on Monday, January 18, 2016 at Loch Raven Community Living Center, Baltimore. Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland he was the son of the late Edna Dorthea Reibert Reis and William Alexander Reis, Sr. On January 9, 1954 Bill married his sweetheart Shirley Joan at the Messiah Lutheran Church...

Jan 16, 2016

Paul Rue Brooks, age 93, of Cambridge, Md. died on January 16, 2016. Born on July 31, 1922 in Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, He was the son of the late Glesner Neild and Hattie Clayton Brooks, and the grandson of Joseph W. Brooks and Nicey Neild Brooks of Woolford, and John M. Clayton and Laurena Simmons Clayton of Hoopersville. He...

Jan 16, 2016

Rose M. Hubbard, 89, of Cambridge, Maryland passed away Saturday morning, January 16, 2016 at Chesapeake Woods Center, Cambridge. Born on May 3, 1926 in Cambridge, she was the daughter of the late Cora Edith Lewis and James Elmer Cantwell. Rose attended the local schools and graduated from Cambridge High School with the class of 1943. On November 27,...

Jan 10, 2016

Barbara L. Tunney, 76, of Fishing Creek, Maryland passed away peacefully on Sunday evening, January 10, 2016 at UMSMC at Dorchester. Born on September 13, 1939 in Baltimore, Maryland she was a daughter of the late Doris M. Hughes and Russell W. Eckert, Sr. After moving to the Eastern Shore from Baltimore with her family, Barbara knew she loved the...

Dec 28, 2015

Marvin E. Greene, 72, of Crisfield, formally of Cambridge, passed away Monday, December 28, 2015 at St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore.

Born December 15, 1943 in Cambridge, he was a son of the late George (Hank) E. Greene and Hilda McClain Greene Robinson. He attended the local schools and graduated from Cambridge High School with the Class...

Dec 22, 2015

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Cecil O. Wood, 91, of Taylors Island passed away peacefully at his home with his family by his side Tuesday, December 22, 2015. A former resident of Sparks, Maryland, Cecil had made his home on the Island since 1980. Services will be held at a later date.

Born: March 22, 1924 Death: December 22,...

Dec 20, 2015

Jean A. Newcomb, 74, of Cambridge, Maryland passed away Sunday evening, December 20, 2015 at Mallard Bay Care Center, Cambridge with her family by her side. Born June 28, 1941 at Cambridge Hospital, she was a daughter of the late Ugennia Brannock and Joseph Ralph Wallace and step-daughter of Mae Wallace. Jean was raised by her grandmother Alvarde Gore...

Dec 12, 2015

Merlyn Miriam Sherwood, 80, of Easton, Maryland formerly of Galestown passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015 at UMSMC at Easton. Born on September 24, 1935 in Abington, PA she was a daughter of the late Miriam Yeager and Leslie Hart Shank. She was the wife of the late George Edward Sherwood, Jr. Mr. Sherwood died in 2010. Merlyn is survived...

Dec 9, 2015

Lessie Rippons Coulbourne, 73, of Hoopersville passed away early Wednesday morning, December 9, 2015 at UMSMC at Dorchester with her daughter and sister Barbara by her side. Born September 7, 1942 in Baltimore County, she was a daughter of the late Mattie Ruark Rippons and Benjamin Eugene Rippons. She attended the local schools on Hoopers Island and graduated from South...

Nov 16, 2015

Thomas (Tom) Franklin Webster, Sr., 87, formerly of Sharptown, MD, passed away on Monday, November 16, 2015, at Signature Health Center Mallard Bay in Cambridge, MD. Tom was born March 7, 1928, to Dorothy and Captain Dave Webster in Hebron, MD. He was one of eight children, and his only surviving sibling is Warren Webster and his wife, Sarah,...

Nov 16, 2015

William H. "Bill" Bayless, Jr., 70, of Cambridge, Maryland passed away peacefully at his home surrounded in love by his family. Born on October 31, 1945 in Baltimore, Maryland he was a son of the late William H. Bayless, Sr. and Elizabeth Hunt Bayless. Bill attended the local schools in Baltimore and graduated from Catonsville High School. After graduation...

Nov 15, 2015

EDNA LEWIS WHEATLEY WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 15, 1911 AT WINGATE, MARYLAND, THE OLDEST DAUGHTER OF JAMES MATTHEW AND FLOY WINDSOR LEWIS. SHE WENT TO JOIN HER HEAVENLY FAMILY ON NOVEMBER 15, 2015. SHE DIED AT THE SOMERSET ASSISTED LIVING ON LAKE SAUNDERS, TAVARES, FL, WHERE SHE HAD LIVED FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS. EDNA MARRIED MALCOLM OTIS WHEATLEY AT...