Roxie Marie (Purnell) Connelly
Mar 29, 2015
Roxie Purnell (Marie) Connelly, 76, died Sunday, March 29, 2015 at her son's home in Plant City, Florida. Born in Bishopville, MD, she was the daughter of the late Elisha and Linda (Waples) Purnell. She received her formal education in the public schools of Worcester County, graduating from the former Worcester High School.  Upon graduation she matriculated at the former...
John Franklin Jarmon
Mar 24, 2015
Berlin – John Franklin ("Jack") Jarmon, 67 died Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Berlin, MD. Born in Whaleysville, he was the son of the late Franklin M. and Ella (Smack) Jarmon. He was a 1965 graduate of the former Worcester High School.  Upon graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served until...
Willie Hubert Hargis
Mar 6, 2015
Willie Hubert (Hub) Hargis, 77 died Friday, March 6, 2015 at Easton Memorial Hospital in Easton. Born in Parksley, VA, he was the son of the late Charlie and Esther (Wise) Hargis. He retired from the maintenance department of Roadway Inn in Ocean City.  He was also formerly employed as a truck driver for various companies, including Rance Trucking in...
Ella Mae Elizabeth (Dale) Robins
Mar 4, 2015
Ella Mae Dale Robins, 92 died Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Harrison House Senior Living in Snow Hill, where she resided since 2005. Born here, she was the daughter of the late Rennie Dale and Charles Powell. She was formerly employed with the former Seabonay and Stardust Hotels in Ocean City.  She was a member of St. James Holiness Church...
Tyvolia Marie (Wise) Beach
Feb 16, 2015
Wachapreague, VA - Tyvolia Marie "Pinkey" Beach, died Monday, February 16, 2015 at her home in Wachapreague, VA. Born in Keller, VA, she was the daughter of the late Mary Virginia Francis Wise and Lorenzo Matthews. She received her formal education in the public schools of Accomack County.  Her Christian training was received as a child at Snead's United Methodist...
Josephine (Watson) Fields
Feb 14, 2015
SALISBURY – Josephine ("Jo") Fields, 84 died Saturday evening in her Flamingo Drive home in Salisbury, MD. Born in Mappsville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Nettie (Cropper) Watson.  Her late husband, Robert L. Fields, Sr. died in 1980. She was a 1948 graduate of the former Salisbury Colored High School. She retired in 1977 as...
Thomas H. Pitts
Feb 9, 2015
Eden – Thomas (Tommy) H. Pitts, 88 of S. Upper Ferry Road in Eden, died Monday, February 9, 2015 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Henry Pitts and Dorothy (Jones) Pitts Carter.  His wife, Edna Burke Pitts preceded him in death. He served in the U.S. Army during...
Rebecca (Hilliard) Felton
Feb 7, 2015
Rebecca H. (Becky) Felton, 96 died Saturday, February 7, 2015 at Salisbury/Genesis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center where she had been a resident since June. Born in Wilson County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Laura (Harris) Hilliard.  Her late husband Ernest Felton preceded her in death. She was formerly employed with the former Showell Poultry Plant.  ...
Margaret Elizabeth (Holbrook) Fountain
Feb 2, 2015
Margaret Elizabeth (Liz) Fountain, died Monday, February 2, 2015 in her Coulbourn Mill Road home in Salisbury. Born in Mt. Vernon, MD, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Nora (Smith) Holbrook.  He late husband, Charles Fountain, Sr. died in 2008. She was employed for more than 30 years with Wicomico County Board of Education as a school...
Lillian M. (Bailey) Fisher
Feb 1, 2015
Pocomoke City – Lillian M. (Patsy) Fisher, 87 died Sunday, February 1, 2015 at Hartley Hall Nursing Home in Pocomoke City, where she had been a resident since 1999. Born in Tyaskin, MD, she was the daughter of the late Wade H. Bailey and Nettie (McCoy) Bailey Handy. She was a graduate of the former Salisbury Colored High School. She...
Shenekia Lynn Hughes
Jan 31, 2015
Mardela Springs – Shenekia (Poodie) Lynn Hughes, 33 died, Saturday, January 31, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Born in Salisbury, she is the daughter of Randall Hughes of Hurlock and Arnitrea Mitchell of Forestville, MD. She was a 2000 graduate of Central High School in Capitol Heights, MD where she sang in their Concert Choir. She was a member of Mt....
Everett William Waller, Jr.
Jan 30, 2015
Salisbury, Everett William (Billy) Waller, 85 died Friday, January 30, 2015 at Salisbury/Genesis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Salisbury, MD. Born in Salisbury, he was the son of the late Ella Winder Purnell and Everett William Waller, Sr. He was a 1948 graduate of the former Salisbury Colored High School.  Upon graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army and...
Blanche Elizabeth (Furniss) Purnell
Jan 27, 2015
Blanche Elizabeth Furniss Purnell, 93 died Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, MD. Born in Eden, MD, she was the daughter of the late Harry Jacob Furniss and Queen Elizabeth (Parsons) Furniss.  Her late husband, Dr. Elmer A. Purnell died in 1995. She was a graduate of the former Salisbury Colored High School.  Upon graduation...
Evelyn (Sessoms) Fletcher
Jan 23, 2015
Snow Hill - Evelyn Fletcher, 92 of Snow Hill, died Friday, January 23, 2015 at Snow Hill Nursing and Rehabiltation Center in Snow Hill. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Jacob Sessoms and Lenora (Roscoe) Sessoms Holland. She was employed as a seasonal worker for many years. She attended the former Partakers of Christ...
Susie M. (Nichols) Dashiell
Jan 7, 2015
Susie Mae Dashiell, daughter of the late Leroy H. Nichols, Sr. and Louise (Fields) Nichols Edmundson, was born in Quantico, MD on April 26, 1927.  Surrounded by her family, she peacefully departed this life on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Deer's Head State Hospital in Salisbury, MD. She received her formal education in the public schools of Wicomico County, and...
Irene Stanford (Stanford) Satchell
Jan 6, 2015
Irene Stanford Satchell, formerly of Fruitland, MD, died Tuesday, January 6, 2015 in Camden, New Jersey.  She had made her home in Camden since 1951. Born in Fruitland, MD, she was the daughter of the late Henry Wesley Stanford and Irene Wilson Stanford.  Her husband, Bernard Lee Satchell preceded her in April 2000. She received her formal education in the...
Maggie Ellen (Briddell) Spence
Dec 14, 2014
Maggie E. Spence, 89 died Sunday, December 14, 2014 at her Teagle Road home in Berlin, MD. Born in Berlin, she was the daughter of the late Walter F. and Maggie (Lockwood) Briddell. She was a member of Tyree A.M.E. Church in Berlin where she was an usher and choir member. She was also a member of the American Legion...
Willard Maxwell Roberts, Jr.
Nov 21, 2014
Willard Maxwell (Willie, Scootsie) Roberts, Jr., 82 died Friday, November 21, 2014 at Aurora Senior Living of Manokin of Princess Anne, MD. Born in Jesterville, MD, he was the son of the late Willard, Sr. and Sarah (Wigfall) Roberts.  His wife, Louise W. Roberts died August 26, 2013. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, receiving an...
Catherine Bratten (Bratten) Bishop
Nov 10, 2014
Pocomoke City – Catherine "Cat" Bratten Bishop, 84 died Monday, November 10, 2014 at Hartley Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Pocomoke City, MD. Born in Girdletree, MD, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence W. and Pearline (Finney) Bratten.  Her late husband, Clarence W. Bishop, Sr. died in 2000. She was employed with and retired from the former...
James Percy Owens
Nov 9, 2014
James Percy (Jimmy) Owens, 89 of Ogle Avenue, died Sunday, November 9, 2014 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Columbia, NC, he was the son of the late Percy and Nolia (Howard) Owens. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II, receiving an honorable discharge in 1946. He retired from the former Purity...
