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...
Gladys B. (Billups) Goslee
Nov 5, 2014
Gladys Billups Goslee, 78 died Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, MD. Born in Yorktown, VA, she was the daughter of the late George H., Sr. and Edna (Dennis) Billups. She was an honors graduate of the York County High School in Yorktown, VA.  Upon graduation, she matriculated at St. Augustine's University in Raleigh,...
Walter G. Mcclain, Sr.
Oct 23, 2014
Walter G. (Mac) McClain, Sr., 90 died Thursday, October 23, 2014 at his home on Haven End in Ocean Pines, MD. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Gattis and Rosa Alto (Denning) McClain. He attended Howard University in Washington, DC.  In 1943, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving his country during World...
William Lester Hudson
Oct 18, 2014
William Lester (Willie) Hudson, 64 of Snow Hill, died Saturday, October 18, 2014 at PRMC in Salisbury, MD. Born in Snow Hill, Maryland he was the son of the late George Randolph Hudson and Lola Amanda Holland Hudson. He was employed for several years with Perdue, Inc. formerly in Showell, MD, retiring in 2007.  He was a member of St....
Hale Alfred Collins
Oct 16, 2014
Hale A. Collins, 83 died Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin.  He had been a resident of Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center since 2009. Born in Showell, MD, he was the son of the late George W. and Ethel (McGregory) Collins. He was employed for several years and retired from the former Showell Poultry Plant.  He...
Sandy Mae Wright
Oct 6, 2014
Bridgeville – Sandy Mae Wright, 61 of Bridgeville died Monday, October 6, 2014 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford, DE. Born in Littleton, NC, she was the daughter of Elbertha Gray and the late Adam Wright; and the stepdaughter of Alfred Gray. She was a 1972 graduate of Stephen Decatur High School in Berlin, MD. She was formerly employed for...
Hilton Randolph Purnell, Sr.
Sep 19, 2014
BERLIN – Hilton R. Purnell, Sr. (Hilt), 75 of Berlin died Friday, September 19, 2014 at Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Whaleysville, MD, he was the son of the late John Jarmon and Diana "Anna" Purnell. He was a 1957 graduate of the former Worcester High School. He was a member of New Bethel U.M. Church in Berlin...
Danny Herman Purnell
Sep 13, 2014
Danny Herman Purnell, 39 formerly of Mardela Springs, MD, died Saturday, September 13, 2014 in Atlanta, GA. Born in Salisbury, MD, he is the son of Norwood and Barbara (Lindsey) Purnell of Mardela, MD. He was a 1993 graduate of Mardela High School.  Upon graduation he matriculated at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD where he participated in the R.O.T.C....
Pauline Randall (Purnell) Purnell
Sep 11, 2014
Pauline R. (Paul) Purnell, 95 died Thursday, September 11, 2014 at her home on Germantown Road in Berlin, MD. Born here, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Sr. and Margie (Jarmon) Purnell.  Her late husband John Purnell died in the 90's. She was a graduate of Chester High School in PA.  Upon graduation she became employed as a...
