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Annabelle (Church)  Dix

Annabelle (Church) Dix

Oct 3, 2022

Annabelle Church Dix transitioned peacefully and was called to rest on Monday, October 3, 2022, at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Hospital in Salisbury, MD. Annabelle was born on January 6, 1933, in her grandparents' home in Nebo, Delaware. The birth setting was in the living room heated by a large black coal stove. Annabelle was the second of eight children...

Elizabeth Chase

Elizabeth Chase

Sep 22, 2022

On Saturday, September 24, 2022, Elizabeth (Carr) Chase peacefully departed this earthly life at the age of 100, in the Wicomico Nursing Home, Salisbury, Maryland 21801.

Elizabeth, fondly called Liz and Mom Shug, was born June 5, 1922, on the Howard Brownawn Farm, on Steeles Neck Road, to the late Mary and Ernest Carr.  She attended the...

Phyllis Dalrymple

Phyllis Dalrymple

Sep 7, 2022

Obituary Pending

Louis J. Buoniconti

Louis J. Buoniconti

Sep 2, 2022

Obituary Pending

Charles D. Jones

Charles D. Jones

Aug 22, 2022

Charles Douglas Jones, 67, was born on July 2, 1955, in Salisbury, MD to the late Betty Pearl Jones and Charles Creston Jones. He peacefully departed this earthly life on August 22, 2022, in Salisbury, MD.

Bud, as he was known by his family and friends, was educated in the Wicomico County School system.

After...

Sheila M. Watts

Sheila M. Watts

Aug 18, 2022

Sheila Watts, 63, was born on May 13, 1959, in Brooklyn, New York to Lula Mae and Howard Watts. She peacefully departed this earthly life on August 18, 2022.

Sheila was educated in the Public Schools of Brooklyn, New York. After many years of living in New York, her family moved to Salisbury, Maryland, to be closer...

Frances Smack

Frances Smack

Aug 15, 2022

When peace like a river, attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, it is well with my soul!

Frances May Smith was born on July 3, 1928, in Maryland. She was one of eleven children to the late Hilbert "Mose" Smith and Lillie Mae (Conway) Smith....

Corine Collins

Corine Collins

Aug 2, 2022

Corine Wescott Collins was born on October 31, 1936, in Wardtown, VA, to the late Thomas and Novilla Wescott. On August 2, 2022, at her home in Delmar, DE, God called her home to be with Him.

Corine was educated in the North Hampton County, Virginia school system, where she enjoyed running on the track team and...

Janet Smith

Janet Smith

Jul 29, 2022

Janet Lee Smith, affectionately known as, "Cookie," age 63, from Salisbury, Maryland, passed away on Friday, July 29th in her home.

Janet was born on December 6, 1959, in Westover, Maryland, to Helen Jackson & Louis Allen. She graduated in 1977 from Wicomico High School. After getting married she moved around as a military wife and lived...

S. Maximilian Lesueuer

S. Maximilian Lesueuer

Jul 26, 2022

S. Maximilian LeSueuer, the youngest of Dinetta B. LeSueuer and Stanley E. LeSueuer, was born June 19, 1972, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He departed this life at the age of 50 on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in San Bernandino, California.

Lovingly known as 'Max", he received his elementary and middle school education in Philadelphia.  After graduating from high...

Kelvin Clinton Harmon

Kelvin Clinton Harmon

Jul 9, 2022

Private Family Gathering

James Allen Johnson Sr.

James Allen Johnson Sr.

Jul 3, 2022

James Allen Johnson Sr. (Sonny) was born in Salisbury, Maryland on June 28, 1942. He peacefully departed this earthly life on July 3, 2022, at his home in Chance, Maryland.  He was surrounded by his family.

He was the son of the late Dennis Johnson and the late Pauline (Holbrook) Johnson. James was educated in the Somerset...

Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell

Jul 1, 2022

Margaret E. Mitchell, 81, of Salisbury, Maryland passed away on July 1, 2022, in Atlanta Georgia, a few days shy of her eighty-second birthday.

Margaret was born on July 12, 1940, to Stanley and Marion Stanford of Fruitland, Maryland. In 1958 she graduated from Salisbury High School, where she met and later married James A. Mitchell of...

Norwood Francis Purnell

Norwood Francis Purnell

Jun 30, 2022

Norwood Francis Purnell, the son of the late Elwood H. and Catherine J. Purnell was born in Snow Hill, Maryland on February 18, 1942. Following a long illness, he departed this life on Thursday, June 30, 2022, at Tidal Health in Salisbury, Maryland .

As a child, he was a member of Ebenezer United Methodist Church in...

Joshua Xavier Capra

Joshua Xavier Capra

Jun 28, 2022

Obituary and Funeral Services Information Pending

Jami Rachelle Freeman

Jami Rachelle Freeman

May 22, 2022

JAMI'S JOURNEY

Jami Rachelle Freeman, daughter of Cindy Lou Walker and granddaughter of Doris D. Kane, passed away from her battle with cancer on Sunday, May 22, 2022. Jami went peacefully surrounded by loved ones. She had just celebrated her 40th birthday on April 29th.

A native of Salisbury, MD, Ms. Freeman attended Delmar Elementary...

Willie Lewis Ballard Jr.

Willie Lewis Ballard Jr.

May 16, 2022

Willie Lewis Ballard Jr, 41, of Salisbury, MD was born on August 25, 1980, to Willie Ballard Sr and the late Doris Gaines-Frazier in Salisbury. Willie was called home to be with Yahuha on May 16, 2022.

He attended Parkside High School, receiving his diploma in 1998. Throughout his life, Willie held several jobs and his most...

Virginia Barrett

Virginia Barrett

May 13, 2022

Life Reflections

Virginia Burkes Barrett 96, of Eden, Maryland entered eternal rest on Friday, May 13, 2022, due to health complications. She was surrounded by her loving family.

She was preceded in death by her husband first husband, Lonnie J. Burkes, second husband, Leonard Barrett; sisters: Else Dennard and Rosalee Brown; brothers: James, Yule, Leroy,...

William Henry Purnell

William Henry Purnell

May 12, 2022

William Henry Purnell, son of the late Thomas William Johnson and Elva Arine Purnell-Johnson was born in Berlin, Maryland on August 15, 1958.  He entered eternal rest on Thursday, May 12, 2022, surrounded by his loving family.

He was a member of New Galilee Missionary Baptist Church and Joshua Harvest Church in Wilmington, Delaware, and a former...

Mary Amy (Lee)  Cook

Mary Amy (Lee) Cook

May 6, 2022

Mary Amy Lee Cook, 96 of Grasonville, departed this life, on May 6, 2022, at Tidal Health Care in Seaford, Delaware. God saw her road was getting rough and her hill hard to climb so he summoned his death angel to Title Healthcare Hospital, Seaford DE to bring her from labor to reward. She was the daughter of the...

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