Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland
Arline L. Chase
May 22, 2025
Arline L. Chase, 87, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at her home. She was born on February 27, 1938 in Cambridge to the late Arlington Hooper Adkins and Margaret Dix Adkins.
Mrs. Chase graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1956 and later attended Salisbury State College. On December 21, 1956, she married Roger W. Chase who...
Suzanne J. Gray
May 12, 2025
Suzanne J. Gray, 76, of East New Market passed away on Monday, May 12, 2025 at her home. She was born in Vienna on June 10, 1948 and was a daughter of the late Joshua Gray and Sylvia Lewis Reid.
She graduated from North Dorchester High School class of 1966. In 1984, she graduated from Prince George's Community College where she...
John Hamil Spedden Wright
May 9, 2025
On May 9, 2025, John Hamil Spedden Wright took his last flight and is now with our Lord God in heaven. John was just shy of 91 years old. He was born on June 9, 1934, son of the late John “Jack” Wright and the late Louise Spedden Wright. He is survived by his three children: John J.B. Wright and...
Glenn A. Watkins, Sr.
May 8, 2025
Glenn A. Watkins Sr. (May 25, 1953 – May 8, 2025)
It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of Glenn Watkins Sr, aged 71, who left us on May 8, 2025. Born May 25, 1953, in Pottstown, PA, Glenn was a beloved husband to Janis Dehorty Watkins for 25 happy years.
Glenn A. Watkins Sr. was the...
Thomas Franklin Collins, Jr.
May 3, 2025
Thomas Franklin Collins, Jr. (86) passed away on Saturday May 3, 2025 at his home in Cambridge, MD surrounded by this loving wife and daughters. He was born October 2, 1938 and was the son of T. Franklin and Ann Nevius Collins. Tom attended local schools and graduated from St. James School in Hagerstown, MD in 1957. He enlisted in...
Gloria Jean Keith
Apr 27, 2025
Gloria Jean Keith, 77, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, April 27, 2025 at Autumn Lake Chesapeake Woods. Services will be held at a later date.
John R. Rue, Sr.
Apr 26, 2025
John R. Rue, Sr., 85, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, April 26, 2025 at Autumn Lake Chesapeake Woods. He was born in Cambridge on December 2, 1939 and was a son of the late Russell Clarence Rue and Bessie Webster Rue.
Mr. Rue graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1957. On July 22, 1961, he married the former Frances...
Alice "Darlene" Burton
Apr 23, 2025
Alice “Darlene” Burton, 89, of Cambridge went home with The Lord on April 23, 2025.
Darlene was born December 8, 1935 to Ansel D. and Catherine E. Abbott. On June 9, 1957 she married Donald L. Burton, Sr. Darlene at one time was a member of First Baptist Church of Cambridge. She also worked at The Daily Banner, Montgomery Ward, and...
Reginald Fleming Murphy
Apr 15, 2025
Reginald (Reg) Fleming Murphy, age 93, passed away peacefully April 15, 2025 at his residence, Dominion Senior Living in Crossville, TN. He was born March 10, 1932, in Cambridge,Maryland, to Lawrence and Myrtle Murphy. Reg was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred, to whom he was married for nearly 70years; and by his younger brother, Raymond Murphy.
Reg is survived...
June M. Elzey
Apr 14, 2025
June M. Elzey, 97, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, April 14, 2025 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on February 28, 1928, and was a daughter of the late John H. and Lillie Mae Bell Niblett.
Mrs. Elzey attended schools in Cambridge. On August 18, 1945, she married Otis W. Elzey, Sr. who passed away on February 2,...
John W. McGinnis
Apr 14, 2025
John W. McGinnis, 81, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, April 14, 2025 at Talbot Hospice House in Easton. He was born in Oklahoma, OK on June 16, 1943 and was a son of the late John F. and Dorothy McBath McGinnis.
Mr. McGinnis graduated from Washington College and University of Maryland College Park, earning degrees in economics and business. He...
G. Wayne Foxwell
Apr 12, 2025
George Wayne Foxwell, 84, of Church Creek, Maryland, passed away peacefully at his son and daughter-in-law’s home in Cambridge on April 12, 2025, with Ricky and Mary lovingly by his side.
Wayne was born in Cambridge, Maryland, on April 2, 1941, to the late Harry and Hazel Foxwell of Lakesville. On July 11, 1958, he married the love of his life,...
Philip W. Rice
Apr 7, 2025
Philip W. Rice, 80, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, April 7, 2025 at Heartfields Assisted Living in Easton. He was born in Baltimore on July 8, 1944 and was the son of the late Philip Purchase and Talitha Lamp Rice. Mr. Rice lost both of his parents by the age of 12. He was raised by a special aunt...
Wendy L. Wilson
Apr 6, 2025
Wendy Loy (Melvin) Wilson, 80, of Cambridge passed away on April 6, 2025 at her home after a long and courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease while under the care of Coastal Hospice.
Wendy was born in St. Louis, MO on April 17, 1944 to her late parents, Edward Loy and Hilda Beatrice Melvin. She grew up in Arbutus, Baltimore County, graduating...
Charles L. Truitt
Apr 5, 2025
Charles L. Truitt, 80, of Mardela Springs passed away on Saturday, April 5, 2025 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional. He was born in Baltimore on September 23, 1944 and was a son of the late Charles L. and Janice Hurley Truitt.
He is survived by a brother Byron Truitt, a sister in law Patricia Truitt and several nieces and nephews. Besides his...
Shirley W. Kailianu
Apr 3, 2025
Shirley W. Kailianu passed away on Thursday, April 3, 2025 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born December 7, 1943 in Cambridge to the late Rosalie M. Arnie and Franklin Darcy Arnie. Shirley was a 1962 graduate of Cambridge High School and received a BS degree in mathematics from the former Salisbury State Teacher’s College (Now Salisbury University).
Shirley had...
James F. Ewing, Jr.
Apr 2, 2025
James F. Ewing, Jr., 73, of Cambridge, MD died at Autumn Lake Chesapeake Woods on April 2, 2025.
Jim as he was known was born in Chester, MD on January 14, 1952 and was the son of the late James F. Ewing, Sr. and Isabell Lowery Ewing.
He attended school on Kent Island and graduated from Queen Anne’s County High School in...
Vernon Allen Barnes
Mar 30, 2025
Vernon Allen Barnes passed away in his home on March 30. He was born in Cambridge, MD to Vernon Barnes Jr and Alice Busta Barnes.
He is preceded in death by both parents and brothers Jack and Bobby Barnes. He is survived by son Christopher Barnes (Ashlee) of Denton and daughter Carrie Barnes Tucker (Travis) of Owings Mills, sister Merry Webb...
George A. Gray, Jr.
Mar 29, 2025
George A. Gray, Jr., 58, of Princess Anne passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at The University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore. He was born on March 29, 1967 to the late George A. Gray, Sr. and Dorothy Robinson Gray.
George graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School Class of 1985. On March 21, 2010 George married the former April...
Stephen E. Wingate
Mar 29, 2025
It is with deep sadness, the family of Stephen Eric Wingate announces his passing on March 29, 2025. To know him was to love his storytelling, sense of humor and quick wit. His presence brought laughter and warmth to those around him, and his gift for weaving tales will be remembered by all who had the joy of listening.
Steve was...
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