Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Mar 11, 2020

Evelyn B. Friend-Payne, 91, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at her home. She was born in Oakland, MD on September 10, 1928 and was a daughter of the late Emerson and Grace Friend Knox.

Mrs. Payne graduated from Oakland High School class of 1946. She worked for Safeway with 30 plus years of...

Mar 8, 2020

Charles William Green, Jr., 68, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at his home.  He was born in North Hampton County Virginia on August 12, 1951 to the late Charles William Green, Sr. and Peggy Dot Wessels Green Taylor.

Mr. Green graduated from Cambridge High School.  He was a dedicated employee of Dorchester Lumber...

Mar 6, 2020

Joan F. Twigg, 70, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, March 6, 2020 at Mallard Bay Care Center. Mrs. Twigg’s services will be held in Nantucket, MA, at a later date.

Mar 6, 2020

William “Bill” Alexander Combs (Age 80) the beloved husband of the late Dale Ann Combs, was surrounded in love, on both sides, as he left this earthly life, crossing over on Friday, March 6, 2020.  He has been set free. His heart is happy.

Bill was also preceded in death by his parents, Ervin and Fanny; his...

Mar 3, 2020

Donald A. Wallace, 52, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at his home. He was born in Cambridge on February 27, 1968 and was a son of the late William “Bill” Wallace and Jeanette Hughes Wallace.

He attended schools in Dorchester County. Donald worked on the water and also did some construction work. He...

Mar 2, 2020

Vernon Wylie Sellers, 83, of Cambridge Maryland passed away to be with his Heavenly Father on Monday evening March 2, 2020 at UMSMC at Easton. Vernon was born in Cambridge, Maryland to the late Elizabeth and Emerson Sellers. Vernon graduated from Vienna High School class of 1954 and upon graduation he enlisted in the United States Air Force where...

Mar 2, 2020

Robert William Anderson, Jr., 88, of Woolford passed away peacefully on Monday, March 2, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA on January 1, 1932 and was a son of the late Robert William Anderson, Sr. and Mildred Chloe Daufen Anderson.

Mr. Anderson graduated from High School Class of 1940....

Feb 28, 2020

Carol A. Suit, 73, of Church Creek passed away on Friday, February 28, 2020 at The Pine’s in Easton. She was born in Cambridge on August 21, 1946 and was a daughter of the late Russell and Betty Mae Thomas Elzey.

Mrs. Suit graduated from Broward High School class of 1964. Later, she went to school to...

Feb 28, 2020

Milton Melanchton Malkus Jr. died peacefully in his sleep on Friday morning, February 28, 2020.  A farmer all his life, he was predeceased in 2009 by his loving wife of (67) years, Martha Keplinger Malkus. He was born near Cambridge to Milton M. Malkus Sr and his wife Nanette Luthy Malkus, on November 13, 1921. He loved his wife,...

Feb 27, 2020

Kenneth R. Messick, Sr., 90, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born in Cambridge on September 5, 1929 and was a son of the late Rache and Lillian Woodward Messick.

Mr. Messick was one of eleven children and grew up on the...

Feb 21, 2020

Grace H. Malik, 96, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, February 21, 2020 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Sandy Creek, NC on September 8, 1923 and was a daughter of the late Kenneth W. and Cassie Loyd Powell.

Mrs. Malik graduated from Goldboro High School in North Carolina. She served in the U.S. Coast...

Feb 14, 2020

Dona Detamore Tarbutton, 72, of Wittman, passed away on Friday, February 14, 2020 at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore.  She was born in Cambridge to the late Donald Detamore and Shirley Hubbard Hastings.

Dona attended schools in Cambridge, and graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1966.  After high school, she became a model in New York...

Feb 14, 2020

John Richard “Ricky” Cannon, 73, of East New Market passed away on Friday, February 14, 2020 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Cambridge on January 12, 1947 and was a son of the late George Elmer Cannon, Jr. and Jane Anderson Cannon.

Ricky graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1965 and the University of...

Feb 13, 2020

Louise Carroll Robbins, 93, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2020 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Bruceville, MD on April 28, 1926 and was a daughter of the late William and Maude Coleman Carroll.

Mrs. Robbins graduated from Easton High School. On November 9, 1951, she married Charles L. “Tony” Robbins, who...

Feb 13, 2020

Ann M. Fitzhugh, 72, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2020 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on August 22, 1947 and was a daughter of the late Crawford W. Windsor, Sr. and Mary Lou Moore Windsor.

Mrs. Fitzhugh graduated from South Dorchester High School class of 1965. On April 15, 1967, she...

Feb 8, 2020

Herbert “Herbie” A. Moore, Jr., 82, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Caroline Nursing Home in Denton. He was born in Toddville on March 27, 1937 and was a son of the late Herbert A. Moore, Sr. and Hazel Dykes Moore.

Mr. Moore graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1955. On October...

Feb 7, 2020

Emmett M. “Buzzy” Gore, Jr., 73, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, February 7, 2020. He was born in Dorchester County on December 3, 1946 and was a son of the late Emmett M. Gore, Sr. and Viola Wroten Wingate.

He attended schools in Dorchester County. Mr. Gore was very proud of being a Veteran of Vietnam....

Feb 7, 2020

Paul Norfleet Winn Jr passed away on February 7,2020 in Easton, MD.  He was 97.  He was born on May 22, 1922 in Skipwith, Virginia, the son of Brenda and Paul Winn.  He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and was a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during WW II.

He joined the faculty...

Feb 1, 2020

Carolyn B. Robinson, 79, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on March 20, 1940 and was a daughter of the late Rachel Beckwith Mayne and Granville D. Mayne.

Mrs. Robinson graduated from North Dorchester High School class of 1958. On April 23, 1961, she married C....

Jan 30, 2020

Anthony “Tony” J. Thomas, Sr., 78, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2020 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Anthony was born on January 6, 1942 in Baltimore, MD to Milton and Evelyn Thomas.

He attended University of Baltimore and served four years in the U.S. Navy, serving two years with the 6th...