Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

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...

Jan 24, 2020

William L. Wingate, 75, of East New Market passed away on Friday, January 24, 2020 at his home. He was born in Cambridge on September 23, 1944 and was a son of the late Otis L. Wingate, Sr. and Myra Insley Wingate.

He attended schools in Cambridge. Mr. Wingate worked at the Eastern Shore State Hospital Center...

Jan 22, 2020

Arthur Carlton Twilley of Linkwood passed away peacefully on January 22, 2020 after about a year at Salisbury Rehab & Nursing Center in Salisbury. He was 99 years old, being born on December 10, 1920, son of the late Raymond Twilley and Minnie Singer Twilley.

He was never married and lived in the same house on the...

Jan 21, 2020

Larry L. Warner, 79, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore. He was born in Cambridge on March 31, 1940 and was a son of the late Walter I. and Frances Venable Warner.

He is survived by his wife Peggy Warner of Cambridge, a brother Wayne Warner and...

Jan 21, 2020

Roger “Bull” Bloodsworth, Jr., 71, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Wingate on December 7, 1948 and was a son of the late Roger W. Bloodsworth, Sr. and Mary Parks Bloodsworth.

Mr. Bloodsworth attended schools in South Dorchester. On August 7, 1972, he married the...

Jan 16, 2020

Jesse L. Brittingham, Sr., 84, of East New Market passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at UMSMC at Dorchester after a long battle with Colon Cancer and Heart disease. He was born on January 7, 1936 the son of the late Walter McKinley Brittingham Sr. and Lillie “Mae” Frazier Brittingham of Golden Hill. On October 5, 1968 he...

Jan 15, 2020

Benjeman W. Holden, 58, of Snow Hill, MD and Chincoteague, VA passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at Riverside Memorial Hospital in Onancock, VA. He was born in Chestertown on March 14, 1961 and was a son of Patricia Baker Holden and the late Alford T. Holden.

Ben attended schools in Annapolis. On January 25, 2014...

Jan 8, 2020

Phillip S. “Smitty” Rue, Sr., 89, of Linkwood peacefully passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at UMSMC at Dorchester. He was born in Cambridge on December 5, 1930 and was a son of the late Phillip H. and Anna Smith Rue.

Mr. Rue graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1947. He enlisted into the armed...

Jan 5, 2020

Juanita A. Cumberland, 64, of Crapo passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2020 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Lumberton, NC on June 12, 1955 and was a daughter of Phyllis Ivey Eisle and the late William H. “Homer” McDuffie.

Mrs. Cumberland attended school in Cambridge and later received her GED. On June 24, 1973,...

Jan 1, 2020

Ernest P. Barnes, Jr., 75, of Princess Anne passed away on January 1, 2020 at Manokin Manor in Princess Anne. He was born in Crisfield on February 3, 1944 and was a son of the late Ernest P. Barnes, Sr. and Virginia Byrd Barnes.

Services will be private. Arrangements are in the care of the Thomas Funeral...

Dec 31, 2019

Isabelle Davenport, 90, passed away in hospice care at her home in Vienna on Tuesday, December 31, 2019. Daughter of Harry Elwood Hughes and Della S. Bradley, she was predeceased by her husband Paul Davenport, her brother, Harry Vaughn Hughes, sister Dorothy Wollett and sister Blanche Wolff.  Isabelle was born on May 20, 1929 in Vienna and graduated from...

Dec 26, 2019

G. Thomas Keplinger, 81, of Hurlock passed away on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at his home. He was born in Cambridge on July 26, 1938 and was a son of the late George W. and Ruth Cannon Keplinger.

Mr. Keplinger graduated from Federalsburg High School Class of 1956. He served in the U.S. Navy. On August 26,...

Dec 23, 2019

Carole W. Haring, 70, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, December 23, 2019 at Talbot Hospice House.  She was born on June 11, 1949 in Cambridge to the late Charles Wroten and Marcella Pritchett Wroten.

Carole attended local schools and graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1967.  She worked for many years with R. Brooks and...

Dec 21, 2019

Teddy J. Creighton, 79, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at his home. He was born in Hoopers Island on September 5, 1940 and was a son of the late Theodore R. Creighton, Sr. and Nettie Parks Creighton.

Mr. Creighton graduated from South Dorchester High School class of 1958. On February 14, 1982, he...

Dec 17, 2019

Norma Lee Jackson, 77, a longtime residence of the Neck District passed away on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. She was born in Baltimore on September 3, 1942 and was a daughter of the late Mary Inez Bennett Ruark and Howard Granville.

Mrs. Jackson attended schools in Hudson and Cambridge. On...