Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Mamie L. Rossy

Mamie L. Rossy

Oct 1, 2013

Mamie Lee Wilkerson Rossy, 86, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Hurlock on March 5, 1927 and was a daughter of the late Ura A. Wilkerson and Oneda Wheatley Shooks.

Mamie attended Hurlock High School. Most of her life she was a homemaker and later...

Frances M. Twilley

Frances M. Twilley

Sep 28, 2013

Frances M. Twilley, 99, of East New Market formerly of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Dorchester. She was the first baby born at Cambridge Hospital on September 7, 1914 and was a daughter of the late Jamie P. and Cora Leonard Mills.

Mrs. Twilley was...

Kenneth P. Richardson

Kenneth P. Richardson

Sep 28, 2013

Kenneth P. Richardson, 81, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Cambridge on March 12, 1932 and was a son of the late Beulah Taylor Burton and Philip Richardson.

He graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1949. He served in the U.S. Air Force...

Joann H. Slater

Joann H. Slater

Sep 27, 2013

Joann H. Slater, 81, of Fishing Creek passed away on Friday, September 27, 2013 at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

Mary "Addie" Dabney

Mary "Addie" Dabney

Sep 23, 2013

Mary "Addie" Dabney, 96, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, September 23, 2013 in Kinston, NC where she had made her home for the past eight years. Born in Marion, NC on August 24, 1917, she was the oldest of eight children born to James A. and Martha J. McKelvey. The family moved to Maryland in 1927 and...

David W. Hanson, Sr

David W. Hanson, Sr

Sep 23, 2013

David W. Hanson, Sr., 57 of East New Market passed away on Monday, September 23, 2013 at his home. He was born in Easton on April 15, 1956 and was a son of the late George W. Hanson, Jr. and Barbara Tallman Hanson.

David graduated from North Dorchester High School class of 1974. He was employed...

Mildred M. Hayward

Mildred M. Hayward

Sep 23, 2013

Mildred Marie Parker Hayward, 84, of Hoopers Island, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, September 23, 2013. She was born July 30, 1929 on Hoopers Island and attended Hoopers Island School.

She worked as a waitress for Dayton's Restaurant, then she worked for WT Ruark Seafood Company most of her life...

Barbara E. Marshall

Barbara E. Marshall

Sep 21, 2013

Barbara E. Marshall, 74, of Easton passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Chesapeake Woods. She was born on March 16, 1939 in Toddville to the late Joseph and Edna Jones Robinson.

Mrs. Marshall graduated from South Dorchester High School. She also graduated from Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. She started her career at Sinai Hospital...

W. John Kersey

W. John Kersey

Sep 18, 2013

W. John Kersey, 85, passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, September 18, 2013. He was born on October 25, 1927 in North Wales, Pennsylvania to the late Walter and Eva Lambert Kersey.

Mr. Kersey married Dolores James on October 15, 1954. He was an instructor at Delmarva Power for 46 years. He enjoyed traveling...

Betty Mae Ferguson

Betty Mae Ferguson

Sep 18, 2013

Betty Mae Ferguson, 84, passed away on September 18, 2013 at Dorchester General Hospital. She was born in Bishops Head on December 29, 1928 to the late Freeland Eberman and Suzie Mills Pritchett.

Mrs. Ferguson enjoyed cleaning, listening to Johnny Cash, country music, and attending church. She married the late Medford Robinson in 1946. After his...

Ronald E. Spear

Ronald E. Spear

Sep 8, 2013

Ronald E. Spear, 69, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, September 8, 2013 at his home. He was born in Easton on April 29, 1944 and was the son of the late Edward Samuel Spear and Dorothy Prettyman Spear.

He graduated from Cambridge High School. Mr. Spear was owner/operator of Choptank Marine Service. In his earlier...

Howard U. Bloom, Jr

Howard U. Bloom, Jr

Sep 7, 2013

Howard U. Bloom, Jr., 70, of East New Market passed away on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born in Baltimore on August 22, 1943 and was a son of the late Howard U. Bloom, Sr. and Hazel M. Bloom Bramble.

Howard graduated from Cambridge High School class of...

W. Allan "Tut" Jones

W. Allan "Tut" Jones

Sep 6, 2013

W. Allan "Tut" Jones, 85, of Toddville passed away on Friday, September 6, 2013 at University of Maryland Shore Medical center at Dorchester. He was born in Toddville on September 23, 1927 and was a son of the late Malcolm and Maysie Todd Jones.

He attended schools in Toddville. On June 5, 1957, he married the...

Charles W. Shannon, Sr

Charles W. Shannon, Sr

Sep 5, 2013

Charles W. Shannon, Sr., 80, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Baltimore on December 4, 1932 to the late Samuel and Lavana Wiggington Shannon.

He married the late Mildred R. Isner, who passed away in 2004, on September 15, 1951. Charles worked most of his...

Marian F. Gore

Marian F. Gore

Sep 3, 2013

Marian F. Gore, 82, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at her home. She was born in Woolford on January 6, 1931 and was a daughter of the late John A. and Leila Goslin Fitzhugh.

She attended Cambridge High School. Mrs. Gore was married to Edgar I. Gore who passed away in 2002....

Evelyn W. Alexander

Evelyn W. Alexander

Sep 3, 2013

Evelyn Willing Alexander, 86, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Dorchester. She was born in Nanticoke, Maryland on August 2, 1927 and was a daughter of the late W. Travers Willing and Myra Eversman Willing.

She graduated from Nanticoke High School in 1944 and then...

Lois J. Woodland

Lois J. Woodland

Sep 2, 2013

Lois J. Woodland, 69, of East New Market passed away at her home on Monday, September 2, 2013 surrounded by her family. She was born in Wilmington, DE on February 11, 1944 and was a daughter of the late David and Lillian West Williams.

Lois was raised and adopted by her grandparent George and Ida West....

Virginia E. Cusick

Virginia E. Cusick

Aug 28, 2013

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Thomas Funeral Home, P.A. 700 Locust St. Cambridge, MD 21613 410-228-4727

Virginia Cusick, 87, of Huntsville, AL passed away Wednesday. Mrs. Cusick was the loving wife of Herbie E. Cusick, who preceded her in death. She was the mother of six, grandmother of twenty and great-grandmother of twelve.

Her joys...

Kenneth W. Smith, Jr

Kenneth W. Smith, Jr

Aug 26, 2013

Kenneth W. Smith, Jr., 69, of East New Market fought a courageous battle and passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on Monday, August 26, 2013. He was born in Washington, DC on April 24, 1944 and was a son of Kenneth W. Smith, Sr. and the late Emma Jean Lee Smith.

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J. Bruce Wright

J. Bruce Wright

Aug 21, 2013

J. Bruce Wright, 78, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in Eldorado on September 8, 1934 and was the son of the late Louise Wright.

He graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1953. Bruce served in the U.S. Army, where he was stationed in Germany...