Obituaries

Nov 28, 2019

Susan H. Emerson, 93, of Jamesville, VA, passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2019 at Commonwealth Senior Living (formerly The Hermitage) in Onancock, VA. She shared 63 years of marriage with her dear husband, the late William G. Emerson. We think of them sailing together into the sunset.

The daughter of Dr. Edward B. and Mary A....

Nov 21, 2019

Walter Joseph Budd, 92, husband of Clare Bonniwell Budd and a resident of Hacks Neck, VA, passed away Thursday, November 21, 2019, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock, VA. A native of Hacks Neck, he was the son of the late Charles I. Budd and the late Anna Bennett Budd. He was a retired farmer and raised Methodist....

Nov 17, 2019

Augustus Frederick Pittman Jr, 90, passed away peacefully at home on November 17, 2019.

Born in Mobile Alabama, he was the son of the late Augustus F. Pittman Sr and Eunice Helena Diebert Pittman.

Fred was a graduate of Maury High School where he played center lineman for the school’s football team, then dubbed the...

Nov 6, 2019

Leonard Fletcher Sturgis, 94, husband of the late Margaret Mapp Sturgis and a resident of Davis Wharf, VA, passed away Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock, VA. A native of Davis Wharf, he was the son of the late Leonard Sturgis and the late Lella Elmore Sturgis. He was a United States Army Veteran...

Nov 6, 2019

Alvin Spencer Parker, Sr. “Buddy”, 71, husband of the late Lillie Merritt Parker, crossed the channel peacefully Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at his daughters’ home in Cheriton, VA.

A retired commercial waterman, Buddy was the son of the late William Spencer Parker, Sr. “Digger” and the late Virginia Brady Parker “Skip”. He was born in Nassawadox, VA,...

Nov 3, 2019

David Arthur Brunk, 81, husband of Judith Gabbard Brunk, died Sunday, November 3, 2019, at Coastal Hospice in Salisbury, MD. He was born in Brooklyn, MD, on December 24, 1937, to Paul F. Brunk and Dorothy M. Lower Brunk. Other than his wife of 60 years, he is survived by a son, Russell D. Brunk and wife, Gina Brunk,...

Oct 30, 2019

Margaret Ellen Kellam Amadeo, 80, wife of the late Irvin T. Amadeo and a resident of Harborton, VA, passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2019, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock, VA. A native of Belle Haven, VA, she was the daughter of the late Roland C. Kellam and the late Elizabeth Mears Kellam. She was a 1957 graduate...

Oct 27, 2019

Dolly Fizer DeBoodt, 91, wife of the late Julius A. DeBoodt and a resident of Onancock, VA, passed away Sunday, October 27, 2019, at Commonwealth Senior Living, formerly Hermitage on the Eastern Shore, in Onancock. A native of Lenoir, NC, she was the daughter of the late Jay C. Setzer and the late Mary Setzer. She was a retired...

Oct 27, 2019

Billye Sue Hopkins Powers, 75, wife of the late Richard Powers and a resident of Nassawadox, VA, formerly of Chincoteague, VA, passed away Sunday, October 27, 2019, at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, VA. A native of Exmore, VA, she was the daughter of the late Charles Hopkins and the late Nellie Tucker Gardner. She was a retired clerk...

Oct 25, 2019

Page Bryan Ashby, 76, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, October 25, 2019, peacefully at home. Born, June 18, 1943, in Newport News, VA, he was the son of the late Page Cornelius Ashby and Mabel Bryan Ashby.

In 1966, he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from North Carolina State University where he excelled as quarterback of...

Oct 23, 2019

Deborah Ann Zabita, 60, wife of Robert W. Zabita and a resident of Cherrystone, VA, passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2019, at Shore Health and Rehab Center in Parksley, VA. A native of Middlesex, NJ, she was the daughter of John Frank Giuliano of Middlesex, NJ, and the late Shirley A. Simerson Giuliano. She attended Cheriton Baptist Church.

Oct 21, 2019

Daniel Thomas Taylor, 58, a resident of Cheriton, VA, passed away Monday, October 21, 2019, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock, VA. A native of Oyster, VA, he was the son of the late William R. “Bud” Taylor and the late Viola Bell Taylor. He was retired from Floyd Energy.

He is survived by two daughters,...

Oct 21, 2019

Robert M. “Tick” Heath, 90, husband of the late Joyce Moore Heath and a resident of Cape Charles, VA, passed away Monday, October 21, 2019, at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Townsend, VA, he was the son of the late William Thomas Heath and the late Blanch Elliott Heath. He was a United States Army...

Oct 19, 2019

William R. “Ray” Taylor, Jr., 69, a resident of Cape Charles, VA, passed away Saturday, October 19, 2019, at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Oyster, VA, he was the son of the late William R. “Bud” Taylor and the late Viola Bell Taylor. He was a retired carpenter and roofer, worked for Zapata Haynie, was...

Oct 11, 2019

Oscar H. Smith, Jr., 81, husband of the late Mollie Kay Agathoin Smith and a resident of Jamesville, VA, passed away Friday, October 11, 2019, at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Jamesville, he was the son of the late Oscar H. Smith, Sr. and the late Helen Savage Smith. He was a retired farmer and...

Oct 10, 2019

Ernest Taylor Nordstrom, Sr., 95, husband of the late Emily Marsh Nordstrom and a resident of Exmore, VA, passed away Thursday, October 10, 2019, at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Eastville, VA, he was the son of the late Charles Nordstrom and the late Bertha Lee Taylor Nordstrom. He was a retired insurance agent for...

Oct 8, 2019

Capt. Stanley A. Daniels Sr. (The Singing Fishing Man) of Wenona, Maryland, passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2019, in his home. He was born May 31, 1942, to the late Capt. Arthur (Daddy Art) Daniels and Ladelle Webster Daniels. He enjoyed working on the water, fishing, and singing to anyone he met.

He is survived by his...

Oct 4, 2019

Patricia Lee Hand, 76, a resident of Exmore, VA, passed away Friday, October 4, 2019, at her residence. A native of Exmore, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Clifton Hand and the late Frances Duncan Hand. She was a retired teacher for Northampton County Public Schools, a member of Powellton Presbyterian Church where she played the organ,...

Oct 3, 2019

Thomas Bryan Robbins III, 62, a resident of Exmore, VA, passed away Thursday, October 3, 2019, at MCV Hospital in Richmond, VA. A native of Nassawadox, VA, he was the son of Vivian A. Davis of Pace, FL, and the late Thomas Bryan Robbins Jr. He was employed as an iron worker.

In addition to his mother,...

Sep 27, 2019

Troy W. Cummings, 52, husband of Nicole Stevens Cummings and a resident of Jamesville, VA, passed away Friday, September 27, 2019, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock, VA. A native of Washington Township, NJ, he was the son of Edward J. Cummings of Jamesville and the late Barbara May Cummings. He was a former cook at Shore Memorial...