Obituaries

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

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 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 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...

Sep 27, 2019

Paul Mitchell Gammell, Ph.D, 80, husband of Betty Gammell and a resident of Exmore, VA, passed away Friday, September 27, 2019, at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, VA. A native of Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Lewis Gammell and the late Mildred Gammell. He was a retired Physicist, had a BS Degree in Electrical Engineering...

Sep 26, 2019

Ronnie Lee Brady, 48, husband of Shanda Santucci Brady and a resident of Nassawadox, VA, passed away Thursday, September 26, 2019, at his residence. A native of Cape Charles, VA, he was the son of James and Sandra Nuckols of Covington, VA, and the biological son of the late Ralph Edward Brady and the late Darlene Parker Brady. He...

Sep 22, 2019

Ralph E. Brady departed this life peacefully on September 22, 2019, at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox, VA. He was born September 10, 1948, in Oyster, VA, to the late Ralph Brady and the late Della Mae Tull Brady. He grew up in Northampton County where he spent years working the waters of the Chesapeake Bay with his Daddy,...

Sep 13, 2019

Rosetta Maxine Jenkins Owens Sutton, 73, wife of the late Eustis Sutton and the late Robert Ryland Owens and a resident of Fernandina Beach, FL, formerly of Hacksneck, VA, passed away Friday, September 13, 2019, at The Community Hospice Jane and Bill Warner Center for Caring in Fernandina Beach. A native of Hacksneck, She was the daughter of the...

Sep 4, 2019

Maurice Iliffe Brown, 87, a resident of Nassawadox, VA, passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox. A native of Eastville, VA, he was the son of the late Walter Bernard Brown and Sallie G. Iliffe Brown. Maurice was a retired carpenter.

He is survived by two nieces, Patricia Diem of Belle Haven,...

Aug 27, 2019

Hilda Evans Downing, 94, wife of the late Claude L. “Tommy” Downing and a resident of Birdsnest, VA, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2019, at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Hallwood, VA, she was the daughter of the late Samuel H. Evans and the late Delcenia Bailey Evans. She lived on the Eastern Shore all...