Obituaries

Dec 8, 2018

Lou Ann Ashby Steffey, 84, devoted wife of the late Richard Gerald "Jerry" Steffey, Sr., passed away Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Hermitage on the Eastern Shore in Onancock, Virginia. A native of Exmore, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Samuel C. Ashby and the late Genevieve Startt Ashby. She was a graduate of Mary Washington College....

Dec 5, 2018

William Jeffrey Boole, 60, a resident of Exmore, VA, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2018, at his residence. A native of Exmore, he was the son of JoAnn Scott of New Mexico and the late Ralph P. Boole. Jeff was a retired carpenter. In addition to his mother he is survived by brother, Richard of Idaho; aunt, Louise Gorman...

Dec 5, 2018

Ethel Ada Parker Thornes, 87, wife of the late Dennis Franklin Thornes, Jr. and a resident of Birdsnest, VA, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2018, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock, VA. A native of Oyster, VA, she was the daughter of the late Willie H. Parker and the late Martha M. Marshall Parker.

She is...

Dec 1, 2018

Hannah Coffman Cobb, 96, wife of the late Robert A. Cobb and a resident of Onancock, VA, passed away Saturday, December 1, 2018, at her residence. A native of Onancock, she was the daughter of the late Hobert Coffman and the late Susie Campbell Coffman. She was a retired nurse, member of Onancock Volunteer Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary and...

Dec 1, 2018

Dimitri Plionis, of Eastville, Virginia, died on December 1, 2018. He was born on February 1, 1942, in Distomon, Greece. He attended the National Technical University of Athens before moving to the United States on a Fulbright scholarship to pursue a graduate degree from the University of Alabama and a doctoral degree from Johns Hopkins University. In 1972, he...

Nov 18, 2018

John Kenyon Berry, Jr., 74, husband of Barbara Donna Berry and a resident of Machipongo, VA, passed away Sunday, November 18, 2018, at Hermitage on the Eastern Shore in Onancock, VA. A native of Washington, DC, he was the son of the late John Kenyon Berry, Sr. and the late Jane Poole Berry. Mr. Berry was a retired Ford...

Nov 17, 2018

Sarah Patricia Mears, 51, a resident of Nassawadox, VA, passed away Saturday, November 17, 2018, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock, VA. A native of Nassawadox, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence H. Mears and the late Bertha Smullin Mears Dunton. She was a Registered Nurse and member of Exmore Baptist Church.

She is...

Nov 10, 2018

Mary Sue Rice, 71, wife of Wayne A. Rice and a resident of Craddockville, VA, passed away Saturday, November 10, 2018, at her residence. A native of Lawton, OK, she was the daughter of the late James A. Wilson and the late Betty Pearl Butler Wilson. She was Past Senior Regent of Exmore Ladies of the Moose and a...

Nov 9, 2018

Alvin Thomas Carpenter, Sr., 90, known to many as A.T. or Boody, and a resident of Machipongo, VA, passed away Friday, November 9, 2018, at his residence surrounded by his family. A.T. was born October 31, 1928; he was raised in Northampton County by his grandparents, the late Captain George and Nellie Fitzhugh Carpenter. The minute A. T. became...

Nov 8, 2018

Janet Colquhoun Whitehead, who felt she looked best at age four, died Thursday, November 8, 2018. She was born November 15, 1935, to the late Winton and Janet Peirce Whitehead. After growing up in Eastville, VA, she lived away for most of her working life, and then returned permanently to her beloved hometown in the 1980's. Wherever she ventured,...

Nov 7, 2018

Helen Marion May, 99, wife of the late Dr. John Peter May and a resident of Onancock, VA, formerly of Virginia Beach, VA passed away Wednesday November 7, 2018, at Hermitage on the Eastern Shore, Onancock. A native of Chicago, IL, she was the daughter of the late Frank Duer and the late Mary Keller Duer. Mrs. May was...

Nov 1, 2018

Jeffery (Jeff) L. Reynolds was born June 10, 1957, in Nassawadox, VA. He shared his birthday with his beloved late maternal Uncle, Kenneth Doughty, Sr., of Willis Wharf, VA. He passed away Thursday, November 1, 2018, at home with his family by his side, in Boykins, VA. He was the youngest child of the late Harvey and Helen Reynolds....

Oct 30, 2018

Barbara Louise Roberts, 69, a resident of Cape Charles, VA, passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2018, at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Mount Joy, PA, she was the daughter of the late James W. Roberts and the late Sara Fellenbaum Roberts. She was a retired Lab Technician for Dartmouth Hospital in New Hampshire. Barbara loved...

Oct 24, 2018

George Wallace Leadbitter, 92, husband of Rita O. Leadbitter and a resident of Onancock, VA, formerly of Wappingers Falls, NY, passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2018, at Hermitage on the Eastern Shore in Onancock. A native of Poughkeepsie, NY, he was the son of the late George Parker Leadbitter and the late Isobel Kimlin Leadbitter. He was a United...

Oct 24, 2018

Gerald Anthony Goga, 53, husband of Laura Mears Goga and a resident of Melfa, VA, passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2018, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital. A native of Hacks Neck, VA, he was the son of June Parker Collins and her husband, Bill, of Melfa, and the late William Frank Goga. A United States Army Veteran, Mr. Goga...

Oct 22, 2018

Keith E. Joynes, 66, and a resident of Melfa, VA, passed away Monday, October 22, 2018, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock, VA. A native of Parksley, VA, and Belle Haven, VA, he was the son of the late Robert E. Joynes and the late Evelyn Huether Joynes. He was a carpenter, talented artist and guitarist. He is...

Oct 12, 2018

Lynwood Crittenden Butler, 71, a resident of Craddockville, VA, passed away Friday, October 12, 2018, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock, VA. A native of Birdsnest, VA, he was the son of the late Lewis Crittenden Butler and Mary Elizabeth Parkerson Butler. He was a retired salesman and a United States Marine Corps Veteran serving during the Vietnam...

Oct 11, 2018

William Tyler Colonna, 98, loving and devoted husband of the late Mabel Blackwell Colonna and a resident of Onancock, VA, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2018, at his residence. A native of Birdsnest, VA, he was the son of the late George Samuel Colonna and the late Daisy Olivia Richardson Colonna and the last living of nine siblings. He...

Oct 11, 2018

Tyler "Tate" Annon, 8, of Willis Wharf, VA passed away Thursday, October 11, 2018, at his home surrounded by love. He is the son of Laura Terry Annon of Willis Wharf, VA and Zachary Tate Annon of Machipongo, VA. Tate was a third grade student at Montessori Children's House of Franktown, VA. In addition to his loving parents he...

Oct 9, 2018

Jon Philip Satterfield, 67, husband of Barbara J. Sedlak Satterfield and a resident Horntown, VA, passed away Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at Shore Health & Rehab Center in Parksley, VA. A native of Covington, KY, he was the son of the late John Q. Satterfield and the late Betty Rae Taylor Satterfield. Mr. Satterfield was a retired salesman for...