Obituaries

Lillian  Rippon Byrd

Lillian Rippon Byrd

May 8, 2015

In the early morning of May 8, 2015 Lillian passed away at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Columbia, MD. Lillian was 95 years old. Lillian Rippon Byrd was born in Cheriton, VA at 10:00 AM on May 24, 1919 to Lillie Hanby and William Lee Rippon. She was the fifth child born to the Rippon's. Lillian was raised on a farm...

Walter Ostrander

Walter Ostrander

May 7, 2015

Walter Ostrander, 79, husband of Ann Kovacevich Ostrander and a resident of Cape Charles, VA, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2015 at his residence. He was a native of Boston, MA. He was a United States Air Force Veteran, retired self-employed graphic artist and member of American Legion Post #56. Walter loved the outdoors, particularly camping and fishing. Wherever he...

Pearl Gaskill

Pearl Gaskill

May 2, 2015

Pearl Elizabeth Gaskill, 79, wife of Harry G. Gaskill and a resident of Onley, VA, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2015 at her residence. She was a native of Eastville, VA. She was retired from Delaney Foods and a member of Exmore Wesleyan Church. In addition to her husband, she is survived by four children, William Lee Tatum of Salisbury,...

Gwendolyn Mears

Gwendolyn Mears

Apr 26, 2015

Gwendolyn Bowman Mears, wife of the late Preston Lee Mears, Sr., and a resident of Onley, VA, went to be with her Lord, Sunday April 26, 2015 after a long illness. She was born June 4, 1924 in Cape Charles, VA and was the daughter of the late Ernest and Gwendolyn Bowman. She was self-employed and very creative, teaching herself...

Larry Hicks

Larry Hicks

Apr 9, 2015

Larry James Hicks, 64, a resident of Melfa, VA, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2015 at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late James L. Hicks and the late Evelyn Belote Tarr. Mr. Hicks was a United States Army Veteran. He enjoyed traveling, photography and painting. He is...

Billy Brady,  Sr.

Billy Brady, Sr.

Apr 8, 2015

Billy James Brady, Sr., 56, husband of the late Ona West Brady and a resident of Cape Charles, VA, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at his residence. A native of Oyster, VA, he was the son of Samuel Brady, Jr. of Townsend, VA and India Winslow Birch of Cape Charles and the step-son of Louise Brady of Townsend and...

Alan Fletcher

Alan Fletcher

Apr 3, 2015

Alan Leonard Fletcher, 53, a resident of Silver Beach, VA, formerly of Seymour, MO, passed away Friday, April 3, 2015 at his residence. A native of South Windsor, CT, he was the son of the late George Ashley Fletcher and the late Ruth Fudge Fletcher. He was a United States Navy Veteran, truck driver and member of the Hazelwood Masonic...

Dean Mears

Dean Mears

Apr 2, 2015

V. Dean Mears, 73, husband of the late Mary Shields Mears and a resident of Exmore, VA, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2015, at his residence. A native of Onley, VA and reared in Exmore, he was the son of the late Earl B. Mears and the late Ruth Roberts Mears. He was the retired owner of Dean's Signs, a...

Brian Barban

Brian Barban

Mar 28, 2015

Brian Paul Barban, 57, husband of Deborah L. Barban and a resident of Eastville, VA, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2015 at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Cape Charles, Va, he was the son of the late Stanley L. Barban and the late Fern Copenhaver Barban. Mr. Barban was a Quality Control Inspector for HRV....

Irma Evans

Irma Evans

Mar 27, 2015

Irma Clark Evans, 81, a resident of Nassawadox, VA, passed away Friday, March 27, 2015 at Heritage Hall Health Care in Nassawadox. A native of Machipongo, VA, she was the daughter of the late William H. Clark and the late Florence Elizabeth Outten Clark. She was a retired school bus driver for Northampton County Public Schools and member of Johnson's...

Jack White

Jack White

Mar 25, 2015

John Williams White, Sr., better known as Jack, 88, husband of the late Lucy Addison Restein White and a resident of Cape Charles, VA, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Cape Charles, he was the son of the late Richard Read White and the late Jessie Williams White. He...

Dorothy  Wimbrow Nottingham

Dorothy Wimbrow Nottingham

Mar 16, 2015

Dorothy Wimbrow Nottingham, 84, wife of the late John O. "Jack" Nottingham and a resident of Belle Haven, VA, passed away Monday, March 16, 2015 at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Worcester County, MD, she was the daughter of the late Maurice Wimbrow and the late Mattie Dennis Wimbrow. She retired as office manager for...

Carlton  Lee Smith

Carlton Lee Smith

Mar 16, 2015

Carlton Lee Smith, 45, husband of Angela Romo Smith and a resident of Exmore, VA, passed away Monday, March 16, 2015 at his residence. A native of Exmore, he was the son of Isaac L. Christian of Exmore and Barbara Smith West and her husband, John, of Exmore. He was a United States Marine Veteran and employee of A.N.E.C. In...

Andrew Kacik,  Jr.

Andrew Kacik, Jr.

Mar 8, 2015

Andrew Francis Kacik, Jr., 72, husband of Marjorie Rawlings Kacik and a resident of Machipongo, VA, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2015 at his residence. A native of Wilkes-Barre, PA, he was the son of the late Andrew F. Kacik, Sr. and the late Millie Elgonitis Kacik. He was a retired computer salesman for Dyntek, Inc, United States Air Force...

Jacqueline Hunter

Jacqueline Hunter

Mar 7, 2015

Jacqueline Davis Hunter, 79, a resident of Melfa, VA, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2015 at her residence. A native of Keller, VA, she was the daughter of the late William Davis and the great Grace Wimbrow Hart. She was retired from Hermitage on the Eastern Shore and a member of Onley Baptist Church. She is survived by five daughters,...

Rebecca  Spence White

Rebecca Spence White

Mar 2, 2015

Rebecca Spence White, 80, wife of the late Theron Ray White and a resident of Charlottesville, VA, formerly of Belle Haven, VA, passed away Monday, March 2, 2015 at University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. A native of Quinby, VA, she was the daughter of the late George Dewey Spence and the late Virgie Elizabeth Zember Spence. She was...

Debra Brady

Debra Brady

Feb 26, 2015

Debra Jean Brady, 62, of Townsend, VA, passed away Thursday, February 26, 2015 at her residence. A native of Cheriton, VA, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Brady, Sr. and the late Doris Mae Hinman Brady. She is survived by two children, Tammy M. Collier of Machipongo, VA, John E. Brady III and his wife, Becky Hemphill, of...

Matthew  Sutton Gummeson

Matthew Sutton Gummeson

Feb 26, 2015

Matthew Sutton Gummeson, 80, husband of Jo Marie Booth Gummeson and a resident of Exmore, VA, passed away Thursday, February 26, 2015 at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Middletown, NY, he was the son of the late Clarence Gummeson and the late Winifred Sutton Gummeson. He was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's...

Robert Phillips

Robert Phillips

Feb 23, 2015

Robert Carlton Phillips, 91, husband of Sara Humphries Phillips and a resident of Eastville, VA, passed away Monday, February 23, 2015 in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Carlton Phillips and the late Mary Estelle Hearn Phillips. He retired as a Commander in the United States Coast Guard, was a Marine Safety...

Charles  S. Bailey

Charles S. Bailey

Feb 23, 2015

Charles Sumner Bailey, 78, husband of Ann Bailey and the late Mildred K. Bailey and a resident of Richmond, VA passed away on Monday, February 23, 2015 at his home. Born in White Plains, NY, on August 28, 1936, he was the son of the late Sumner P. Bailey and the late Irma Orange Bailey Floyd. Mr. Bailey was a...