Obituaries

Mila  Dean Spence

Mila Dean Spence

Feb 1, 2012

Mila Dean Spence, 82, wife of the late Richard Thomas Spence II and a resident of Nassawadox, VA, passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at Heritage Hall Healthcare. A native of South Chesconnessex,VA, she was the daughter of the late Edmund Stokes and the late Ella Pearl Harris Stokes. She retired from Exmore Foods as a production line worker. She...

Orma  Jean Marshall

Orma Jean Marshall

Jan 30, 2012

Orma Jean Marshall, 71, wife of Daniel Lee Marshall and a resident of Townsend, VA, passed away Monday, January 30, 2012 at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Capeville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Thomas Wood, Jr. and the late Beatrice Ward Wood. She was a retired beautician and a member of...

Iris Anne Higbee Clemente

Iris Anne Higbee Clemente

Jan 25, 2012

Iris Anne Higbee Clemente, 77, of Willis Wharf, VA, passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital. A native of Hog Island, VA, she was the daughter of the late Randolph Higbee and the late Annie Lilliston Higbee. She attended Colonial Baptist Church. She is survived by two sons, Joseph R. Clemente of Patchogue, NY, and Thomas F....

Bruce  S. Munn

Bruce S. Munn

Jan 25, 2012

Bruce S. Munn, 78, husband of Bonnie Bonniwell Munn and a resident of Wachapreague, VA, passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at his residence. A native of Wellesley Hills, MA, he was the son of the late Percival J. Munn and the late Greta Cady Munn. Mr. Munn received a BA degree from University of Maine and a MBA degree...

Sue  Hickman Campbell

Sue Hickman Campbell

Jan 14, 2012

Sue Hickman Campbell, 70, of Cape Charles, Virginia, died Saturday, January 14, 2012 at Shore LifeCare in Parksley. Born September 7, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Cecil A Hickman and the late Margaret Berchtold Hickman. She attended Northampton-Accomack Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and was a licensed practical nurse. Survivors include a son, William Todd Mears and...

Cordelia  Massey Hancock

Cordelia Massey Hancock

Jan 8, 2012

Cordelia Massey Hancock, 95, a resident of Virginia Beach, passed away January 8, 2012. She was a native of Northampton County on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and the wife of retired Wilmer James Hancock, Jr. She was a longtime member of Baylake United Methodist Church and the women's Beth Coverly Circle. Mrs. Hancock was active in the Hermitage Garden...

June  Stanton Scudder

June Stanton Scudder

Jan 7, 2012

June Stanton Scudder, 78, wife of the late William L. Scudder and a resident of Heritage Hall Healthcare, formerly of Belle Haven, VA, passed away Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital. A native of Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Owen Stanton and the late Viola Hoffman Stanton. Survivors include a sister, Marie Forsten...

Allan Joseph "Bud" Lyon

Allan Joseph "Bud" Lyon

Jan 7, 2012

Allan Joseph "Bud" Lyon, 102, husband of the late Florence White Lyon and a resident of Townsend and Virginia Beach, Virginia, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Virginia Beach Healthcare & Rehab. A native of West Caldwell, New Jersey, he was the son of the late Joseph A. Lyon and the late Harriet Doremus Lyon. Mr. Lyon was...

Ruth  C. Swope

Ruth C. Swope

Jan 6, 2012

Ruth Cook Swope, 99, wife of the late Dr. Ralph E. Swope and a resident of Kennett Square, PA, formerly of Davis Wharf, VA, passed away Friday, January 6, 2012 at The Crosslands in Kennett Square. A native of Manhattan, NY, she was the younger of two daughters of the late Harry J. Cook and the late Emma Rogers Cook....

Wilson  Nottingham Shreeves

Wilson Nottingham Shreeves

Jan 3, 2012

Wilson Nottingham Shreeves, 92, husband of the late Louise Fisher Shreeves and a resident of Cheriton, VA, passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital. A native of Cheriton, he was the son of the late Louis B. Shreeves and the late Daisy Wilkins Shreeves. Mr. Shreeves retired from G.L. Webster, was a member of the Cheriton...

Ola Fay Pugh Simeroth

Ola Fay Pugh Simeroth

Dec 31, 2011

Ola Fay Pugh Simeroth died of natural causes Saturday at her home in Nassawadox, Virginia. She was 87. She was born in Franklinville, North Carolina on March 21, 1924 to William and Ethel Pugh and graduated from Franklinville High School in 1943. "Fay," as she was known, met her future husband, Irving Simeroth, while he was on leave from the...

Myrtle  Melson Ward

Myrtle Melson Ward

Dec 29, 2011

Myrtle Melson Ward, 84, wife of Wesley T. Ward and a resident of Wardtown, VA, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2011 at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Northampton County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Lynwood and Ethel Lingo Melson. Mrs. Ward was a member of Belle Haven United Methodist Church, a retired...

Claribel  Kelly Hargis

Claribel Kelly Hargis

Dec 28, 2011

Claribel Kelly Hargis, 89, wife of the late Paul Eugene Hargis and a resident of Concord Wharf, VA, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Jamesville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Edward William Kelly and the late Brazora Turner Kelly. Mrs. Hargis was a member of Maranatha Baptist...

Mary  Elizabeth Hall

Mary Elizabeth Hall

Dec 28, 2011

Mary Elizabeth Hall, 84, wife of the late Donald George Hall and a resident of Virginia Landing, Quinby, VA, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at her residence. A native of Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late Thomas F. Murphy and the late Mary Ann Simon Murphy. She was a retired pharmacy technician and a member of...

Chalmers B. "Butch" Horsley

Chalmers B. "Butch" Horsley

Dec 27, 2011

Chalmers B. Horsley, better known as "Butch", 97, husband of Dorothy Payne Horsley and a resident of Onancock, VA, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Gloucester, VA, he was the son of the late Calvin B. Horsley and the late Bertha May Causey Horsley. He retired from the U.S....

Kathryn  Lee Costin

Kathryn Lee Costin

Dec 27, 2011

Kathryn Lee Costin, 69, wife of Richard Costin and a resident of Townsend, VA, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Townsend, she was the daughter of the late Gilmer F. Elliott and the late Josephine Kathryn Wilgus Elliott. She was a landscape artist for Cherrystone Campground. In addition to...

Ida  Chandler Sorensen

Ida Chandler Sorensen

Dec 21, 2011

Ida Chandler Sorensen, 96, wife of the late Carl J. Sorensen and a resident of Exmore, VA passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at her residence. A native of Northampton County, VA, she was the daughter of the late William L. Chandler and the late Ella Wilkins Chandler. She was a retired registered nurse and a member of St. Peters...

John  Howard West

John Howard West

Dec 19, 2011

John Howard West, a local businessman and a resident of Oyster, VA, passed away Monday, December 19, 2011 at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox, VA just two weeks after his 60th birthday. An Eastern Shore native, he was the son of the late Joe Harvey West, Sr. and Juanita Moore West of Grafton, WV. In addition to his mother,...

Margaret  Custis Campbell

Margaret Custis Campbell

Dec 19, 2011

Margaret Custis Campbell, 83, wife of the late Joe W. Campbell and a resident of Painter, VA, passed away Monday, December 19, 2011 at her residence. A native of Onancock, VA, she was the daughter of the late Floyd and Ethel Custis. She was the retired owner of Campbell's Grocery in Painter and a member of Painter Garrison United Methodist...

M.  Ann Devletian

M. Ann Devletian

Dec 12, 2011

M. Ann Devletian, 69, a resident of Accomac, VA, passed away Monday, December 12, 2011 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Herman H. Eller and the late Anna Brown Eller. She was a self-employed website designer and retired from Turner Sculpture and was a member of the Southeastern Cherokee Council and the Assateague Indians of Virginia....