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September 8, 2026

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Mr. Grayson Stauffer Booker

Mr. Grayson Stauffer Booker

Mr. Grayson Stauffer Booker, 81, husband of Joyce Wilgus Booker and a resident of Capeville, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, at his residence. A native of Cherrystone, he was the son of the late Charles Morris Booker and the late Grace Brown Booker. Mr. Booker...
Mr. George Alvin Bickel

Mr. George Alvin Bickel

Mr. George Alvin Bickel, 83, of Chincoteague Island, passed away Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, at Harrison House in Snow Hill, Md. Born March 21, 1935, in Amhurst, Wis., he was a son of the late Walter Bickel and Irene Siedeler Bickel. Mr. Bickel devoted his life in...
Little Girl, Big Dreams

Little Girl, Big Dreams

By Linda Cicoira — Inspired by the natural beauty of her surroundings, the poised and articulate Autumn Irons, a 19-year-old psychology student and Eastern Shore native, has surmised through her paintings of landscapes, flowers, and more, that art is...
5-Year-Old in Car When Father Shot

5-Year-Old in Car When Father Shot

By Linda Cicoira — Quanta Mapp’s five-year-old son got in the car on an evening in March 2018 and popped the trunk so his father could place a kerosene container inside. Mapp heard shouting over his shoulder and said he turned to find three men pointing guns at...