by James Ritch | Jan 29, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Billy Joe Tarr, a 64-year-old island native who represents Chincoteague on the Accomack Board of Supervisors, will seek a second four-year term in the November general election. “It has been a learning experience,” Tarr said this week. “It is...
by James Ritch | Jan 29, 2019 | Obituaries
Mrs. Judith H. Ziegler, 85, passed away peacefully Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, at Shore Health and Rehabilitation Center in Parksley. She is survived by her two daughters, Susan D. Nordstrom, of Spotsylvania, Va., and Lori Ziegler, of Richmond, Va.; and her sister, Joann...
by James Ritch | Jan 29, 2019 | Obituaries
Mrs. Dorothy Lee “Dot” Spurley, 83, wife of the late Avery Spurley and a resident of Onancock, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, at Shore Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born Nov. 14, 1935, in Belle Haven, she was the daughter of the late Leonard Fletcher Beasley...
by James Ritch | Jan 29, 2019 | Obituaries
Mr. Gary Wayne Shortt, 65, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, at his home. Born in Salisbury, Md., he was the son of the late Jesse Willard Shortt and Katherine Webb Shortt. Mr. Shortt is survived by his wife, Deborah Shortt; children, Penny Detrich, of North Carolina,...
by James Ritch | Jan 29, 2019 | Obituaries
Mrs. Isabell Lee Thorne Parks, 92, wife of the late Owen Ashton Parks Sr. and native of Tangier Island, passed away Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, at Alice B. Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield, Md. Born Feb. 12, 1926, on Tangier, she was the daughter of the late James W. Thorne...
