by James Ritch | Dec 9, 2021 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — A woman walking on Assateague beach in October found an unusual-looking object, which turned out to be a fossilized crab claw. The fossil can be seen at Toms Cove Visitor Center on Assateague. Sharon Conn, who found the item while picking up trash on...
by James Ritch | Dec 9, 2021 | Obituaries
Mrs. Barbara Jean Holland, 74, of New Church, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, at her home with her family by her side. Born Oct. 20, 1947, in Butte, Mont., she was the daughter of the late H.Q. “Van” Van Dyke and the late Betty Irene Wolf Van Dyke. When...
by James Ritch | Dec 9, 2021 | Obituaries
Mrs. Peggy B. Brown, 83, passed away Nov. 15, 2021, with her family by her side in Fredericksburg, Va., at peace and reunited in death with her beloved husband, Conrad I. Brown. Peggy was born in Cape Charles to Edna and Walter Bowen. She always said Cape Charles was...
by James Ritch | Dec 9, 2021 | Obituaries
Pastor Blanche Alverta Dix was born Oct. 17, 1930, in Accomac, a daughter to the late Chauncey and Maggie Fletcher and departed this earthly life Nov. 12, 2021. Early that morning, God called to His servant and she answered; peacefully slipping away to rest eternal....
by James Ritch | Dec 9, 2021 | Obituaries
Mrs. Debbie Lynn Crowson was born Dec. 23, 1947, in Nassawadox, and entered into eternal rest Nov. 23, 2021; peacefully slipping away just 10 days after her beloved mother. Debbie was the daughter of Pastor Blanche Alverta Dix and Delmas Beckett, and she was the bonus...