by James Ritch | Dec 27, 2020 | Obituaries
Mrs. Gloria Godwin Sharpley, 90, formerly of Greenbackville, and recently of Virginia Beach, passed away Dec. 22, 2020, at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk. Born March 30, 1930, in Sanford, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Edward and Erna Chase Godwin. Gloria...
by James Ritch | Dec 27, 2020 | Obituaries
Mr. Everette James “Buddy” Snead, 89, of Chincoteague Island, passed away Dec. 23, 2020, at Shore Health and Rehabilitation Center in Parksley. He was born on Chincoteague Island, on Feb. 27, 1931, a son to the late Norman and Lottie (Watson) Snead. He was a member of...
by James Ritch | Dec 27, 2020 | Obituaries
After just having celebrated her 90th birthday, Shirley Grace Outten Gregory joined her husband, Levin Melson Gregory, and her parents, Sinah Grace Marshall and Lloyd Augustus Outten, in heaven on Dec. 22, 2020. Shirley was also predeceased by her sister, Elsie Mae...
by James Ritch | Dec 27, 2020 | Features
Story and Photos by Jim Ritch — Every week, even in the cold of December, a harvest of lettuce departs the hydroponic greenhouse of Shore Breeze Farms in Cheriton, destined for local schools, restaurants, farm markets, and grocery stores. This December, the new and...
by James Ritch | Dec 24, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: President Martin Van Buren was rudely nicknamed “His Rotundency” by his detractors because of his ample waist. Likewise, John Tyler was derisively referred to as “His Accidency,” upon his ascendance to the presidency following William Henry Harrison’s...
