by Ryan Webb | Jun 20, 2025 | Obituaries
Ms. Patti Ann Merritt passed away on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield, Md. She was born on April 12, 1950, to the late Newman and Mary Ann (Jones) Merritt of Chincoteague Island. Patti is survived by her sister, Jane Daisey; her niece, Sara...
by Ryan Webb | Jun 20, 2025 | Obituaries
Mr. George Allen Cooper walked through the pearly gates and into the open arms of his parents and sister on Sunday, June 15, 2025. Born Oct. 11, 1961, in Silver Springs, Md., and raised in Southside Chesconnessex, he was the son of the late Irvin Edward “Eddie” Cooper...
by Ryan Webb | Jun 20, 2025 | Obituaries
Mr. Eddie James Durham, 64, of Bloxom, husband of Linda Taylor, passed away on June 16, 2025, in Bloxom. Born on Jan. 23, 1961, in Mears, he was the son of the late Garmon Lee Durham and Nancy Taylor Durham. Eddie was a waterman and a seafood wholesale buyer. His...
by Ryan Webb | Jun 20, 2025 | Obituaries
Mrs. Violet Pruitt Mears, 93, of Parksley, a resident of Commonwealth Senior Living, and the wife of the late Otho Washington “O.W.” Mears, passed away on June 14, 2025, in Onancock. Born on Sept. 30, 1931, in Chesconessex, she was the daughter of the late Sidney...
by Ryan Webb | Jun 20, 2025 | Obituaries
Mr. Carl “Skip” Olson Bowman, 70, of Chincoteague, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at his home in Chincoteague. He was born on July 14, 1954, in Easton, Pa., to the late Alice Williams Bernstein and Carl E. Bowman Jr. After graduating from...
