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October 24, 2026

The voice of Accomack and Northampton counties on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

John Runion

John Runion

Mr. John Wesley Runion, 64, passed away Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, at his home in Mears. Born Aug. 3, 1960, Lakewood, N.J., and raised in Lakehurst, N.J., he was the son of Harriet Marie Runion, of Nelsonia, and the late Elsworth Runion Sr. Like most Eastern Shoremen, John...
Dawn Holdgrafer

Dawn Holdgrafer

Mrs. Dawn Holdgrafer, 75, wife of the late John George Holdgrafer, passed away Monday, Feb. 10, 2025 at her sister’s home in Wachapreague. Born June 29, 1949, she was the daughter of the late Edmond Reese Davis and Angela Smith Davis. Dawn was a native of Tangier...
Wescott Northam

Wescott Northam

The Honorable Mr. Wescott B. Northam, 100, passed away on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Accomac. Born in Modest Town, he was the son of the late Thomas Long Northam and Ida May Brownlee Northam. Known from boyhood to his family and friends as Judge, he graduated from...
Philip “Daff” Daffin

Philip “Daff” Daffin

Mr. Philip Bryan “Daff” Daffin, 60, passed away at his home in Onley on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, surrounded by loved ones. A lifelong resident of Onley, Daff was born April 15, 1964, in Nassawadox, to the late Philip Milton “Karo” Daffin and Elsie Mae Outten Daffin....
Marshall Schwenk

Marshall Schwenk

Mr. Marshall Schwenk died on Feb. 1, 2025. He was born on June 4, 1947, to Elva Jeanette and John Josiah Schwenk, of Red Hill, Pa. He is survived by his loving wife, Barbara, to whom he was married for 45 years. Also surviving are his son Nathan Toms, of Hagerstown,...