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July 16, 2026

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

Harryette Bowden

Harryette Bowden

This is a memorial tribute to our mother, Mrs. Harryette Thomas Rippon Bowden, who passed away Friday, June 28, 2024. She was born on March 29, 1943, to Virginia Rippon and Harry Thomas Rippon Jr., at Northampton-Accomack Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox. Harryette’s...

Hattie Powell

Mrs. Hattie Louise Carpenter Powell, 86, formerly of Cape Charles, passed away on July 1, 2024. She is survived by her son, Robert C. Powell and his wife, Drusilla, of Chesapeake; daughter, Teresa Powell Colleran and her husband, Kenneth, of Suffolk; and her grandson,...
Sylvia Johnson

Sylvia Johnson

Mrs. Sylvia Mae Johnson, 86, of Delmar, Del., formerly of Parksley, passed away Friday, June 28, 2024, while surrounded by her family, all of whom loved her and will miss her deeply. She was joyfully reunited with her husband of 50 years, John Calvin “Bud” Johnson...
Thomas Fague

Thomas Fague

Mr. Thomas Haislip Fague, 85, of Chincoteague Island, formerly of Silver Spring, Md., passed away on June 26 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury, Md., surrounded by his daughters. Tom was born Oct. 11, 1938, in Alexandria, to the late Ferguson Fague and the...
Jane Herbert

Jane Herbert

Mrs. Jane Herbert, of Onancock, passed away on Friday, May 17, 2024, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital. Born on April 30, 1944, in Bronxville, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Doris Pittore. Jane was the prevailing hostess in the family. She found...