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September 8, 2026

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

Valena Gibb

Valena Gibb

Mrs. Valena Boney Gibb, 97, wife of the late Joseph Lester Gibb and former resident of Onancock, passed away on May 20, 2023, at her home in Catonsville, Md. Born in Sampson County, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Odist Boney and the late Mary Edna Caison...
Stan Sieja

Stan Sieja

Mr. Stan Sieja, a familiar face on Delmarva, was lifted by angels from his easy chair in northeastern Wisconsin on May 22, after a long day of farming corn. Stan was 75. His life revolved around travel adventures, agricultural flying, his Catholic faith, and the...

John Hall

Mr. John Madison Hall, 73, of Moultrie, Ga., passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at his home. Mr. Hall was a former director of The Nature Conservancy’s Virginia Coast Reserve, headquartered on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. A funeral service was held Saturday, June...
Roger LaPlant

Roger LaPlant

Mr. Roger Albert LaPlant, 70, husband of Kate Evans LaPlant and resident of Melfa, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 8, 2023, at his home. Born on Nov. 4, 1952, in East Hartford, Conn., he was the son of the late Edward H. LaPlant and Marjorie E. LaPlant. Roger...
Gordon Rippon

Gordon Rippon

Mr. Gordon Eyre Rippon, 85, husband of Olivia Oakley Rippon, and a resident of Townsend, passed away Thursday, June 8, 2023, at Shore Health and Rehabilitation Center, Parksley. A native of Cape Charles, he was the son of the late Severn Eyre Rippon and the late...