by Ryan Webb | Jan 3, 2025 | Obituaries
Mr. Paul Adker Marquedant, age 86, passed away Dec. 19, 2024, at his Cape Charles home on Mt. Hebron Farm. Paul was born in Jackson, Mich., on April 20, 1938, to Bonnie Grace Sherman (dec.) and Paul H. Marquedant (dec.), and raised by his stepfather, Lawrence (Buster)...
by Ryan Webb | Jan 3, 2025 | Obituaries
Dr. William McIntyre, known as “Dr. Mac” died peacefully in his sleep with his wife at his bedside on Dec. 24, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colo. He was born at the Army base Fort Dix in New Jersey on June 24, 1946. His family moved several times and lived in the...
by Ryan Webb | Jan 3, 2025 | Obituaries
Mrs. Kelso Miller, age 95, of Joppa, Md., passed away peacefully on Dec. 25, 2024, at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, Md. Born in Birdsnest, she was the daughter of the late William and Josie (Webb) Ward and the beloved wife of the late Richard M. Miller....
by Ryan Webb | Jan 3, 2025 | Obituaries
Mr. Henry Furlong Baldwin died on Dec. 7, 2024, at Eyre Hall, his family’s National Historic Landmark home for 10 generations on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. He was 92. The son of Henry DuPont Baldwin and Margaret Eyre Taylor Baldwin, Furlong, or Baldy as he was often...
by Ryan Webb | Jan 3, 2025 | Obituaries
Mr. Gene Franklin Simpson Sr. of Exmore, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock. Gene was born July 25, 1935, to Herbert L. and Madeline K. Langdon. Gene served during the Korean Conflict in the U.S. Coast Guard as a...
by Ryan Webb | Jan 3, 2025 | Obituaries
Mr. George Beatty Brothers, of Assawoman, passed away on Dec. 20, 2024, at his residence. He was 90 years old. Born in Battlesburg, Ohio, on July 15, 1934, to the late Beatty Whitacre Brothers and Isabel Blanche Brothers (Klotz), George spent his childhood on...
by Ryan Webb | Jan 3, 2025 | Obituaries
Mrs. Lynn Butler Matthews, 70, of Chincoteague Island, passed away peacefully at her home on Dec. 20, 2024. She was born on July 17, 1954, to the late Norma Hancock Butler and Rupert Butler. In her Chincoteague High School days, she loved basketball with a passion....
by Ryan Webb | Jan 3, 2025 | Obituaries
Ms. Virginia Loring Belote, lovingly known as Ginny by her family, passed away peacefully on Dec. 27, 2024, at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist — Wilkes Medical Center, surrounded by her loved ones. She was 96 years old. Ginny was born on May 17, 1928, in Exmore, to...
by Ryan Webb | Jan 3, 2025 | Obituaries
Mrs. Maryon Virginia Timm Womble, 93, of Cheriton, passed away on Dec. 25, 2024. Maryon was born to William John Timm and Marion Virginia Leech Timm on July 19, 1931, in Mount Vernon, N.Y. While vacationing in Virginia Beach one summer, her father spotted the Eastern...
by Sarah Barban | Jan 3, 2025 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — William Smith “Smitty” Dize Jr., best known for his years of service as Cape Charles’ harbor master and, later, mayor, died at his home in Saxis on Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. He was 55. A paradigm Eastern Shoreman, the affable...
