by Ted Shockley | May 9, 2023 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — The Exmore Town Council on Monday, May 1, approved a resolution to allow a developer to acquire Virginia Housing funding for an economic development project on a nearly 22-acre parcel in town. “You can’t build anything...
by Ted Shockley | May 9, 2023 | Headlines
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — Over 50 attended an Accomack County School Board work session Tuesday, May 2, as the board discussed a draft study outlining plans for the former Accomac Primary School building. A recent report recommends considering repairs to...
by Ted Shockley | May 9, 2023 | Features
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — When the Chincoteague Town Council invited a local pastor to deliver the invocation at its Monday meeting, he did not know he would also become an honorary town citizen. The Rev. William Maury Enright lives on the mainland but his...
by Ryan Webb | May 4, 2023 | Obituaries
Mr. Ridgway Moore Dunton, 95, a resident of Onancock, died peacefully at home surrounded by his daughters on April 26, 2023. Born on Dec. 1, 1927, in Birdsnest, Va., he was the son of Alexander Godwin Dunton Sr. and Margaret Bayly Smith Dunton. He was preceded in...
by Ryan Webb | May 4, 2023 | Obituaries
Mr. Kevin Max Taylor, 56, passed away Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at The Citadel in Nassawadox. Born June 30, 1966, in Nassawadox, and raised in Bloxom, Kevin was the only child born to Melvin Max “Mose” Taylor and Kathryn Knight Taylor of Bloxom. Always making friends...
by Ryan Webb | May 4, 2023 | Obituaries
Mrs. Mary Ellen Phillips Brown, the last girl born on Hog Island, of Willis Wharf, was promoted to glory on May 1, 2023, at the age of 84. She was born to John and Pearl Powell Phillips, becoming an aunt to two the moment she came into this world. Probably much to...
by Ryan Webb | May 4, 2023 | Obituaries
Mr. David A. Price, 83, of Cape Charles, passed away Sunday, April 30, 2023, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Boston, Mass., he was adopted and raised in Dewitt, N.Y., by Dr. Roy A. Price and his wife, “Billie” Frances Price. David received his bachelor’s...
by Ryan Webb | May 4, 2023 | Obituaries
Mr. Jonathan Brice Moore Jr., 52, passed away Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, at the Citadel in Nassawadox. Jon was born March 31, 1970, at Westover AFB in Chicopee, Mass., and was the son of Jonathan B. Moore Sr. and Honey (Helenann) Koch Moore of Church Neck in Machipongo....
by Ryan Webb | May 4, 2023 | Obituaries
Mrs. Ute Roswitha Dobbs, 80, wife of Robert “Bob” Dobbs and a resident of Onancock, passed away on Thursday, April 27, 2023, at Shore Health and Rehabilitation Center in Parksley. Born August 26, 1942, in Darmstadt, Germany and raised in northern Virginia, she was the...
by Ryan Webb | May 4, 2023 | Obituaries
Mrs. Eleanor Frances Koury, 89, wife of the late Albert Joseph Koury Jr. and a resident of Exmore, passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at her residence. A native of Woonsocket, R.I., she was the daughter of the late James J. O’Neill and the late Mary McKenna...
