by James Ritch | May 24, 2022 | Obituaries
Mr. Milton Chambers Parks, 90, of Tangier Island, died Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield, Md. Born on Tangier Island July 29, 1931, he was a son of the late Charles Roland Parks and the late Annie Kelso Pruitt Parks. His wife of 60...
by James Ritch | May 24, 2022 | Obituaries
Ms. Heather Lynn McCranie, 50, and a resident of Smith Beach, passed away Thursday, May 19, 2022, at her residence. A native of Sumneytown, Pa., she was the daughter of Leroy Gibson Jr. and his wife, Sheila, of Barto, Pa., and Carolyn L. Try, of Hacksneck. A retired...
by James Ritch | May 24, 2022 | Obituaries
Mr. Dan Thompson, 70, of Bloxom, passed away on May 21, 2022. Born Oct. 16, 1951, on Wallops Island, Danny was the son of the late George B. Thompson and the late Sylva Roush Thompson. Known as “Diesel Dan” to many, Danny was a heavy equipment operator and a truck...
by James Ritch | May 24, 2022 | Obituaries
Ames Lee Justis, age 93, passed away at his home in Onancock on May 14, 2022. He is survived by his daughter, Janet Lee Justis, and his brother, Kenneth “Kenny” Justis (Dianne), also of Onancock. In addition, Ames is survived by several generations of loving in-laws,...
by James Ritch | May 24, 2022 | Obituaries
Mrs. Joan Ann Collins, 83, of Leemont, wife of the late William W. Collins Sr., passed away May 17, 2022, at Shore Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born on March 29, 1939, in Nassawadox, she was the daughter of the late Mary Etta Boyce. Joan was retired from Perdue...
by James Ritch | May 24, 2022 | Obituaries
Mr. George “Parker” Johnson, 91, husband of the late Gloria Custis Johnson and longtime resident of Hopeton, passed away at his home on Friday, May 20, 2022. Parker was born Sept. 6, 1930, in Leemont, and was a son of the late Fletcher Johnson and the late Evelyn...
by James Ritch | May 24, 2022 | Obituaries
Mr. Alfio Joseph Bruno, 83, former resident of Eastchester, N.Y., died peacefully on May 17, 2022. Born in Bronxville, N.Y., Alfio Joseph Bruno was the son of the late Joseph Bruno and the late Josephine Bruno, and brother to Peter Joseph Bruno. He is survived by his...
by James Ritch | May 24, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report — The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Chesapeake Field Office, responded Dec. 4, 2021, to a request by the New Church Fire Department to investigate a suspicious fire with a deceased victim located in the residence. “When...
by James Ritch | May 23, 2022 | Features
By Martha Wessells Steger – Special to the Eastern Shore Post – The newly expanded Virginia Museum of History & Culture, next to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond’s Museum District, sheds a broader light on coastal Virginia and on other regions of the...
by James Ritch | May 23, 2022 | Features
Submitted by Amy G. Bull, director of communications and development – Eastern Shore Rural Health System Inc. was honored at the Conference for Agricultural Worker Health on May 2, in Denver. The Conference for Agricultural Worker Health, sponsored by the National...
