by James Ritch | Feb 2, 2022 | Obituaries
Mr. Robert Curtis Lambert, 76, husband of the late Claudia Nitch Lambert and a resident of Quinby, passed away Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022, at his residence. A native of Johnstown, Pa., he was the son of the late Robert B. Lambert and the late Mary Rhodes Lambert. He was a...
by James Ritch | Feb 2, 2022 | Obituaries
Mr. Melvin Ellis Drummond Jr., 88, husband of the late Elizabeth Ann Day Drummond and a resident of Pungoteague, passed away Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock. A native of Craddockville, he was the son of the late Melvin E....
by James Ritch | Feb 2, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Accomack school board’s fiscal year 2023 budget is overloaded with items that don’t directly improve students’ education, according to some speakers at a Feb. 1 public hearing on the matter. “We are concerned that the budget as presented is...
by James Ritch | Feb 1, 2022 | Headlines
The following is an updated version of a story originally reported Jan. 28. Staff Report – A motor vehicle accident in Northampton County on Friday, Jan. 28, resulted in the deaths of two minors, a 12-year-old female and a 15-year-old female. The Virginia State Police...
by James Ritch | Feb 1, 2022 | Obituaries
Mrs. Patsy Ruth Linton Ellis, 95, wife of the late Robert Lee Ellis Jr. and a resident of Temperanceville, passed away at her home Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. Born July 25, 1926, in Saxis, where she was raised with her family, she was a daughter of the late Claude Swanson...
by James Ritch | Feb 1, 2022 | Obituaries
Mrs. Juanita Beatrice “Nina” Kilmon, 93, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, at her home in Melfa, while surrounded by family and new friend and hospice nurse, Marie. Born in Poulson, Sept. 7, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Otha James Hart and the...
by James Ritch | Feb 1, 2022 | Obituaries
Dr. Len Joseph Bundick, father, brother, grandfather, friend, healer of what ails you, and the Eastern Shore’s famed Santa Claus, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, at VCU Medical Center in Richmond. Born June 29, 1960, in Nassawadox, and raised on the family farm in Coal...
by James Ritch | Feb 1, 2022 | Obituaries
The Rev. Dan Richard Harris, 68, of Eastville, and formerly of Chase City, Va., passed away Dec. 26, 2021. Dan loved his family, his wife, his children, and grandchildren more than life itself. But most of all, Dan loved his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Graveside...
by James Ritch | Feb 1, 2022 | Obituaries
Mr. Vaughn W. Topping Sr., 87, of Parksley, departed this life Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock. Born in Onancock, Vaughn was the son of the late Carrol and Maggie Topping. He was affectionately known as “Smitty” by his family...
by James Ritch | Feb 1, 2022 | Obituaries
Miss Shanetta S. Smith, 42, of Exmore, departed this life Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, at the Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital in Virginia Beach. Born in Nassawadox, Shanetta was the daughter of Cecil Watts Jr. and Willie Mae Washington. She was affectionately known...
