by James Ritch | Sep 2, 2021 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — Gwendolyn Morey Skeens, best known on the Eastern Shore for her musical talent, is turning her creativity to a different art form — the novel. Skeens taught music in Baltimore County, Md., schools for three decades before moving to Greenbackville in...
by James Ritch | Sep 2, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report — The Coast Guard rescued three people in Chincoteague Inlet after their sailboat ran aground during severe weather Wednesday afternoon. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Virginia Command Center received notification of the distress around 2:22 p.m....
by James Ritch | Sep 1, 2021 | Obituaries
Mr. Karl Gaywood Wagner, 92, loving husband of the late Margaret Danser Wagner and a resident of Cheriton and Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2020, at his residence in Cheriton. Born Aug. 13, 1927, in Millstone Township, N.J., he was the son...
by James Ritch | Sep 1, 2021 | Obituaries
Mrs. Deborah B. “Debbie” Parks, fondly known as “Babe,” 64, wife of Eddie Parks and a resident of Exmore, passed away Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. A native of Willis Wharf, “a wharf rat,” she was the daughter of the late...
by James Ritch | Sep 1, 2021 | Obituaries
Mrs. Ruth Ann Long, 60, wife of Barry Dean Long and a resident of Exmore, passed away Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. A native of Princess Anne, Md., she was the daughter of Frances E. Crouch Long, of Princess Anne, and the...
by James Ritch | Sep 1, 2021 | Obituaries
Mr. Francis S. “Frank” Drummond, 90, a resident of Pungoteague, passed away Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was the son of the late Francis Simpson Drummond and the late Edna Earle Doughty Drummond. Frank was tough as nails...
by James Ritch | Sep 1, 2021 | Obituaries
Mr. Gary Cooper Mason Sr., 84, of Chincoteague Island, passed away peacefully Aug. 25, 2021, with his loved ones by his side. Born on Chincoteague Island, on Dec. 6, 1936, a son to the late Lee Mason and the late Margaret Virginia Cathell Mason, Gary was a larger than...
by James Ritch | Sep 1, 2021 | Obituaries
Mr. Thomas W. Roberts Sr., 73, of Greenbush, after several months of declining health, peacefully entered into eternal rest at St Mary’s Hospital, Richmond, with his beloved wife, Pat Roberts, their three children, and his brother by his side on Tuesday, Aug. 24,...
by James Ritch | Sep 1, 2021 | Obituaries
Miss Chiquita Drummond, 53, of Melfa, surrounded by her loved ones, departed this life Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, at her home. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., Chiquita was the beloved daughter of Milton and Margaret Drummond. She was affectionately known as “Kita” as well as names...
by James Ritch | Sep 1, 2021 | Obituaries
Mr. Garry C. Horsey, 59, of Painter, departed this life Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Exmore. Born in Pungoteague, Garry was the son of the late Smallwood Kellam and the late Elsie Horsey. He was affectionately known as “Mr. DJ,” “Music Man,” or the “Key Man” by his...
