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July 8, 2026

The voice of Accomack and Northampton counties on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

Jaqueline Lee Baldwin

Jaqueline Lee Baldwin

Mrs. Jacqueline Lee Baldwin, 89, wife of the late Dr. Robert Edmund Baldwin and a resident of Belle Haven, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock. A native of Belle Vernon, Pa., she was the daughter of the late John Stuart...
Linda D. Tweedie

Linda D. Tweedie

Mrs. Linda D. Tweedie, 70, beloved wife of William “Bill” Tweedie and a resident of Onancock since 2006, formerly of Massapequa, N.Y., passed away at home, with her loving husband by her side, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019. Born Nov. 27, 1948, in Rockville Centre, N.Y., and...
John P. Downing

John P. Downing

Mr. John Paul Downing, 79, of Interlochen, Fla., passed away July 18, 2019, at the Haven Hospice facility in Palatka, Fla.  He was born April 29, 1940, at 548 Madison Ave., Cape Charles, the home of his maternal grandmother. He was the second son of the late Clarence...
Thomas Gerald Wheatley

Thomas Gerald Wheatley

Dr. Thomas Gerald Wheatley was the first of three sons born to Sidney and Amanda Wheatley on Oct. 12, 1930, on Tangier Island. When he was 16, the family moved to north side Chesconnessex, where he graduated from Onancock High School. Shortly afterward, he attended...
John Oliver Taylor

John Oliver Taylor

Mr. John Oliver Taylor, 80, of Richmond, and previously of Parksley, husband of the late Donna Rae Beasley Taylor, passed away Aug. 2, 2019, in Richmond. Born Sept. 7, 1938, in Parksley, he was the son of the late Benjamin Franklin Taylor and Mabel Lewis Taylor. Mr....