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July 8, 2026

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

Mary Marsh Johnson

Mary Marsh Johnson

Mrs. Mary Marsh Johnson, 87, of Parksley, wife of the late John A. “Jack” Johnson, passed away June 22, 2019, at her son’s home in Richmond, Va. Born June 29, 1931, in Onley, she was the daughter of the late Jeter E. Marsh and Lillian Savage Marsh....
Louise Doughty Nottingham

Louise Doughty Nottingham

Mrs. Louise Doughty Nottingham, 97, of Franktown, passed away at her home on Monday, June 24, 2019. Mrs. Nottingham was born on July 4, 1921, in Box Tree Machipongo, to Robert Barry Doughty Jr. and Gladys Charnock Doughty and was the youngest of five children. Moving...
Norma Annis Short

Norma Annis Short

Mrs. Norma Annis Short, 84, of Guilford, passed away peacefully at her home June 19, 2019. Born July 5, 1934, she was the youngest of seven children born to the late Maude Mae and Major Harrison Annis. Mrs. Short graduated from Bloxom High School in 1952. She worked...
George Willis Young

George Willis Young

Mr. George Willis Young, 91, died June 21, 2019, at his home on Olde Hickory Farm in Exmore. A Northampton High School graduate, he devoted his career to public education as a teacher, athletic coach, assistant principal and principal of Northampton High School and...
Louise Doughty Nottingham

Frances L. Ball

Mrs. Frances L. Ball, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother passed away peacefully May 9, 2019. Mrs. Ball was born Feb. 18, 1925, in Exmore, to her loving parents, P.C. Boole and Viola Massey Boole. She was affectionately known as...