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June 29, 2026

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

Ruth Birch Reed

Ruth Birch Reed

Mrs. Ruth Birch Reed, 89, of Chincoteague Island, passed away Jan. 1, 2022, at Riverside Shore Memorial in Onancock. She was born on Chincoteague Island, on May 6, 1932, a daughter to the late Leo and Cecil (Richardson) Birch. She was a homemaker and lifelong resident...
Thalia Virginia Watson

Thalia Virginia Watson

Mrs. Thalia Virginia “Miss T” Watson, 95, of Nelsonia, passed away Jan. 1, 2022, at Shore Health and Rehabilitation Center in Parksley.  She was born on Chincoteague Island Dec. 18, 1926, a daughter to the late Arthur and Edna (Moore) Taylor. She was a...
Durando Miller III

Durando Miller III

Mr. Durando “Dee” Miller III told his caregivers that he saw “the train to Heaven,” and then passed away peacefully in the early hours of Dec. 14, 2021, after several years of battling prostate cancer. A man of great faith and quiet wisdom, Dee gained inspiration and...
William Paul Abbott

William Paul Abbott

Mr. William Paul Abbott, 86, of Atlantic, died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, Md.   Born in Crisfield, Md., Aug. 21, 1935, he was a son of the late Clarence James and the late Lola Lavinia Hoffman Abbott. He was a graduate...
Gregory Scott Coleman

Gregory Scott Coleman

Mr. Gregory Scott Coleman passed away peacefully Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. Greg was born on Long Island, N.Y., on July 2, 1958, and moved to the Eastern Shore of Virginia in 1979 with his parents, Walter and Emma Coleman, both of whom predeceased him. For many years,...