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Mrs. Barbara Holderfield Bynum was born April 16, 1942, in Portsmouth, and she passed away peacefully at her Nassawadox home on June 14, 2025, from pancreatic cancer. Bobbie attended Woodrow Wilson High School and Longwood College, then worked as a math teacher at Broadwater Academy and bookkeeper for T-F Grain...

Lorita Coard

Mrs. Lorita L. Coard, 82, beloved wife of Robert W. “Bob” Coard, passed away at her home in Accomac on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Born Oct. 24, 1942, in Cambridge, Md., she was the daughter of the late Harvey Newcomb and Frances Horseman Newcomb. Following graduation from Cambridge High School,...

Bill Watson

Mr. William “Bill” Herbert Watson, 95, of Atlantic, passed away on June 16, 2025, surrounded by his loving and devoted family. He was born June 12, 1930, in Salisbury, Md., the son of Herbert Carlos Watson and Bertha Mae (Benson) Watson. During his first three years, he lived on Wallops...
Ms. Patti Ann Merritt passed away on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield, Md. She was born on April 12, 1950, to the late Newman and Mary Ann (Jones) Merritt of Chincoteague Island. Patti is survived by her sister, Jane Daisey; her niece, Sara Daisey; her...
Mr. George Allen Cooper walked through the pearly gates and into the open arms of his parents and sister on Sunday, June 15, 2025. Born Oct. 11, 1961, in Silver Springs, Md., and raised in Southside Chesconnessex, he was the son of the late Irvin Edward “Eddie” Cooper and...

Eddie Durham

Mr. Eddie James Durham, 64, of Bloxom, husband of Linda Taylor, passed away on June 16, 2025, in Bloxom. Born on Jan. 23, 1961, in Mears, he was the son of  the late Garmon Lee Durham and Nancy Taylor Durham. Eddie was a waterman and a seafood wholesale buyer. His...

Violet Mears

Mrs. Violet Pruitt Mears, 93, of Parksley, a resident of Commonwealth Senior Living, and the wife of the late Otho Washington “O.W.” Mears, passed away on June 14, 2025, in Onancock. Born on Sept. 30, 1931, in Chesconessex, she was the daughter of the late Sidney Pruitt and Ona Dize...

Skip Bowman

Mr. Carl “Skip” Olson Bowman, 70, of Chincoteague, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at his home in Chincoteague. He was born on July 14, 1954, in Easton, Pa., to the late Alice Williams Bernstein and Carl E. Bowman Jr. After graduating from Chincoteague High School in 1972,...
Mrs. Eliza Hartman Cox was born on April 6, 1931, in Bridgetown, to Clarence Nottingham and Mary Floyd Churn. The Lord called her home on June 3, 2025. Eliza was a 1948 graduate of Northampton High School. She resided in Florida for the past 20 years. Eliza is survived by her...
Mrs. Nancy E. McCarthy, 79, of Eastville, passed away on Monday, May 26, 2025, surrounded by her loved ones. Nancy was born in Millville, N.J., on Oct. 29, 1945. She was a homemaker but also worked as a switchboard operator for Bell Telephone, as a cashier for the A&P Grocery...