Geraldine Messick LeCompte, age 83, of Delmar, died Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at Salisbury Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born June 12, 1923 in Hurlock, MD, a daughter of the late Norman W. Messick, Sr. and Emily Coulbourne Messick. Mrs. LeCompte worked many years as a bookkeeper for White & Leonard and then Vernon Powell Shoes in Salisbury. She also worked as a hairstylist out of her home for a number of years. She was previously a member of St. Stephen's United Methodist Church in Delmar. She will be remembered as an animal lover and always had many types of pets around her home. She always enjoyed helping her community stay active in the American Heart Association Annual Fund Drive. Spending time with her family was what she cherished the most. She is survived by two sons, Michael LeCompte and his wife Diane of Seaford and Gerry LeCompte and his wife Brenda of Parsonsburg; two daughters, Claudia Parks and her husband Bill of York, PA and Cathy Sliwoski and her husband Tom of Staunton, VA; 4 grandchildren, Corey LeCompte, Emily LeCompte Fantis and her husband Andy, Madeleine Sliwoski and Mark Sliwoski; and a great-grandson, Aristidis Fantis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Harry LeCompte, who passed in 1989, and two brothers, Norman W. Messick, Jr. and Walter Perry Messick, Sr. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, February 10, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at Short Funeral Home, 13 E. Grove Street, Delmar, where family and friends may call from 10 to 11:00. The Reverend Marsha Carpenter will officiate. Interment will follow the service at St. Stephen's Cemetery in Delmar. Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to: Wicomico County Humane Society, 5130 Citation Drive, Salisbury, MD 21804, or to the Alzheimer's Association/Eastern Shore Chapter, 213 W. Main Street, Suite 205, Salisbury, MD 21801. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.shortfh.com .