Obituaries

Iva T. Horner

Iva T. Horner

Jan 14, 2010

Iva T. Horner, 89, of Salisbury, died Thursday, January 14, 2010 at her home. She was born on May 5, 1920 in Snow Hill, a daughter of the late Lafayette and Mary Hudson Townsend. Iva was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church in Salisbury. She worked for many years as a secretary in the loan department at the Wilmington Trust...

George P. Simon

George P. Simon

Jan 13, 2010

George P. Simon, 74, of Laurel, died Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford. He was born July 19, 1935 in Woodbridge, NJ, a son of the late John and Margaret Kemeny Simon. George was a member of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Delmar. He proudly served his country in the US Navy from 1952 to 1956,...

Virginia Robbins Carr

Virginia Robbins Carr

Jan 6, 2010

Virginia Robbins Carr, 96, of Delmar, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. She was born in Delmar, a daughter of the late Edward Allen Robbins and Susan May Dunn Robbins. Virginia graduated from the Delmar Maryland High School with the class of 1931, then attended Goldey Business College in Wilmington. She was...

David Edward West

David Edward West

Dec 26, 2009

David Edward West, 55, of Delmar, died suddenly at his chicken farm on Saturday, December 26, 2009. He was born May 9, 1954 in Salisbury, a son of the late Roy E. and Evelyn E. Shockley West. Since his youth, David had been a well-respected farmer and poultry man, a job he loved. For the past 35 years he had...

Vernon F. Wagner

Vernon F. Wagner

Dec 25, 2009

Vernon Franklin Wagner, 74, of Salisbury, died Friday, December 25, 2009 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born May 13, 1935 on Miles Farm in Somerset County, a son of the late Albert Rollins Wagner and Nellie Denston Wagner. Vernon served his country in the US Army in the late 1950's. After the service, he became a...

Franklin James Sockriter, Sr.

Franklin James Sockriter, Sr.

Dec 25, 2009

Franklin James Sockriter, Sr., 74, died Friday, December 25, 2009 at his home in Fruitland, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on May 3, 1935, a son of the late Jerman Sockriter and Delia (Phillips) Sockriter. Founder of Gods New Country Church, he dedicated his time unselfishly Ministering at Genesis Nursing Home. His strong faith for God and...

Robert J. Banks, Ii

Robert J. Banks, Ii

Dec 25, 2009

Robert J. Banks, II, 64, of Delmar, passed away on Friday, December 25,2009 at Seaford Genesis. He was born on March 11, 1945 in Salisbury, Maryland, a son of the late Robert J. Banks, Sr. and Esther Banks Mills. Bob loved music and enjoyed playing in the Delmar High School band in his youth. He attended Columbia School of Broadcasting...

Sarah Elizabeth Willin

Sarah Elizabeth Willin

Dec 23, 2009

Sarah Elizabeth Willin, 91, of Delmar, formerly of Laurel, died Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. She was born February 26, 1918 in Bowers Beach, Delaware, a daughter of the late James and Annie Gibson Banks. Since 1978 Mrs. Willin has been a faithful member of the Laurel Church of Christ. She enjoyed working at...

Lola Mae Tingle

Lola Mae Tingle

Dec 16, 2009

**NEW DATE DUE TO WEATHER POSTPONEMENT** Lola Mae Tingle, 84, of Delmar, and formerly of Shad Point, died Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. She was born in Delmar on September 2, 1925, a daughter of the late Littleton F. Taylor and Winnie C. Taylor. Mrs. Tingle retired in 1983 after 37 years working...

Steven Charles Trivits

Steven Charles Trivits

Dec 16, 2009

Steven Charles Trivits, 38, of Seaford, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, after a courageous battle with brain cancer. He was born October 29, 1971 in Seaford, a son of Roxanne Jones Palmer and the late Lewis Charles Trivits. Steve started working in surveying at the young age of 14 and was...

George "Prince" Edward Bradley

George "Prince" Edward Bradley

Dec 14, 2009

George "Prince" Edward Bradley, 82, of Sharptown, died peacefully at his home on Monday, December 14, 2009, surrounded by his loving family. He was born August 23, 1927 in Sharptown, a son of the late George Frances Bradley and Ruth Windsor Bradley. Mr. Bradley proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II. He served as a...

Gail S. Reinhardt

Gail S. Reinhardt

Dec 13, 2009

Gail S. Reinhardt, 72, of Delmar, formerly of Baltimore, died Sunday, December 13, 2009 at her home in Delmar, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Baltimore, a daughter of the late Carlton and Ellen Conner. Mrs. Reinhardt will be remembered as a loving and faithful wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was an avid bingo player...

Ella B. Gibson

Ella B. Gibson

Dec 3, 2009

Ella B. Gibson, 88, of Delmar, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake. She was born on October 26, 1921 in Washington, PA, a daughter of the late Frank and N. Mae Briggs. Mrs. Gibson was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Salisbury, where along with...

Grace A. Massey

Grace A. Massey

Dec 1, 2009

Grace A. Massey, 71, of Laurel, died Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at her home in Laurel. She was born in Milford, a daughter of the late Roy Albert Parsons and Elsie Hill Parsons. Grace enjoyed her work at her chicken farm, which she did for over 40 years. She also worked a number of years in customer service and sales...

Shawn Michael Williams

Shawn Michael Williams

Nov 27, 2009

Shawn Michael Williams, loved son, brother, friend, uncle, nephew and husband and father-to-be, age 19, of Parsonsburg, died Friday, November 27, 2009, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born September 24, 1990 in Salisbury, a son of Wendy Sue (Raven) Williams and Wayne "Boe" Williams, Jr. and his wife, April. Shawn was a 2009...

Ruby E. Mears

Ruby E. Mears

Nov 26, 2009

Ruby Estelle Spence Mears, loving mother, God's blessing to many, of Delmar, went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, November 26, 2009. She was preceded in death by her parents, Alice Jane Spence and John Wesley Spence, both of Quinby, VA; her husband, Benjamin (Benny) Mears of Keller, VA; her son, Jackie M. Mears of Exmore, VA; her...

Melvin "Mike" E Dunlap

Melvin "Mike" E Dunlap

Nov 26, 2009

Melvin E. "Mike" Dunlap, 89, of Delmar, died Thursday, November 26, 2009 at Delmar Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born October 5, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a son of the late Elmer and Edythe (Fisher) Dunlap. Mike served in the Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1946 and was stationed in Cairo, Egypt and the United States. He retired...

Elizabeth "Libby" Parsons Collins

Elizabeth "Libby" Parsons Collins

Nov 17, 2009

DELMAR– Elizabeth "Libby" Parsons Collins, 88, of Delmar, passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at Atria Salisbury. She was born in Salisbury on November 19, 1920, a daughter of the late Harold M. Parsons, Sr. and Leona Davis Parsons. Libby proudly worked many years as an administrative assistant at Salisbury University. She was an active member of St. Paul's...

Susan B. Emmens

Susan B. Emmens

Nov 9, 2009

Susan B. Emmens, 95, of Delmar, formerly of Daytona Beach, Florida, died Monday, November 9, 2009 at her granddaughter's home in Delmar. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri on January 14, 1914, a daughter of the late Clarence and Josephine Gantt. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Delmar. Flowers and gardening were her passions, as well...

Frances R. Brittingham

Frances R. Brittingham

Nov 7, 2009

Frances Rebecca Brittingham of Seaford, formerly of Salisbury, passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford. Frances was born in Parsons, West Virginia on March 23, 1938 to William E. and Lillian P. (Knotts) Goff. She moved to Salisbury with her family as a young girl. She graduated from Wicomico High School and went on...