Obituaries

Dec 26, 2010

LAUREL- T. Howard Sparks, 94, of Laurel, formerly of Delmar, died Sunday, December 26, 2010 at his home in Laurel. He was born December 12, 1916 in Oxford, Maryland, a son of the late Harry Moore Sparks and Inez Cecilia Sinclair Sparks. On May 17, 1938, he married his sweetheart, the late Catherine "Kitty" Crowson Sparks, who passed on June...

Dec 24, 2010

DELMAR- Angeline F. Beauchamp, 81, of Delmar, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, December 24, 2010 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. She was born January 12, 1929 in Delmar, a daughter of the late Angelo and Mary Rose Triglia. Angeline worked for many years as a seamstress for D&F Shirt Factory and...

Dec 18, 2010

Michael Henry Mears, II, age 21, of Delmar, departed this life and arrived in the arms of Jesus on Saturday, December 18, 2010. He was born on May 13, 1989 in Salisbury, the son of Michael and Patti Mears, and the brother of Ashley Mears, all of Delmar. Mike worked for M.E.D. Mechanical in Parsonsburg. He enjoyed music and playing...

Dec 11, 2010

DELMAR- Maurice E. Niblett, Sr., 93, of Delmar, died Saturday, December 11, 2010 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. He was born January 27, 1917 in Salisbury, a son of the late John Niblett and Sarah Elizabeth Donoway Niblett. Maurice proudly served his country in the US Army during WWII. He was handy with tools and for many...

Dec 9, 2010

Robert E. Clyde, 71, of Delmar, died suddenly on Thursday, December 9, 2010. He was born March 2, 1939 in Port Washington, New York, a son of the late Howard and Mary Clyde. Mr. Clyde was a professional dog handler, and a member of the Salisbury Kennel Club and the Irish Terrier Club of Maryland. He is survived by five...

Dec 9, 2010

Lloyd V. Gillespie of Snow Hill, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, December 9, 2010, surrounded by his loving family. He was 85 years old. He was born October 3, 1925 in Brevard, North Carolina, a son of the late Ila Lowee Gillespie and Jake V. Gillespie. When Lloyd was a mere five weeks old his mother...

Dec 6, 2010

LAUREL- Roland A. Timmons, Sr., 70, of Laurel, died Monday, December 6, 2010, surrounded by his beloved family. A celebration of his life will be held Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at Short Funeral Home in Delmar.

Dec 1, 2010

DELMAR- Edith Longacre Yoder, 89, of Delmar, formerly of Snow Hill, died December 1, 2010 in Fairchild, WI, at the home of a daughter, surrounded by family. She was born February 23, 1921 in Spring City, PA, a daughter of the late Horace and Anna Kolb Longacre. Edith accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior in her youth and continued...

Nov 26, 2010

SNOW HILL- Martha E. Adkins, 91, of Snow Hill, died Friday, November 26, 2010 at Anchorage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Salisbury. She was born June 16, 1919 in Summit, North Carolina, a daughter of the late William and Eliza Fleenor. Mrs. Adkins was an accomplished seamstress and a proud homemaker. She loved to crochet, make dresses, quilts and rugs...

Nov 24, 2010

SALISBURY- H. George Zeibel, 93, of Salisbury, died Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. He was born in Olwein, Iowa, a son of the late Anthony G. and Ida Heyder Zeibel. George earned his B.S. degree at Penn State University in 1942 before being drafted into the US Army. He attended officer's school in...

Nov 23, 2010

Nov 23, 2010

SALISBURY- Wayne Thomas Bailey, II, age 9, of Salisbury, lost his hard-fought battle with cancer on Tuesday, November 23, 2010, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He was born in Salisbury on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2001, a son of Heather LaBounty Bailey and Wayne Thomas Bailey, both of Salisbury. Wayne had attended Salisbury Christian School since kindergarten where his...

Nov 20, 2010

Donald C. Parsons, 77, of Laurel died Saturday, November 20, 2010 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. He was born May 1, 1933, in Laurel, a son of the late Roy A. and Elsie M. Parsons. Donald has been an avid motorcyclist and a NASCAR fan for many years. He was a member of several motorcycle clubs over...

Nov 18, 2010

Mary E. Cutler, 91, of Salisbury, died November 18, 2010 at Washington Medical Center in Washington D.C. She was born December 16, 1918 near Princess Anne, Maryland, a daughter of the late J. Gertha and Edith E. West. Mrs. Cutler was a member of Mt. Hermon Church. She retired from Schmidt Baking Co. after 43 years as a bookkeeper and...

Nov 17, 2010

EDEN- Andy L. Campbell, 73, of Eden, died Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at his daughter's home in Salisbury, surrounded by his loving family. He was born February 13, 1937 in Craigsville, Virginia, a son of the late Edward Newton Campbell and Virginia Clark Phillips. Mr. Campbell was honored to serve his country in the U.S. Army from 1958 to 1961....

Nov 10, 2010

OCEAN PINES- Jeffrey Samuel Pickard, 51, of Ocean Pines, died Wednesday, November 10, 2010, as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was born January 31, 1959 in Muskegon, Michigan, a son of Ethel Ann Marko and her companion, Ted Hackenberg of St. Cloud, Florida and the late Chester L. Pickard. As soon as Jeff graduated from...

Nov 8, 2010

Joyce Hall, 68, of Dover, DE passed away Monday, November 8, 2010, at the Heartland Hospice House in Wilmington, DE surrounded by her family. She was born on December 20, 1941 in Salisbury, MD, the daughter of the late, Lawrence S. Brinson and M. June Lambert. Joyce was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister. Her great love of nature...

Oct 26, 2010

MARDELA SPRINGS- Larry W. Shockley, 65, of Mardela Springs, died Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at his home. He was born in Sharptown, a son of the late Norris K. Shockley, who passed in 1999 and Velda Bradley Shockley, who passed in 2007. Larry spent his youth in Sharptown and graduated from Mardela High School. He worked as a correctional officer...

Oct 26, 2010

Mamie Wright Bradley, 92, of Delmar, died peacefully at her home on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Hebron on December 2, 1917, a daughter of the late Warner Mitchell Wright and Katie D. (Holiday) Wright. Mamie farmed all of her life, first as a youth, then with her late husband Marvin. She...

Oct 23, 2010

Samuel "Sammy" Gray Davis, 56, of Laurel, died Saturday, October 23, 2010 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born in Seaford, a son of Howard Samuel Davis and his wife Joyce of Seaford and the late Jane Jones Lewis. Sammy worked as a truck driver for over 30 years for his father's company, Howard S. Davis Trucking...