Obituaries

Feb 19, 2020

Anthony Carl Barbara, MD, 87, husband of Helen Spickofsky Barbara and a resident of Quinby, VA, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at his residence. A native of New York City, NY, he was the son of the late Carlo Barbara and the late Gemma Gerace Barbara. He graduated from medical school, the University of Bologna in Italy, with...

Feb 15, 2020

Robert Emory Thornton, 76, husband of the late Virginia Catherine Colonna Thornton and the late Jean Wallace Doughty Thornton and a resident of Exmore, VA, passed away Saturday, February 15, 2020, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock, VA. A native of Wachapreague, VA, he was the son of the late Emory Thornton and the late Annie Marie Isdell...

Feb 11, 2020

Mildred Ann King, 84, wife of the late George Louis King, Jr. and a resident of Vaucluse Shores, Machipongo, VA, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock, VA. A native of Little Ferry, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Frank X. Santiago and the late Anna Diaz Santiago. She was a...

Feb 10, 2020

Robert David Quigley, 75, husband of Susan Peden Quigley and a resident of Cape Charles, VA, passed away Monday, February 10, 2020, at his residence. A native of New York City, NY, he was the son of the late David W. Quigley and the late Mary McNeil Quigley. He was a United States Air Force Veteran, radio announcer, videographer,...

Feb 10, 2020

Gary Allen Baxter, 71, husband of Victoria Kellam Baxter and a resident of Melfa, VA, passed away Monday, February 10, 2020, at VCU Medical Center in Richmond, VA. A native of Amityville, NY, he was the son of the late George C. Baxter, Sr. and the late Josephine Smith Baxter. He was a retired Rural Letter Carrier for the...

Feb 5, 2020

Evelyn Boole Wallace, 99, wife of the late William Heywood Wallace and a resident of Quinby, VA, died on Wednesday, February 5, 2020, at her residence. A native of Quinby, she was the daughter of the late Walter Boole and the late Clara Bundick Boole. She worked for Dulany Foods, was a homemaker, attended Smith Chapel United Methodist Church;...

Feb 3, 2020

Diane Mapp Stewart, 73, a resident of Stewarts Wharf, VA, passed away Monday, February 3, 2020, in Naples, FL. She was the daughter of the late James Milton Stewart and the late Georgia Davis Stewart. Diane started her career in Baltimore, MD, as a special education teacher and continued teaching in Stokes County, NC, where she started and coached...

Feb 2, 2020

John Andrew Augustson, 65, husband of Joan L. Fecher and a resident of Painter, VA, passed away Sunday, February 2, 2020, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock, VA. A native of Virginia Beach, VA, he was the son of the late John Andrew Augustson, Jr. and the late Freeda Strickler Augustson. He was a retired brick mason and...

Jan 12, 2020

Kathleen Powell Shrieves, 96, wife of the late Norman R. Shrieves and a resident of Virginia Beach, VA, formerly of Cape Charles, VA, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2020, at Virginia Beach Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Virginia Beach. A native of Willis Wharf, VA, she was the daughter of the late Henry M. Powell and the late Pearl...

Jan 9, 2020

Henry Edward Lindeman III, better known as Hank, 66, husband of Michele L. Spray Lindeman and a resident of Eastville, VA, passed away Thursday, January 9, 2020, at his residence. A native of Detroit, MI, he was the son of the late Henry Edward Lindeman, Jr. and the late Adele Annette Van Dresser Lindeman. He was the owner of...

Jan 5, 2020

Mrs. Rosalie Young, 86, of Exmore, VA, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2020, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock, VA.

Born March 31, 1933, in Oyster, VA, she was the daughter of Edith Reynolds Crumb and Charles William Crumb and loving wife of 66 years of George Willis Young. She is survived by her three daughters,...

Jan 1, 2020

Robert Paul Savage, 86, husband of the late Helena Beyersdorfer Savage and a resident of Nanticoke Acres, Seaford, DE, passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2020, at his residence. Born October 28, 1933 in a farm house on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, he was the son of the late John William Savage and the late Grace Belote Savage. Bob...

Dec 27, 2019

Meme Mears Mason, wife of the late Albert Brooks Mason and a resident of Exmore, VA, passed away Friday, December 27, 2019, at her son’s residence. A native of Belle Haven, VA, she was the daughter of the late Clarence L. Mears and the late Lucy Taylor Mears. She was a member of Belle Haven United Methodist Church.

Dec 23, 2019

Gregory Mooney, 54, companion of Theresa H. McHan and a resident of Exmore, VA, passed away Monday, December 23, 2019, at his residence. A native of Point Pleasant, NJ, he was the biological son of Judith Boit of Ormondale, FL and the adopted son of the late Lorraine Mooney. He was a retired mechanic for Bundick Well and Pump....

Dec 21, 2019

Patricia Denise Pruitt Smith, 68, wife of Francis P. “Pat” Smith and a resident of Exmore, VA, passed away Saturday, December 21, 2019, at her residence. A native of Wachapreague, VA, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Coe Pruitt and the late LaBelle Sturgis Pruitt Tyndall. She was a homemaker, attended Exmore Baptist Church and a former...

Dec 21, 2019

Doris Kane Carpenter, 87, wife of the late Robert Lee Carpenter and a resident of Winter Haven, FL, formerly of Machipongo, VA, passed away Saturday, December 21, 2019.

Born July 17, 1932, Mrs. Carpenter is survived by her children, Douglas Wayne Greer, Sr. and his wife, Dixie, of Exmore, VA, Roberta Carpenter, and Richard Carpenter, both of...

Dec 19, 2019

Pauline Widgeon Lewis, 81, wife of Vernon A. Lewis and a resident of Cheriton, VA, passed away Thursday, December 19, 2019, at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Eastville, VA, she was the daughter of the late William Thomas Widgeon and the late Katherine Eder Widgeon. She was retired from Bayshore Concrete, a member of Cheriton...

Dec 17, 2019

Bess Custis Savage, 71, wife of William K. Savage and a resident of Quinby, VA, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2019. A native of Exmore, VA, she was the daughter of the late James Thomas Custis and the late Louellen Ashby Custis. She was a graduate of Goldey–Beacom College and North Carolina Wesleyan College, a teacher for Northampton County...

Dec 16, 2019

William E. Charnock, 91, known as Pastor Bill, husband of Ruth Mae Killmon Charnock and a resident of Virginia Beach, VA, passed away Monday, December 16, 2019, at The Citadel Virginia Beach. A native of Wardtown, VA, he was the son of the late Stansbury Charnock and the late Lillie Belle Richardson Charnock. Mr. Charnock was a retired Baptist...

Dec 10, 2019

KEMPER GOFFIGON III NAVY CROSSRECIPIENT BA’41, LLB’48, L/M

Kemper Goffigon III, retired lawyer, farm equipment dealer, and gentleman farmer passed away on December 10, 2019, at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. He was 100 years old.

He was born September 7, 1919, at Farmer’s Delight Farm in lower Northampton County near Cape Charles,...