Obituaries

Dec 11, 2017

Virginia Doughty Nottingham, 100, wife of the late Clifford Arrington Nottingham, Jr., a resident and native of Exmore, VA, passed away Monday, December 11, 2017, at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Severn Benjamin Doughty and the late Ruth Walker Doughty. She was a retired elementary school teacher for Accomack and Northampton County Public Schools as...

Dec 9, 2017

Edward Humphreys Bender, 87, husband of Elizabeth Parks Bender and a resident of Nassawadox, VA, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2017, at his residence. A native of Northampton County, VA, he was the son of the late Arthur Bender and the late Nolan Hinman Bender. He was a United States Navy Veteran and retired waterman.

In addition...

Dec 8, 2017

William Joseph Carpenter, better known as B.J., 29, a resident of Eastville, VA, passed away Friday, December 8, 2017, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock, VA. A native of Cape Charles, VA, he was the son Tracy Grubbs of Eastville. In addition to his loving mother, he is survived by his grandmother, Eleanor Forbes of Eastville; four sisters,...

Dec 3, 2017

Arthur Bartley McIntyre, a retired public health official and longtime resident of Montgomery County, Md., who recently moved with family to Cape Charles, Va., passed away Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock, Va. He was 89. "Bart" McIntyre was born in Oakland, California, on May 6, 1928, the son of Arthur B. McIntyre, a...

Dec 1, 2017

Woodrow C. Gaskins, better known as Woody, 76, husband of Ruth Ellen Mears Gaskins and a resident of Melfa, VA, passed away Friday, December 01, 2017, at his residence. A native of Chincoteague, VA, he was the son of the late C. Woodrow Gaskins and the late Louise Bowden Gaskins. He was retired from Floyd Energy, a member of...

Nov 30, 2017

Ardeth Andersen Miller, 65, passed away Thursday November 30, 2017 at her Cape Charles, Virginia home. She was predeceased by her parents Sylvester and Roselene Andersen, her husband Kenneth T. Miller, and her brother Christian S Andersen. She is survived by her children, Jacquelin Richardson (and husband Patrick), Carl Miller (and wife Danielle) and Casey Miller, 10 grandchildren and...

Nov 29, 2017

Ruth Williams Lewis, 96, wife of the late Donald Edward Lewis and a resident of Cape Charles, VA, passed away Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at her home. A native of Eastville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Leslie Williams and the late Hattie Hinman Williams. She was a member of the Holmes Presbyterian Church in Cape Charles....

Nov 26, 2017

James Charles Eager, 71, husband of 46 years to Marel Emerson Eager, passed away very suddenly Sunday, November 26, 2017 in Jamesville, Virginia. He was a resident of Halifax, Nova Scotia and native of Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of the late James E. Eager and the late Dorothy W. Eager. James was a talented musician and...

Nov 25, 2017

Esther S. Smith of Mount Dora, Florida, passed away on Saturday, November 25, 2017, at the age of 88. She was born in Exmore, Virginia to the late Paul Shrieves and Audrey Ward Shrieves on May 14, 1929. She married the late Dr. Kenneth Lee Smith in 1953 and moved to Upland, Pennsylvania, and then to Rochester, New York. Esther...

Nov 25, 2017

Lance McLaughlin Bongiovanni, 29, of Virginia Beach, VA, passed away Saturday, November 25, 2017, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. A native of Virginia Beach and Long Island, NY, he was the son of Bobby McLaughlin of Long Island, and the late Belinda Haynes. He was a carpenter.

In addition to his father, he is survived by...

Nov 18, 2017

Walter A. Turner, Jr., 64, husband of Maretta Farlow Turner and a resident of Melfa, VA, passed away Saturday, November 18, 2017, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, MD. A native of Quinby, VA, he was the son of the late Walter A. Turner, Sr. and the late Jean Sturgis Turner Farlow. He was a supervisor for Perdue...

Nov 18, 2017

Betty Jean Spence Taylor, 85, wife of the late Johnnie C. Taylor, a resident and native of Chesconessex, VA, passed away Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock, VA. She was the daughter of the late Charlie Spence and the late Beatrice Hickman Spence. Betty was a retired caretaker from Shore Memorial Hospital Daycare.

Nov 13, 2017

Mr. Delzon Louis Kingett, 84, passed away at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital on Monday, November 13, 2017. He died peacefully after a sudden illness with family by his side. He was born in Staten Island, NY to Marguerite and Frank Kingett. He lived in Bridgewater, NJ for 30 years, retiring to Machipongo for 20 years. He and his wife,...

Nov 12, 2017

Mrs. Doris Granz Brown, 84, wife of the late Charlie Lee Brown and a resident of Melfa, VA, passed away November 12, 2017 at Riverside Shore Rehabilitation Center in Parksley, VA.

Born on April 21, 1933 in Long Island, New York, she was the daughter of the late Carl William Granz, Sr. and Theresa Buck Granz. She...

Nov 11, 2017

Robert Nolen Gillispie, 88, husband of the late Luella Ellen Tolman Gillispie and a resident of Cape Charles, VA, passed away Saturday, November 11, 2017, at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Baltimore County, MD, he was the son of the late Thomas J. Gillispie and the late Drucilla Nolen Gillispie. He was a retired truck...

Nov 10, 2017

Catherine Marie Moore, 70, wife of James T. Moore and a resident of Nassawadox, VA, passed away Friday, November 10, 2017, at Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk, VA. A native of Chesconessex, VA, she was the daughter of the late John Watson and the late Virginia Rose Spence Watson. Catherine was a retired cook for Heritage Hall...

Nov 7, 2017

Anne Elizabeth Truitt, 62, wife of Barry Truitt, a resident of Machipongo, VA, passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2017, at her home. A native of Cherry Hill, NJ, she was the daughter of the late William Price and the late Mary Rourke Price.

She is survived by a son, Morgan Truitt, and his wife, Alison Coady, of...

Nov 4, 2017

Thomas Wayne Laupert, 57, a resident of Exmore, VA, passed away Saturday, November 4, 2017, at his residence. A native of Ellicott City, MD, he was the son of the late Oscar Thomas Laupert and the late Lucille Purkey Laupert. He was the owner of Wayne's Wood Works. He is survived by three children, Jordan Laupert and his wife,...

Oct 30, 2017

Joan Agnes Gleason, 82, wife of Robert Joseph Gleason and a resident of Cape Charles, VA, passed away Monday, October 30, 2017, in Jacksonville, FL. A native of New York, NY, she was the daughter of Grace Buczny of Sanford, NC, and the late Frank A. Buczny, Sr. She was a retired Administrative Assistant for Doylestown Hospital in Doylestown,...

Oct 26, 2017

Robert Lee Turner, 86, husband of the late Evelene Drewer Turner and a resident of Wachapreague, VA, passed away Thursday, October 26, 2017, at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Wachapreague, he was the son of the late Garland Lee Turner and the late Sue Colonna Turner. He was a United States Coast Guard Veteran and...