Obituaries

Alvin Dixon

Alvin Dixon

Nov 15, 2013

Alvin Dixon (Al) 73 of Califon, NJ died 15 Nov 2013 at Hunterdon Medical Center. He leaves behind his wife Janet Sweitzer Dixon; daughter Kelley Teabo; step sons Scott, John and Tim Sweitzer and 6 grandchildren; a brother James C. Dixon and nieces and nephews. He was born in Wilmington DE, son of James A. and Mollie M. Dixon. He...

Thelma Matilda Killmon Ney

Thelma Matilda Killmon Ney

Nov 7, 2013

Thelma Matilda (Killmon) Ney, 76 of Glenolden, PA, died Thursday, November 7, 2013 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. She was born October 27th, 1937 in Accomack County, VA to the late Thelma Nock and the late John J. Killmon. She graduated from Chester High School in Pennsylvania. Millie was a member of The Church of the Atonement, Claymont, DE. She was also...

Elizabeth  Richardson Wood

Elizabeth Richardson Wood

Nov 6, 2013

Elizabeth Richardson Wood, 96, formerly of Exmore, VA, passed away Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at Chesapeake Place Assisted Living in Chesapeake, VA. Born in Mappsburg, VA, she was the daughter of the late Cecil G. Belote and Grace H. Belote. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Edward L. Richardson and Frank Wood, her brother, Cecil F. Belote, and...

Nancy  Womble Shields

Nancy Womble Shields

Nov 5, 2013

Nancy Womble Shields, 75, wife of the late John White Shields, Sr. and a resident of Chincoteague, VA, passed away Tuesday, November, 5, 2013 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. A native of Chester, VA, she was the daughter of the late James Bagby Womble and the late Edith Pullen Womble. She was a retired businesswoman, President of Shields Enterprises and...

Thomas Hayward

Thomas Hayward

Nov 4, 2013

Thomas Hayward, 92, husband of Nell Nadine Hayward and a resident of Jamesville, VA, passed away Monday, November 4, 2013 at his residence. A native of Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Frank Hayward and the late Juliette Blackwell Hayward. He was a retired H.M. Chief for the United States Navy and was retired from the Virginia...

John  Russell Brown

John Russell Brown

Nov 2, 2013

John Russell Brown, 74, husband of the late Edith M. Brown and a resident of Exmore, VA, passed away Saturday, November 2, 2013 at his residence. Born February 4, 1939, in Oakland, MD, he was the son of the late Russell H. Brown and the late Ruth C. Brown. He graduated from W.V.U. and University of Baltimore Law School. He...

Paul  Joseph Spano,  Sr.

Paul Joseph Spano, Sr.

Oct 28, 2013

Paul Joseph Spano, Sr., 91, husband of Judith Breme Robbins and a resident of Silver Beach, VA, passed away Monday, October 28, 2013 at Heritage Hall Healthcare of Nassawadox, VA. A native of Philadelphia, PA, he was the son of the late Rosario and Theresa Groia Spano. He was a retired electrical engineer and a U. S. Army Veteran of...

Margaret and William Bailey

Margaret and William Bailey

Oct 25, 2013

A memorial service for Margaret West Bailey and William J. Bailey, Jr. will be held Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Belle Haven Cemetery with Pastor Steve Doan officiating. Mrs. Bailey, 98, passed away, Tuesday, July 30, 2013. A native of Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late M. Wellington West and the late Alretta Senft...

Vincent  Duane Phillips

Vincent Duane Phillips

Oct 22, 2013

Vincent Duane Phillips, 61, a resident of Woodbridge, VA, passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at Virginia Hospital Center in Alexandria, VA. A native of Weirwood, VA, he was the son of Nellie Carpenter Phillips of Nassawadox, VA and the late Vincent D. Phillips. He was a retired editor for the Bloomberg Bureau of National Affairs, member of Toastmasters International...

Susan  Rawls Small

Susan Rawls Small

Oct 18, 2013

Susan Rawls Small, 72, of Newport News, went to be with the Lord October 18, 2013 at Shore Lifecare in Parksley, VA. She is preceded in death by her mother and father, Cora B. and Paul V. Rawls; brother, James Rawls, and sisters, Joyce Neal, Gwen Goard and Sheila Wyatt. She is survived by her brother, Paul W. Rawls; her...

Jean  Nauman Savage

Jean Nauman Savage

Oct 17, 2013

Jean Nauman Savage, 83, wife of the late John Thomas Savage and a resident of Westminster Canterbury, Virginia Beach, Virginia, formerly of Belle Haven, Virginia, died peacefully on October 17, 2013. Born March 7, 1930 in Cresco, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Viola Nauman. Mrs. Savage attended Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey graduating...

Irene  Gertrud Carpenter

Irene Gertrud Carpenter

Oct 15, 2013

Irene Carpenter, 85, a resident of Machipongo, VA, passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at her home where she had been cared for since suffering a stroke August 1, 2008. Irene was born and raised in Chemnitz, Germany on December 22, 1927, to Oskar and Walli Post Roschar. Irene became a beautician and was working in Landshut, Germany where she...

Joan  Marie Tordo

Joan Marie Tordo

Oct 14, 2013

Joan Marie Tordo, 79, wife of the late Maurice Tordo and a resident of Exmore, VA, passed away Monday, October 14, 2013 at her residence. A native of Port Chester, NY, she was the daughter of the late Hugh McMunn and the late Anna Melson McMunn. She was a member of Exmore Baptist Church. She is survived by four children,...

Rubye  Knight Rew

Rubye Knight Rew

Oct 13, 2013

Mrs. Rubye Knight Rew, 94, a resident of Cape Charles, passed away Sunday, October 13, 2013. Born April 27, 1919 in Richmond, VA, she was the daughter of the late Bertha and Estell Knight. She grew up on the Eastern Shore and was married to the late Alva James Wimbrow, and after his untimely death, she married the late S....

Elmer  Kenneth Ward

Elmer Kenneth Ward

Oct 8, 2013

Elmer Kenneth Ward, 85, husband of Gladys Beach Ward and a resident of Exmore, VA passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. A native of Exmore, he was the son of the late Golden Edward Ward, Sr. and the late Lola Ashby Ward. Mr. Ward was retired from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel,...

Mary  Custis Hargis

Mary Custis Hargis

Oct 7, 2013

Mary Custis Hargis, 95, wife of the late Calvin A. Hargis and resident of Craddockville, VA, passed away Monday, October 7, 2013 at Allzwell Assisted Living Center in Chesapeake, VA. A native of Craddockville, she was the daughter of the late William T. Custis and the late Stella Bull Custis. She was a retired bookkeeper for Pargas, member of Craddockville...

Willard  Reade Nicolls,  Jr.

Willard Reade Nicolls, Jr.

Oct 2, 2013

Willard Reade Nicolls, Jr., 79, husband of Charlotte Duer Nicolls and a resident of Nassawadox, VA, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, VA. A native of Onley, VA, he was the son of the late Willard Reade Nicolls and the late Nell Parks Nicolls. He was a retired farmer, a member of...

Edward J. "Ned" Doughty,  III

Edward J. "Ned" Doughty, III

Oct 1, 2013

We celebrate the life of Edward J. Doughty, III, 83, who passed away at his Norfolk home on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Ned, as he was affectionately known to his family and many friends, was a native of Oyster, VA on his beloved Eastern Shore. He was a self proclaimed "Oyster Rat"....

Bruce  Thomas Marshall

Bruce Thomas Marshall

Sep 28, 2013

Bruce Thomas Marshall, 56, husband of Nioaka H. Marshall and a resident of Willis Wharf, VA, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox, VA. A native of Willis Wharf, he was the son of the Edwin T. Marshall and his wife, Nancy, of Exmore, VA, and the late Eileen Evans Marshall. He was a...

Juanita  Mariner Ballard

Juanita Mariner Ballard

Sep 27, 2013

Juanita Mariner Ballard, 82, wife of the late John Edward Ballard and a resident of Exmore, VA, passed away Friday, September 27, 2013 at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox, VA. She was born on February 1, 1931 and was the daughter of the late Henry Roy Mariner and Nellie Thornton Mariner. She was a member of Exmore Baptist Church and...