Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Nov 26, 2019

Terry Jo Hurley, 70, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at UMSMC at Dorchester. She was born in Penn Yan, NY on March 14, 1949 and was a daughter of the late Herman Martin Hughes and Florence Conrad Todd.

She graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1967. On September 28, 1968, she married...

Nov 23, 2019

Charles W. Smith, 73, of Seaford, DE passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2019 in Fishing Creek, MD.  He was born in Thomasville, GA on January 14, 1946 to the late Charles Russell Smith and Flay Elizabeth Miller Smith.

Mr. Smith worked for many years as a Commercial Fisherman.  He also ran his own company, Bayside Seafood,...

Nov 22, 2019

Opal A. Slacum, 93, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, November 22, 2019 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born on August 25, 1926 in Oklahoma and was a daughter of the late Lon and Arvilla Hunter Hatcher.

She is survived by a granddaughter Debra Reaves of South Carolina, a brother Robert Hatcher of Oklahoma, two...

Nov 21, 2019

Jimmy H. Travers, 60, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at his home. He was born in Dorchester County on May 17, 1959 and was a son of the late Perry T. Travers and Leone Lewis Busta.

He attended schools in Dorchester County. Jimmy was a handyman and enjoyed playing cards and chess, fishing,...

Nov 21, 2019

Anna Laura Messick, 84, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at her home with her loving family by her side. She was born in Cambridge on August 21, 1935 and was a daughter of the late Philip and Anieta Cusick Collison.

Mrs. Messick graduated from Hurlock High School class of 1953. She was a...

Nov 19, 2019

Jackie C. Banning, 76, of Merry Hill, NC passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at his home. He was born in Cambridge on December 26, 1942 and was a son of the late Clyde Harrison Banning and Hazel Aaron Banning.

Mr. Banning attended schools in Cambridge. He worked on the water with his brothers and later...

Nov 17, 2019

Joyce A. Newcomb, 84, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2019 at The Pine’s in Easton. She was born in Denton on September 24, 1935 and was a daughter of the late Edward and Audrey Hicks Pollard.

She graduated from North Caroline High School. Mrs. Newcomb worked as a waitress for several business in Talbot...

Nov 13, 2019

Eldridge M. Willey, 93, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at his home. He was born in Cambridge on February 3, 1926 and was the son of the late John Mace Willey and Edith Peters Willey.

Mr. Willey attended schools in Cambridge. On November 24, 1949, he married the former Verna Wheatley, who passed...

Nov 10, 2019

Kim E. Travers-Weisner, 61, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2019 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. She was born in Landstuhl, Germany on September 7, 1958 and was a daughter of William B. “Benny” Travers and the late Glenda Maddocks Presley.

Kim graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1976. She worked in...

Nov 8, 2019

C. Leslie Booze, 88, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, November 8, 2019 at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born on April 18, 1931 in Wilmington, DE and was a son of the late Oscar McGee Booze, Sr. and Lydia Andrews Booze.

Mr. Booze graduated from Cambridge High School class of...

Nov 4, 2019

Dennis B. Oakes, 30, of Madison passed away on Monday, November 4, 2019 at his home. He was born in Howard County on March 30, 1989 and was a son of Denise Bailey Pritchett and Timothy W. Oakes.

Dennis graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class of 2007. At the time of his passing, Dennis was...

Nov 2, 2019

John R. Murphy, 72, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Easton on August 24, 1947 and was the son of the late Raymond and Dorothy Whitby Murphy.

Mr. Murphy attended schools in Easton. He served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam. Mr. Murphy had worked...

Oct 29, 2019

Debra L. Cannon, 62, of Riva, MD passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on July 21, 1957 and was a daughter of the late Donald B. Cannon, Sr. and Shirley Bush Cannon.

Debra graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1975. She went to Delmarva Beauty Academy and...

Oct 29, 2019

Allen Rocky Lane, 56, of Trappe passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at his home. He was born in Cambridge on November 21, 1962 and was a son of the late Gilbert H. and Susan White Lane.

Allen attended schools in Cambridge. On June 21, 1997, he married the former Melanie Burton. He worked at D.S....

Oct 26, 2019

Franklin Dulany Todd, Jr., 53, of Secretary, passed away on October 26, 2019 at Johns Hopkins Hospital surrounded by his family.  Frank was born in Cambridge, Maryland on July 13, 1966 to Loretta Wanda Garing Todd and Franklin Dulany Todd, Sr.  He attended public schools in Dorchester County and graduated in 1984 from North Dorchester High School.

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Oct 25, 2019

Patricia L. Webster, 70, formerly of Cambridge, passed away at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News. VA on October 25, 2019.  She was born in Cambridge on April 12, 1949 to the late Norris Leon Webster, Jr. and Maude Elizabeth Green Webster.

Pat worked for the Dorchester County Board of Education as a payroll specialist, from...

Oct 19, 2019

Kathryn E. “Comes with War” Fitzhugh, 66, of Hurlock passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2019 at her brother’s home. She was born in Cambridge on September 13, 1953 and was a daughter of the late Gilbert and Susie Keene Robbins.

Mrs. Fitzhugh graduated from South Dorchester High School class of 1972. On December 24, 1974, she...

Oct 18, 2019

Teresa L. Stelzner, 68, of Church Creek passed away on Friday, October 18, 2019 at Talbot Hospice House. She was born in Cambridge on November 18, 1950 and was a daughter of the late John Melvin Jones and Mary Willey Jones Todd.

Mrs. Stelzner graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1968.

She is survived...

Oct 18, 2019

Beatrice “Beatty” Mae (Brittingham) Hubbard, 73 of East New Market, passed away at her home on Friday, October 18, 2019.  She was born on October 7, 1946 to Walter McKinley Brittingham, Jr. and Beatrice June Phillips Brittingham of Fishing Creek.  Bea (or “Beatty” as she was known) was the wife of Daniel O’Neal Hubbard to whom she was married...

Oct 13, 2019

Sandra Lucille “Sandy” Beecher, 76, of Toddville passed away on October 13, 2019 at her home.  She was born in Harrisburg, PA on August 31, 1943 to the late Ralph F. Stine and Dorothea M. Tesno Stine.

Sandy was a strong-willed woman who would tell you like it was, but she was also very funny.  She was...