Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Nov 17, 2016

Joan M. Davis, 68, wife of the late George W. Davis, of Delmar, DE, passed away at her home on Nov. 17, 2016. Mrs. Davis had been in failing health for the past six months.

She was born in Cambridge on May 26, 1948, the daughter of the late Ford Franklin McConnell and Novella Tolley...

Nov 15, 2016

Virginia Parker “Ginny” Porter, 85, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Cambridge on February 7, 1931 and was a daughter of the late Luke R. and Madeline Aaron Parker.

Mrs. Porter attended schools in Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1948. She then...

Nov 9, 2016

Daniel L. Elzey, 59 of Rhodesdale passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at his home. He was born in Cambridge on August 24, 1957 and was a son of the late Russell “Fuzzy” Elzey and Betty Mae Elzey.

Daniel graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1975. On January 19, 1996, he married the former Ann...

Nov 7, 2016

Barry L. Schneider, 62, of Cambridge passed away November 7, 2016 at his home.  He was born in Baltimore on October 30, 1954 to the late Melvin Augustus Schneider and Mariangela Caple Schneider.

Mr. Schneider attended schools in Baltimore County and graduated from Catonsville High School.  After high school he began working for CSX Railroad where he...

Nov 5, 2016

Arlene A. Hansen, 80, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2016 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Hog Creek, MD on August 17, 1936 and was a daughter of the late Theodore and Stella Alderman Weddle.

Ms. Hansen attended schools in Easton and graduated from Easton High School in 1954. Some years ago,...

Nov 5, 2016

Willis Bell, 79, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2016 at his home. He was born in Cambridge on March 27, 1937 and was a son of the late John W. and Edna Woolford Bell.

Mr. Bell graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1955. On August 10, 1958, he married the former Bonnie McCarter....

Nov 2, 2016

Shirley L. Mayhue, 65, of Cambridge, passed away on November 2, 2016 at her home.  She was born in Cambridge on January 9, 1951 to the late George Cook Todd and Shirley Elzey Todd.

Ms. Mayhue worked as a Medical Transcriptionist for many years at Dorchester General Hospital.  She also worked at Airpax.  Ms. Mayhue lived in...

Oct 30, 2016

Shirley Jean Simmons Niblett, 81, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at UMSMC at Dorchester. She was born in Vienna on May 28, 1935 and was a daughter of the late Harold Franklin Simmons, Sr. and Flossie Jones Hughes Simmons.

She attended schools in Vienna, Salisbury and Cambridge. On December 12, 1951, she married...

Oct 29, 2016

Douglas W. “Turkle” North, 76, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at UMSMC at Dorchester. He was born in Cambridge on May 14, 1940 and was a son of the late Milton Davis North and Louise Wheatley North.

Turkle graduated from Cambridge High School. He was a watermen most of his life, serving on...

Oct 24, 2016

Mary E. Jenkins, 91, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, October 24, 2016 at UMSMC at Dorchester. She was born in Hallwood, VA on February 26, 1925 and was a daughter of the late Jessie and Lelia Lang Tull.

On February 11, 1946 she married Phillip T. “Tom” Jenkins, Sr. who passed away on December 12, 1997....

Oct 23, 2016

Boneita L. Abbott, 75, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, October 23, 2016 at Mallard Bay Care Center, with her family by her side. She was born in Cambridge on November 10, 1940 and was a daughter of the late Raymond T. Faulkner and Naneita Thomas Taylor.

Mrs. Abbott graduated from Cambridge High School class 1958. She...

Oct 17, 2016

Ethel C. Dean, 96, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, October 17, 2016 at her home. She was born in North Carolina on March 2, 1920 and was a daughter of the late Andrew and Hattie Proctor Correll.

Mrs. Dean graduated from high school in North Carolina. She was first married on January 28, 1944 to James...

Oct 16, 2016

David K. Frazier, 65, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Cambridge on May 10, 1951 and was a son of the late Roland and Kathleen Mowbray Frazier.

David graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1970.  He worked at Western Publishing until his...

Oct 13, 2016

Kirk P. Rodgers, President of Besley & Rodgers, Inc., and former Director of Sustainable Development and the Environment at the Organization of American States, died Thursday of complications from heart disease. The resident of Falls Church, Virginia, and Woolford, Maryland, was 83.

The son of S. Procter Rodgers and Jean Besley Rodgers was born into...

Oct 11, 2016

Barbara E. Thompson, 80, of Madison passed away on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at her home with her family by her side. She was born in Baltimore on October 5, 1936 and was a daughter of the late Howard “Boh” Brooks and Emma Miller Brooks.

Mrs. Thompson graduated from Catholic High School in Baltimore class of 1954....

Oct 10, 2016

Melonie L. Kemp, 50 of Cambridge passed away on Monday, October 10, 2016 at UMSMC at Dorchester. She was born in Cambridge on May 2, 1966 and was a daughter of Peggy Townsend Kemp and the late Irving Kemp.

Melonie graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School and she also attended Chesapeake College. Melonie was known for...

Oct 10, 2016

Barbara Faye Webster Collins, 85, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, October 10, 2016 at her home with her family by her side. She was born in Cambridge on August 10, 1931 and was a daughter of the late Cecil G. Webster and Carrie Lyons Webster.

She graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1948. Mrs. Collins...

Oct 3, 2016

Martha Foxwell was born Martha Frances Simmons on November 14, 1921, the second child of Blanche Aaron Simmons and Monroe Talmadge Simmons of Fishing Creek, Hooper’s Island, Maryland. She married Daniel Henry Foxwell on December 23, 1939 and they celebrated almost 65 years of marriage before his death in September 2004. She is survived by their children, Mary Frances...

Oct 1, 2016

Johnnie W. Fitzhugh, 88, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Andrews on December 3, 1927 and was a son of the late Enos W. and Fannie Insley Fitzhugh.

He attended schools and Streets United Methodist Church in Lakesville. At the age of 17, attended Maryland School...

Sep 25, 2016

Nancy Johnson Hughes passed away on September 25, 2016 at McElveen Manor Assisted Living. She moved to South Carolina five years ago and was a resident of Brookdale Assisted Living before transferring to McElveen Manor eleven months ago.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William Dennis Hughes, who passed away in 2000. Born November 9,...