Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Nov 1, 2013

Merritt J. "Jim" Pritchett, Jr., 73, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, November 1, 2013 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Cambridge on April 23, 1940 and was a son of the late Merritt J. Pritchett, Sr. and Wilamina Woodland Pritchett.

He attended schools in Dorchester County. Jim was married to the former Carolyn...

Oct 27, 2013

Edward Faw Brown, 76, of Cambridge passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, October 27, 2013. He was born on February 4, 1937 in Cambridge and was the son of the late Albert T. and Alice Kelly Brown.

Ed attended school in Cambridge. He owned Brown's Salvage Yard in Cordtown, then Ed Brown's Engine Rebuilders...

Oct 19, 2013

David Alan Gibson, 62, passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2013 at University of Maryland Medical Center. He was born on August 2, 1951 in Oxford to the late Betty Ann Gibson.

Mr. Gibson was raised in Oxford by his mother and grandparents, Herbert and Wilsie Gibson. He attended Oxford Elementary School. He played on the...

Oct 19, 2013

Dr. Mary Jane Cox, 63, of Cambridge went to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 19, 2013. She was the daughter of Ret. Sgt. and Mrs. Donald H. Cox, Sr. of Oyster Shell Point.

Janie was born in Cambridge on March 10, 1950 and attended school here using an executone system. In 1968 she graduated...

Oct 17, 2013

Betty F. Warfield, 52, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2013 at UMSMC at Dorchester. She was born in Cambridge on September 23, 1961 and was a daughter of the late Alvin Hubbard, Sr. and Elsie McGlaughlin Hubbard.

Betty attended schools in Cambridge. She was employed at Pep-Up at the time that her health...

Oct 15, 2013

Grace Dougherty, 94, of St. Petersburg, born April 7, 1919, a retired teacher, died Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at Westminster Suncoast Health Center. She lived at Westminster Shores Retirement Community since 1998. Born in Cambridge, MD, daughter of the late Russell P and Leila B Smith, she attended high school in Cambridge and was a graduate of Western...

Oct 15, 2013

Eleanor P. Willey, 71, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Cambridge on May 24, 1942 to the late Albert and Mary Rose Pritchett Pete.

Mrs. Willey attended schools in Cambridge. On May 10, 1958, she married Robert M. Willey, Sr., who passed away on...

Oct 12, 2013

Robin L. Hughes, 47, of Hurlock passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on October 2, 1966 and was a daughter of JoAnn Cannon Bloodsworth Cox and the late Rudy Bloodsworth.

She graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High school class of 1984. After high school, she worked at...

Oct 8, 2013

Raymond F. Murrells, 91 of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in England on January 10, 1922 and was a son of the late Cecil and Ethel Greene Murrells.

Mr. Murrells attended schools in London, England. He moved to the United States in 1956. On December...

Oct 6, 2013

Dorothy Mae Milburn Wroten, 91, of Andrews passed away on Sunday, October 6, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Alexandria, VA on July 15, 1922 and was a daughter of the late Betty Breeden Milburn Robinson and Timothy Milburn.

She attended schools in Crapo. On March 26, 1938 she married Wilson W....

Oct 3, 2013

Olive P. Horner, 95, of Chestertown formerly of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, October 3, 2013 at Chester River Manor. She was born on May 16, 1918 in Mt. Vernon to the late Roy Edward Larmore and Annie McGrath Larmore.

Mrs. Horner attended schools in Princess Anne and graduated from Washington High School. At the age...

Oct 1, 2013

Mamie Lee Wilkerson Rossy, 86, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Hurlock on March 5, 1927 and was a daughter of the late Ura A. Wilkerson and Oneda Wheatley Shooks.

Mamie attended Hurlock High School. Most of her life she was a homemaker and later...

Sep 28, 2013

Frances M. Twilley, 99, of East New Market formerly of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Dorchester. She was the first baby born at Cambridge Hospital on September 7, 1914 and was a daughter of the late Jamie P. and Cora Leonard Mills.

Mrs. Twilley was...

Sep 28, 2013

Kenneth P. Richardson, 81, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Cambridge on March 12, 1932 and was a son of the late Beulah Taylor Burton and Philip Richardson.

He graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1949. He served in the U.S. Air Force...

Sep 27, 2013

Joann H. Slater, 81, of Fishing Creek passed away on Friday, September 27, 2013 at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

Sep 23, 2013

Mary "Addie" Dabney, 96, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, September 23, 2013 in Kinston, NC where she had made her home for the past eight years. Born in Marion, NC on August 24, 1917, she was the oldest of eight children born to James A. and Martha J. McKelvey. The family moved to Maryland in 1927 and...

Sep 23, 2013

David W. Hanson, Sr., 57 of East New Market passed away on Monday, September 23, 2013 at his home. He was born in Easton on April 15, 1956 and was a son of the late George W. Hanson, Jr. and Barbara Tallman Hanson.

David graduated from North Dorchester High School class of 1974. He was employed...

Sep 23, 2013

Mildred Marie Parker Hayward, 84, of Hoopers Island, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, September 23, 2013. She was born July 30, 1929 on Hoopers Island and attended Hoopers Island School.

She worked as a waitress for Dayton's Restaurant, then she worked for WT Ruark Seafood Company most of her life...

Sep 21, 2013

Barbara E. Marshall, 74, of Easton passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Chesapeake Woods. She was born on March 16, 1939 in Toddville to the late Joseph and Edna Jones Robinson.

Mrs. Marshall graduated from South Dorchester High School. She also graduated from Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. She started her career at Sinai Hospital...

Sep 18, 2013

W. John Kersey, 85, passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, September 18, 2013. He was born on October 25, 1927 in North Wales, Pennsylvania to the late Walter and Eva Lambert Kersey.

Mr. Kersey married Dolores James on October 15, 1954. He was an instructor at Delmarva Power for 46 years. He enjoyed traveling...