All Obituaries

Of Horntown, VA passed away at her residence on Thursday, July 29, 2021 at the age of 94.  She is the wife of the late Wilbur Hendricks Powell Jr.  Born in Maryland on February 17, 1927 and her parents were the late Severn, Sr. and Tennis Lindell Bowden Whitehead.  She was a member of Horntown Baptist Church.  She is survived by her daughter, Norma Powell Adkins, two sisters, Audrey Williams, Ruby, a brother, Carlton Whitehead, four grandchildren, four great-grand...

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Of Saxis, VA passed at Riverside Shore Memorial on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at the age of 77.  She was the wife of Larry Dale Linton.  She was born on Chincoteague, VA on March 22, 1944 and her parents are the late, Paul and Margaret Evans Burgess.  Other then her husband, Larry Dale Linton, she is survived by her children, Ronald Justice, Steve Potts and Larry Ray Potts, two brothers, Garry and David Burgess, three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, several nieces and...

Mamie “Ruth” Tatum Sumners was born on January 2, 1926 in Giles County, Tennessee. She passed away peacefully in the arms of her loved ones on February 27, 2020 at the age of 94. A longtime resident of Eastville, Virginia, Ruth came to the Eastern Shore with her late husband, David O. Sumners Sr. and their two sons in 1954. She is survived by her sister, Betty Lou Vasiliadis, of Gainesville Florida; her two sons, David O. Sumners Jr. and his wife, Patricia, of Eastville, Bob...

Of Chincoteague, VA passed away on May 31, 2021 at Riverside Regional Medical Center at the age of 67.  He was born May 20, 1954 on Chincoteague, VA and his parents were the late Jessie and Lois Bowden Rhodes. He was a waterman all of his life. His children, Carl, John Wayne and Cody Rhodes, Kendra McDaid, and six grandchildren survive him. There will be a Memorial Service held at Fox Funeral Home, Chincoteague, VA on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 1:00 PM.  

  Mrs. Sheila Patricia Mullin Cardano, age 99, passed away in the early moon-lit morning of May 27, 2021, at her daughter’s residence in Cape Charles, VA, surrounded by the love of family. Cherished wife, mother, Nonna (grandmother), and great-grandmother, Sheila was an inspired actress, writer, playwright, director, teacher, and artist. Her journey led her from England to Italy to the Eastern Shore of Virginia, where she planted her final roots and shared her passion for theatre...

Mr. James Edward Click, age 85, of Chincoteague passed away on April 24, 2021. He was born in Westminister, Maryland and the son of the late Ernest Grant Click and Ruth Shindledecker Click. Mr. James was a machine assembler and a minister of Assembly of God Church.  He was also a member of Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship International. He is survived by a daughter, Gail Heartley and her husband Glenn of Chincoteague, Virginia, A son Floyd Click of Westminister, Maryland, and...

Mr. Clarence Elliott Fitchett, age 94, of Pocomoke City, Maryland {formerly of Sanford, Virginia} passed away Thursday  11 March 2021.                                                                                                     ...

Mrs. Gloria Ann Larson (nee Peno), formerly of Cape Charles and Eastville, passed away in Bethesda, Md., Feb. 12, 2021. Gloria was born May 21, 1931, at the family home in St. Albans, Vt., to William, a railroad worker, and Helena (Mayo) Peno, a homemaker. As a child, everyone knew her as “Honey,” but as the years passed and grandchildren came along, she was more commonly known by the nickname, “Gigi” (Grandma Gloria). She graduated from Bellows Free Academy in St....

Betty Jean Collins Lang, 88, of Temperanceville, VA, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, February 11, 2021.  She was born May 25, 1932, in Wattsville, VA, to John and Arella Collins.  On April 3, 1949, she married Robert “Bobby” Cale Lang Sr., who preceded her in death on April 14, 2015. Betty worked various jobs which included Birdseye, Holly Farms, US 13 Restaurant, JJ Newberrys, Clam Factory, JP’s, and babysitting for...