Dwight Lee BusickBERLIN – Dwight Lee Busick, 65, of Berlin, entered into eternal rest on Friday, June 4, 2010 at the Berlin Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He suffered from complications of a gleoblastoma brain tumor and total paralysis. He died peacefully in his sleep.Born on July 24, 1944, he was the son of the late… Read more »
Ann Lockhart Showell OCEAN CITY – Ann Lockhart Showell died peacefully at her home on Friday, May 28, 2010. She was born in Wadesboro, N.C. and was the daughter of the late Adam Lockhart and Elizabeth Hardison Lockhart.She graduated from Duke University in 1946 and in 1947 married John Dale Showell III. She and her… Read more »
Pauline M. Hetler BERLIN – Pauline Marie Hetler, age 94, died on May 17, 2010 at Atlantic General Hospital. She would have celebrated her 95th birthday on May 22. A resident of Berlin since 1983, she was preceded in death by her husband Marion E. Hetler. They were married for 66 years. Born in Mansfield,… Read more »
Millie AlbrightOCEAN CITY – Millie Albright, 90, of Apex, N.C., died peacefully on Monday, May 17, 2010.She was born in Philadelphia, Pa. on Oct. 1, 1919, the daughter of Kay and Joseph Peterson, one of eight children. In 1951, she moved to Ocean City, with her now deceased husband, Earl Albright. What began as a… Read more »
Joyce HigbeeOCEAN CITY – Joyce Higbee, age 70, died on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 from Lung Cancer at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Salisbury she was the daughter of the late Catherine Hudson. Higbee was a longtime resident of Ocean City where she raised her children and worked at the Cy’s… Read more »
Virginia Holland NicollOCEAN CITY – Virginia Holland Nicoll, 101, of Salisbury, departed this life on Feb. 10, 2010, at the Wicomico Nursing Home. She was born on July 25, 1908, in Whaleyville and was the daughter of Dr. Charles A. Holland and his wife, Abbie White Holland.In 1916, the Holland family moved to Berlin where… Read more »
Jessie Lee SturgisGIRDLETREE – Jessie Lee Sturgis, age 58, died, Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at his home in Snow Hill. Born in Salisbury, he was the son of Maisie Taylor Sturgis Collins and the late Reese Sturgis.Sturgis was employed for 29 years with Kelly Foods in Berlin where he worked as a supervisor. He was… Read more »
Lorraine Hope NeilOCEAN PINES – Lorraine Hope Neil, age 78, died Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Flora Thacker Meeds. She was preceded in death by her husband Ralph E. Neil, Sr. in 2003 and by her daughter Bunny Dunion… Read more »
John Lawton MartinBERLIN – John Lawton Martin, 74, succumbed to a long battle with lung cancer on Sunday, April 11, 2010.Born in Baltimore he was the son of the late James B. Martin and Ruth C. Martin. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Geraldine Rolfes Martin.Martin was a veteran of the US… Read more »
Jessie Lee EverhartFRUITLAND – Jessie Lee Everhart, 55, died Monday, April 5, 2010 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Salisbury, she was the daughter of the late Charles Edward Layton and Evelyn Mildred Culhane Layton Allen Coyle. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ruba Lee Everhart, in 2003.She was a… Read more »