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June 26, 2026

The voice of Accomack and Northampton counties on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

Mrs. Ethel Ada Parker Thornes

Mrs. Ethel Ada Parker Thornes

Mrs. Ethel Ada Parker Thornes, 87, wife of the late Dennis Franklin Thornes Jr. and a resident of Birdsnest, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock. A native of Oyster, she was the daughter of the late Willie H. Parker...
Mr. Granville Lee Taylor

Mr. Granville Lee Taylor

Mr. Granville Lee Taylor, 80, of Mears, husband of the late Lola Taylor, passed away on Dec. 11, 2018, at his residence. Born on Dec. 9, 1938, in Mears, he was the son of the late Wrendo Taylor and Allene Godwin Taylor. Mr. Taylor was an engineering technician for...
Mrs. Lou Ann Ashby Steffey

Mrs. Lou Ann Ashby Steffey

Mrs. Lou Ann Ashby Steffey, 84, devoted wife of the late Richard Gerald “Jerry” Steffey Sr., passed away Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, at Hermitage on the Eastern Shore in Onancock. A native of Exmore, she was the daughter of the late Samuel C. Ashby and the late Genevieve...
Mr. John Philip “Jack” Schoolfield

Mr. John Philip “Jack” Schoolfield

Mr. John Philip “Jack” Schoolfield, 68, was born in Nassawadox and passed away Sept. 26, 2018, in the Blue Ridge Mountains that he loved and lived in for the last 30 years. Jack grew up in Guilford, Conn., and Albany, N.Y., but spent every summer of his childhood...
Mr. G. Keith Pusey

Mr. G. Keith Pusey

Mr. G. Keith Pusey, 80, of Onancock, husband of Esther Pusey, passed away on Dec. 8, 2018, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock. Born on Feb. 23, 1938, in Newport News, he was the son of the late Wendell Alva Pusey and Sadie Lambertson Pusey. Mr. Pusey was...