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June 26, 2026

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

Mary Rose Ward

Mary Rose Ward

Mrs. Mary Rose Ward, 81, of Parksley, wife of the late Leon Price Ward, passed away on April 28, 2022, at Shore Health and Rehabilitation Center in Parksley. Born Aug. 29, 1940, in Nassawadox, she was the daughter of the late Harold Hobson Knight and the late Sally...
Bessie M. Wilson

Bessie M. Wilson

Mrs. Bessie M. Wilson, 62, of Onancock, departed this life April 25, 2022, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock. Born in Onancock, Bessie was the beloved daughter of Mary D. Boggs and the late Quinton L. Strand. She entered the workforce in the poultry...
Lizzie M. Corbin

Lizzie M. Corbin

Mrs. Lizzie M. Corbin, 88, of Washington, D.C., formerly of the Shore, was called home on Friday, April 22, 2022, at the Layhill Nursing and Rehab Center, in Silver Spring, Md. Born in Accomack County, Lizzie was the beloved daughter of the late William “Pete” Allen...
Irene Annis Timmons

Irene Annis Timmons

Mrs. Irene Annis Timmons, of Chincoteague Island, passed away suddenly on April 26, 2022, at her residence. Born April 17, 1937, a daughter to the late Herman and Della (Young) Annis, Irene had just celebrated a milestone birthday turning 85 years old, spending it...
Mary Rose Ward

Virginia Wade

Ms. Virginia “Ginny” Wade, 74, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2022, at Commonwealth Senior Living on the Eastern Shore, in Onancock. Born April 13, 1947, in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the late Hoyt E. Wade and the late Frances Pocket Wade. For decades,...