by James Ritch | Feb 15, 2022 | Obituaries
Mrs. Eva Marie “Easy Ree” Pruitt, 84, wife of the late Willie “Bill Frank” Pruitt Jr. and a lifelong resident of Tangier Island, passed away Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. Born Aug. 15, 1937, on Tangier, she was the daughter of the late Malcom Garland Dise and the late Eva...
by James Ritch | Jan 19, 2022 | Obituaries
Mrs. Laurie Hope Moore McMann, 69, of Ashland, Va., and formerly of Tangier Island, died Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury, Md. Born in Nassawaddox on May 16, 1952, she was a daughter of Mary Lee Wheatley Moore, of Tangier Island,...
by James Ritch | Jan 11, 2022 | Obituaries
Mr. John “Hanson” Thomas, 89, husband of the late Jessie Lynn Thomas, passed away Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, at Alice B. Tawes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Crisfield, Md. A lifelong resident of Tangier Island, Hanson was born June 3, 1932, a son to the late Barney...
by James Ritch | Nov 17, 2021 | Opinion
By Gary L. Morgan — I was intrigued to read the published letter to the editor, “More Needs To Be Done for Tangier” (Oct. 10, https://staging.easternshorepost.com/2021/10/10/more-needs-to-be-done-for-tangier/) More than 80% of known land subsidence (sinking) in the...
by James Ritch | Nov 11, 2021 | Obituaries
Mr. Gene H. Crockett, 84, died Nov. 7, 2021. Mr. Crockett was born on Tangier Island, and was the son of the late Mr. William Harrison Crockett and the late Mrs. Ina V. Crockett. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia Turlington Crockett. Other than his parents, Mr....
