Obituaries

Jacob William Hancher, 23

Jacob William Hancher, 23

A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 virtually on the St. Peter’s School, Waldorf, MD Facebook page at 10:00 am. Jacob William Hancher, 23, passed away October 03, 2020 in Myrtle Beach, SC while serving in the line of duty with the Myrtle Beach Police Department. He was...
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Valley Lee Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Regrets to Announce Passing of Life Member Joseph Earl “Fuzzy” Knott

Valley Lee Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Regrets to Announce Passing of Life Member Joseph Earl “Fuzzy” Knott

UPDATE: Joseph Earl “Fuzzy” Knott, 73, of Valley Lee MD passed away on October 9th, 2020 at MedStar St. Marys Hospital surrounded by his family. He was born on December 17th. 1946 in Valley Lee, MD to the late James Harvey Knott Sr and Donnie Marie Slade. Survived by his loving wife, Patricia Ann of...
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Stephen Edward “Steve” Arnold, Sr., 72

Stephen Edward “Steve” Arnold, Sr., 72

Stephen Edward “Steve” Arnold, Sr., 72 of Leonardtown, MD tragically passed away on September 1, 2020 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. He was born on December 15, 1947 in Elizabeth City, NC to the late Frank Leo Arnold and Daisy (White) Arnold. Steve enlisted in the U.S. Navy and...
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Rosalea Denise “Lea” Arnold, 66

Rosalea Denise “Lea” Arnold, 66

Rosalea Denise “Lea” Arnold, 66 of Leonardtown, MD passed away on September 17, 2020 at the University of Maryland Medical Center of Baltimore, MD. She was born on November 6, 1953 in Washington, D.C. to the late John Dunlap Freeman and Minna Marie (Graves) Freeman. Lea is a 1970 graduate of Sherwood High School....
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Mary Tresia Briscoe, 79

Mary Tresia Briscoe, 79 of Capitol Heights, MD, entered into eternal rest on September 22, 2020. Visitation will begin at 10 am until Mass of Christian Burial at 11 am on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at Sacred Heart Church, 23080 Maddox Rd., Bushwood, MD. Interment to follow at St. George’s Church Cemetery, Valley Lee,...
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Peggy Ann Hamilton, 83

Peggy Ann Hamilton, 83

Peggy Ann Hamilton, age 83 of La Plata, Maryland, died September 8, 2020 at the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center in La Plata, Maryland. Peggy was a Cafeteria Manager at White Marsh Elementary School in Mechanicsville, Maryland and a member of the La Plata United Methodist Church. She was a devoted wife...
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Helen Elizabeth Grinder, 88

Helen Elizabeth Grinder, 88

Helen Elizabeth Grinder, 88, of Lexington Park, MD passed away on September 21, 2020 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on November 16, 1932 in Park Hall, MD to the late Sherman T. Brown and Genevieve Elizabeth Hayden Brown. Helen is a high school graduate of St. Michael’s Catholic...
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Michael Lee Hewlett, 74

Michael Lee Hewlett, 74, of Patuxent River, MD passed away on September 20, 2020 at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. He was born February 17, 1946 in Cleburne, TX to the late Clarence Thomas Hewlett and Mildred A. White. On August 16, 1974, he married his beloved wife, Janice P. Hewlett in...
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Joseph Donald Mattingly, 86

Joseph Donald Mattingly, 86

Joseph Donald Mattingly, 86 of Leonardtown, MD passed away on September 23, 2020 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown. Donald was born on July 29, 1934 in Compton, MD to the late John Freeman Mattingly, Sr. and Agnes Elizabeth (Bowles) Mattingly. Donald was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County. He attended Margaret Brent...
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Thomas Kenneth Casey

Thomas Kenneth Casey

Our beloved, Thomas Kenneth Casey, was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on March 22, 1947 to the late Olin Arthur Casey and the late Naomi Elizabeth Christian Casey. He was called home to eternal rest on September 18, 2020. Thomas, a 1965 graduate of I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, VA, and then went on...
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Robert “Bob” Eugene Ward, 78

Robert “Bob” Eugene Ward, 78

Robert “Bob” Eugene Ward, 78, of Brandywine, MD passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2020, at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. He was the devoted son of the late William Faulkner and late Bertha (Dodson) Faulkner. He was born on January 18, 1942 in Washington, DC. Bob proudly served in the United...
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Annette Marie Brash, 55

Annette Marie Brash, 55

Annette Marie Brash, 55 of Mechanicsville, Maryland passed on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at her home surrounded by her loving family after a long battle with cancer. She was born on August 14, 1965 in Washington, DC to the late Michael Patton Warren, Sr. and Bernadette M. (Spaight) of Mechanicsville, MD. She was the...
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Jean Ridgeway Carpenter, 85

Jean Ridgeway Carpenter, 85

Jean Ridgeway Carpenter, 85 of Huntingtown, MD formerly of Allison Park, PA passed away on September 17, 2020 in Washington, DC. She was born on May 11, 1935 in Coraopolis, PA and was the loving daughter of the late Dorothy O’Bryon Ridgeway and Raymond Glover Ridgeway. Jean was the loving wife of the late...
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Ann Marie Diehl, 70

Ann Marie Diehl, 70

Ann Marie Diehl, 70, of Hughesville, MD passed away on September 19, 2020 at her home. She was born on January 18, 1950 in La Plata, MD. She was the daughter of the late Lucille Cole Flerlage and Henry Lawrence Flerlage. Ann is survived by her son Robert Allen Diehl of California, MD, 2...
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Caroline Hayden Murphy, 89

Caroline Hayden Murphy, 89

Caroline Hayden Murphy, 89, of Hollywood, MD passed away at her home on September 23, 2020. She was born on January 30, 1931 in Hollywood, MD and was the daughter of the late Dorothy Frances Garner and Thomas Alvin Hayden. Caroline was the loving wife of the late John S. Murphy, Sr. “Jack” whom...
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Kerry J. Hrabosky, 72

Kerry J. Hrabosky, 72

Kerry J. Hrabosky, 72, of Leonardtown, MD passed away on September 18, 2020 peacefully in her sleep at the home she shared with her loving husband. She was born on April 25, 1948 in Le Mars, Iowa to the late Gordon Burkett and Alberta Burkett of Castle Rock, Colorado. Most of her childhood was...
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David Charles Christian, 63

David Charles Christian, 63

David Charles Christian, 63 of La Plata, passed away Friday, September 11, 2020 at his home. David was born April 3, 1957 in Jamestown, New York to the late Louis T. Christian and Marilyn Holm Christian. A graduate of Cassadaga Valley Central School, he graduated from Fredonia State University and University of Buffalo with...
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Ronald Devon “Reds” Young

Ronald Devon “Reds” Young

Ronald Devon “Reds” Young was born on July 29, 1973 in Leonardtown, Maryland. Devon departed this earthly realm to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 17, 2020. Devon was raised in Loveville, Maryland by his grandparents John P. Young, Sr. and Agnes Lillian Young and attended local schools in St. Mary’s County. He...
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Gary Leroy Watson, 73

Gary Leroy Watson, 73

Gary Leroy Watson, 73, of Mechanicsville, MD formerly from Walkersville, MD passed away on September 11, 2020 in Mechanicsville, MD. He was born on September 17, 1946 in Philippi, WV and was the loving son of the late Sylvia Hammack Watson and Rev. Henry Paul Watson. Gary was the loving husband of Barbara Louise...
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Carol Sue Wood, 73

Carol Sue Wood, 73, of California, MD passed away on September 12, 2020 in California, MD. She was born on November 9, 1946 in Radford, VA and was the loving daughter of the late Virginia Ratclift Myers and James Clinton Myers. Carol was the loving wife of the late Billie Joe Wood, whom she...
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Diane Marie Hall, 73

Diane Marie Hall, 73

Diane Marie Hall,73, of Leonardtown, MD passed away on September 16, 2020 in Leonardtown, MD. She was born on July 23, 1947 in Laurel Grove, MD and was the daughter of the late Agnus “Bea” Beatrice Pyle Cusic and George Spencer Cusic. Diane was raised by Tom and Pauline Mattingly. Diane was the loving...
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Keith Randall Nelson, 46

Keith Randall Nelson, 46

Keith Randall Nelson,46, of Avenue, MD passed away on September 18, 2020. He was born on April 25, 1974, and was the loving son of Anne Nelson of Avenue, MD and the late William Nelson, Jr. (Porkey). Keith is survived by his children; Brandon Nelson of Mechanicsville, MD, Alissa Nelson of Cape Coral, FL,...
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Thomas “Tom” Francis Murphy, 58

Thomas “Tom” Francis Murphy, 58

Thomas “Tom” Francis Murphy, 58 of Leonardtown, MD passed away on September 8, 2020 at his home. Tom was born on February 8, 1962 in Germany to the late John Francis Murphy and Cleyta Belle (Windsor) Murphy. Tom served in the U.S. Navy from 1981 to 1984 alongside his twin brother and Robert Garcia...
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Cynthia Louise Day, 63

Cynthia Louise Day, 63

Cynthia Louise Day, 63 of Great Mills, MD passed away on September 12, 2020 at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, in Washington, DC. She was born on September 16, 1956 in Charleston, S.C. She was the daughter of the late Paul Poisson and Elsie Mae Connor Poisson. Cynthia worked at Walmart for over 25 years...
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Carolyn Lloyd Ward, 80

Carolyn Lloyd Ward, 80

Carolyn Lloyd Ward, 80 of California, MD formerly of West Virginia, passed away on September 12, 2020 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown. Carolyn was born on May 13, 1940 in Charleston, WV to the late Alva Lloyd and Thelma (Lloyd) Byers. Carolyn married Joseph Patrick O’Dell in 1962, Charleston, WV and they spent...
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