UPDATE 9/18/2017: On September 17, 2017, at approximately 8:00 p.m., patrol deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Piney Point Road and Blake Creek Road for the report of a serious motor vehicle collision. Due to the nature of the collision, The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Collision...
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On Monday, September 18, 2017, at approximately 1:30 a.m., Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, Troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack and Emergency Medical Services personnel responded to a residence on Coosan Court, in Great Mills, for the report of a unconscious female. Personnel arrived on scene to find a unconscious...
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During the week of September 18, to September 22, 2017, automated speed enforcement cameras will be activated in the following school zones: Leonardtown Road at Thomas Stone High School Poplar Hill Road at Malcolm Elementary School Berry Road at Jenifer Elementary School Piney Church Road at St. Charles High School Cameras are activated Monday through...
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On Tuesday, Sept. 12, the Board of Charles County Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution to expand healthy drink and snack options offered in vending machines in county-owned buildings used by employees and residents. The Commissioners’ action supports an idea brought forth by the Charles County Wellness Committee employees. The draft policy proposed by the...
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On Tuesday, September 12, 2017, the Board of Commissioners proclaimed September as National Recovery Month. The observance promotes the benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for mental and substance use disorders; celebrates people in recovery; commends treatment and service providers’ contributions; and promotes that recovery in all forms is possible. The County Commissioners also...
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On Saturday, Oct. 7, the 17th annual Nanjemoy Heritage Day will be held at the Nanjemoy Community Center (4375 Port Tobacco Road) from noon until 3 p.m. The Department of Community Services Aging and Human Services Division is requesting old family photos and Nanjemoy artifacts to showcase. If you have a piece of Nanjemoy...
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has announced the winners of the 2017 Natural Resources Photo Contest, with the grand prize going to Nikunj Patel of Laurel for his stunning photo of an American Wigeon spreading its wings in wintry blue waters. This year’s grand prize package includes $500, a 2018 Maryland State Park and Trail Passport, a...
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Teresita Valerio-Nifalar “Lina” of Brandywine, MD passed into eternal life on September 9, 2017 at the age of 75. Born in the Philippines to Matilde Magante and Honorio Valerio, Sr., one of nine children. Lina came to the United States around 1993 to be with her family. She worked as a nurse’s aide at...
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George H. Bond of Rose Haven, MD, passed away on Sunday, September 10, 2017, at the age of 91. He was born on February 26, 1926, in Washington, DC, to Viola (Rohls) and Charles Bond. George served his country in World War II in the United States Navy and retired from the U. S....
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Barbara Marie Jerome, 74, of Southern Maryland, passed away on Sunday, September 10, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on August 2, 1943, in Piscataway, MD, to Marie (Walker) and Joseph Windsor. Barbara worked as a bus aide for many years in the Prince George’s, Charles and Anne Arundel County school...
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Pauline C. Brooks passed away at home on September 12, 2017. Pauline was an entrepreneur and a loving, compassionate woman of God. She was born on July 4, 1947 in Jamaica, West Indies. After moving from Jamaica to London, England as a teenager, Pauline lived in New York and then moved to the Washington,...
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Edith Marie Gue, 59, of Bel Alton, MD passed away unexpectedly on September 11, 2017 at her residence. Edith was born on May 1, 1958 in Washington, DC to the late John Epp, Sr. and the late Elizabeth Epp. She leaves behind her loving husband, James Gue, Jr.; son, James A. Gue; daughter, Melissa...
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Mary Emma Plunkett, 91, passed away September 15, 2017 at Country Home Assisted Living Facility in Harwood, MD. She was born in Paducah, Kentucky to the late Charles Hissrich and Katharine Cecilia Weitlauf Richardson, she would become the wife to John Robert Plunkett (1920-1992) and the mother to 7 children: Karen Louise Tinsley (Richard)...
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Dorothy W. Stringer, 96, of Deale, MD passed away September 8, 2017 at the Mandrin Inpatient Care Center in Harwood, MD. Dorothy was born July 16, 1921 to Winifred (Stuart) and Milton Whitney. She was raised in Takoma Park, MD and graduated from McKinley Technical High School with honors at age 16. She was...
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Catherine Millicent Easter, age 87 of Waldorf, Maryland, died September 13, 2017 at Hospice House of St. Mary’s in Calloway, Maryland. Catherine was a retired cosmetician with Montgomery Ward Department Stores for 20 plus years and a founding member of Calvary Gospel Church in Waldorf, Maryland. She was the daughter of Lindsey Faulkner and...
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James Carl Windsor, Jr., age 57 of Waldorf, Maryland, died September 14, 2017 at his residence. James was a life-time resident of Southern Maryland and was a retired iron worker with Iron Workers Union Local #5. He was also a NASCAR fan and dirt-car racing. He enjoyed welding and was known as “Mr. Fix-It”...
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Theresa Veronica (Galton) Beinert, 91 of Waldorf, Maryland, died September 14, 2017. She was born in Bromley, England to Olive (nee Prendergast) and James Galton on December 23, 1925. She was a beautiful World War II bride, marrying Louis Beinert (deceased) before he returned to the States. They lived in Washington, DC and Maryland...
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AKC William Howard “Bill” Loucks (USN, Ret.), 69, of Leonardtown, MD passed away September 13, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born September 17, 1947, in Latrobe, PA to the late William V. Loucks and Frances Cigale Barnhart Loucks. In January 1967, Bill enlisted in the United States Navy and...
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Armand J. Satterfield, 80, passed away to eternal life on September 9, 2017, at the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home in Charlotte Hall, Maryland, surrounded by his loving family. Armand, or known to family and friends as Arnie, was born in Washington, DC on April 23, 1937, the oldest child of Charles and Nora (Flaherty)...
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Amelia Barbara Bump, 90, of Mechanicsville, MD (formerly of Bensalem, PA), passed away September 11, 2017 at St. Mary’s Nursing Center in Leonardtown, MD. She was born January 3, 1927 in Pennsylvania to the late Nicholas Luke and Amelia Zaborski Luke. On February 2, 1946, Barbara married her beloved husband, Charles Bump. Together they...
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Winifred Eugenia Norris, age 99, of Tall Timbers, MD died Saturday, September 9, 2017at Medstar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on March 16, 1918 in Scotland, MD on the family tobacco farm to the late Joseph Neal Norris and Eva Sadela Mayor Norris. She grew...
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Margaret Anne Fraser, 73, of Hughesville, MD passed away at John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, MD on September 13, 2017 with her family at her side. Margaret was born to the late Stanley Lee and Margaret Eleanor Cross on April 3, 1944 in La Plata, MD. Margaret was a Secretary for the...
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Agnes Elizabeth Knott, 92, of Mechanicsville, Maryland passed away on September 12, 2017 in Callaway, Maryland. She was surrounded by her beloved family. Agnes was born on November 27, 1924 in Charles County, Maryland to the late Joseph Dudley “Bunk” Cole and the late Alice Campbell Cole. Agnes was a very hard worker and...
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Peacefully on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 Harry M. Whitehead went home to be with the Lord. Family and friends will unite on Friday, September 22, 2017 at from 1:00 p.m. until time of service at 2:00 p.m. at Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home, 2294 Old Washington Road, Waldorf, MD 20601. Inurnment will be held at Cheltenham...
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Peacefully on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, Antonio Darrell Jackson departed this earthly life. Family and friends will unite on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 from 10:00am until time of service 11:00am at Le Detroit Baptist Church 5306 Indian Head Highway, Oxon Hill, MD 20745. Interment will follow at Heritage Memorial Cemetery, Waldorf, MD.
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