Obituaries

Margarette Wah Ni Tahe Baker

Margarette Wah Ni Tahe Baker

Margarette Wah Ni Tahe Baker, of Mechanicsville, MD left us peacefully in the wee hours of the morning of Monday, July 3, 2017. A native of Washington, D.C., Wah Ni Tahe was the 5th child and only daughter of the late Annie Richard Stephens Webb and Grady Voil Webb. Her brothers, Richard, Dan, Loftis,...
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Steven “Steve” Lynwood Cooksey, 61

Steven “Steve” Lynwood Cooksey, 61

Steven “Steve” Lynwood Cooksey, 61, of Cobb Island, MD passed away at home on June 29, 2017. Born in LaPlata, MD on August 31, 1955 to Guy L. Cooksey and Ellen S. Cooksey, Steve is also survived by his loving wife of 42 years, Cathy Cooksey; daughters, Clara L. Willey (Tom), Stacy L. Lenhart...
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Junior Halterman, 84

Junior Halterman, 84

Junior Halterman, 84, of Prince Frederick, Maryland passed away on July 3, 2017 in Prince Frederick, MD. He was born on February 20, 1933 in Ellicott City, MD to the late Noah A. and Louise Hardy Halterman. Husband of the late Leila Virginia Halterman, he is also preceded in death by his siblings, Bill...
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James Alfred Washington, 94

James Alfred Washington, 94

James Alfred Washington, 94, of Bushwood, Md., passed away June 28, 2017 at his home on Longview Beach. Jim was born in Criglersville, Virginia, to Daniel and Bessie Washington on May 12, 1923. He enjoyed a long career as a civil servant until his retirement in 1978. He served as a maintenance engineer and...
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Thorbjorg “Stella” Vigfusdottir Day, 90

Thorbjorg “Stella” Vigfusdottir Day, 90

Thorbjorg “Stella” Vigfusdottir Day, 90, of Leonardtown, MD passed peacefully away June 28, 2017 at her home in Leonardtown, MD surrounded by her loving family. Stella was born on August 29, 1926 in Hafnarfjordur, Iceland to the late Vigfus Thorgilsson and Elisabet Nikulasdottir. Stella’s world forever changed when she met Capt Robert A. Day...
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Anna Lucille Stonestreet, 85

Anna Lucille Stonestreet, 85

Anna Lucille Stonestreet, 85, of Bryantown, MD passed away on June 28, 2017 at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. Anna was born on May 31, 1932 to the late Joseph Therres and the late Catherine Koller Therres in Waldorf, MD. Anna was a Bank Manager for Suntrust Bank prior to her retirement,...
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Florence Kennedy Lambert, 70

Florence Kennedy Lambert, 70

Florence Kennedy Lambert, 70, of Annapolis, Maryland, died on June 29, 2017 at St. Mary’s Nursing Center, Leonardtown, MD. Born on October 8, 1946 in Leonardtown, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lee Forbes, Sr. and the late Julia Frances Herbert Forbes. Florence is survived by her sister, Julia Lee Forbes,...
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Richard Millon “Grumpy” Gould, 79

Richard Millon “Grumpy” Gould, 79, of Lexington Park, MD passed away on June 30, 2017 at Chesapeake Shores Nursing Center, surrounded by his loving family. He was born July 10, 1937 in Minneapolis, MN to the late Orville Paul Gould and Madeline Shortridge Gould. Richard proudly served in the United States Navy until his...
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Henry Lawrence Buckler, Jr., 73

Henry Lawrence Buckler, Jr., 73

Henry Lawrence Buckler, Jr., 73, of Charlotte Hall, Maryland, passed away on June 30, 2017 in Washington, D.C. surrounded by his wife and family. Henry was born on November 17, 1943 in Hughesville, Maryland to the late Henry Lawrence Buckler, Sr. and the late Margaret Grimes Buckler. He retired as a Store Manager at...
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John Baxter Owen, 99

John Baxter Owen, 99

John Baxter Owen passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 1 at his daughter’s home in Hollywood, Maryland. He was 99 years old. John was born in Monroe City, Missouri, in 1918, to the late Archibald and Effie Owen. He grew up on the family farm with his parents and his two aunts. He graduated...
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Patricia Ellen “Pat” Gladwell

Patricia Ellen “Pat” Gladwell

Patricia “Pat” Gladwell was born at Providence Hospital in Washington, DC on September 12, 1946. She entered Heaven’s gates on June 29, 2017. Pat graduated from Lackey High School in 1964. She received her BA from Towson University and her Master’s Degree from George Washington University. She worked as an elementary school teacher at...
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Sharon M. Hurd

Sharon M. Hurd

Sharon Hurd was born in Washington DC on August 20, 1942, the only child of Doris DeBow Micoly and Ruldoph M. Micoly. She was the beloved wife of R.J. “Jack” Hurd, the mother of three, and a doting grandmother of four. Raised in the idyllic neighborhood of District Heights, Sharon was a 1960 graduate...
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Walter Lewis Williams, 86

Walter Lewis Williams, 86

Walter Lewis Williams, age 86 of Edgewater, Maryland, died June 26, 2017 at the Charles County Hospice House in Waldorf, Maryland. He was born in Jacob Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Walter moved to Charles County in 1955 and retired as a Pile Driver for 34 years for Local 2311. He also worked for...
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James L. Hill, Sr. (Jimmy), 78

James L. Hill, Sr. (Jimmy), 78

James L. Hill, Sr. (Jimmy), 78, of Chaptico, MD passed on June 28, 2017. He was born on July 24, 1938 to the late Zachery Joseph Hill and Mary Edith Hill. Jimmy is survived by his wife of 57 years, Irene Copsey Hill of Chaptico, MD whom he married on August 8, 1959 and...
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Ethel Quade Ressler

Ethel Quade Ressler

Ethel Quade Ressler was born March 7, 1944 to Ignatious and Mary Pilkerton in Mechanicsville, Maryland. Ethel grew up on the shores of Patuxent View Farm with her sisters and brothers, Harold Pilkerton, Doris Johnson, Donald “Duck” Pilkerton, and Mildred “Susie” Tippett. Ethel started working at the age 17 as a bus driver for...
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Mary Lorena Abell Tennyson, 95

Mary Lorena Abell Tennyson, 95

Mary Lorena Abell Tennyson 95, of Clements, MD, died June 30, 2017 in Leonardtown, MD. Born on December 8, 1921 in Leonardtown, she was the daughter of Thomas Hogan Abell and Violet Abell Bussler and Maide and Joe Thompson. She was the loving wife of the late John S. Tennyson whom she married on...
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Cierra Marie Bijou

Cierra Marie Bijou

  Cierra Marie Bijou passed away on June 26, 2017. Family and friends will unite for visitation from 9:00 am – 10:00 am on Monday, July 3, 2017. Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 am at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 13401 Piscataway Road, Clinton, MD 20735. Interment to follow at the church cemetery.
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Cynthia L Ashby-Cardwell

Cynthia L Ashby-Cardwell

Cynthia Ashby-Cardwell departed this earthly life on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Family and friends will unite on Thursday, July 6, 2017 from 10:00 am until time of service 11:00 am at Tree of Life Christian Ministries, 9109 Piscataway Rd., Clinton, MD. Interment is private.
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James Joseph Kennedy, 75

James Joseph Kennedy, 75, of Chesapeake Beach, MD passed on Tuesday June 27, 2017 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Born in Providence, RI he was a son of the late Eugene and Winifred (Hudson) Kennedy. He was the beloved husband of Mary T. (Mazzullo) Kennedy. He was retired from the United States Navy where...
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Albert P. Simms, Jr., 57

Albert P. Simms, Jr., 57

Albert P. Simms, Jr., age 57, of Upper Marlboro, MD, passed away on Monday, June 26, 2017 at the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home. He was born on September 13, 1959, in Washington, DC, to Doris (Watts) and Albert P. Simms, Sr. In 1977, Albert graduated from Frederick Douglas High School in Upper Marlboro, MD....
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Dolores Catherine (Shifflette) Gibbs, 81

Dolores Catherine (Shifflette) Gibbs, 81

Dolores Catherine (Shifflette) Gibbs, 81, of Huntingtown, MD, passed away on Sunday, June 25, 2017, at her home after a brief illness. She was born in Washington, D.C. on March 1, 1936, to Agnes (Dolan) and Carl Early Shifflette, Sr. She grew up in SE Washington, DC and moved to the Oxon Hill/Fort Washington...
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Vicki M. Mumaw

Vicki M. Mumaw

Vicki M. Mumaw of St. Leonard, MD, passed away on Saturday, June 24, 2017, at home at the age of 51. She was born on February 12, 1966, in Cheverly, MD to Nancy (Martin) and John R. Mumaw. Vicki was employed as a Customer Service Representative for Comcast. She love to read magazines, listening...
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Max Eugene Clayton, 67

Max Eugene Clayton, 67

Max Eugene Clayton, 67, of Clinton, MD, passed away on Friday June 23, 2017. He was born on July 7, 1949 to Doris (Call) and Harold Clayton in Streator, IL. Max joined the United States Air Force after he graduated high school in 1969. While serving in Kunsan, South Korea, in 1976, he met...
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Ernest John Arhar

Ernest John Arhar

Ernest John Arhar of Dunkirk, MD, passed away on Friday, June 23, 2017, at the age of 89. He was born in Davis, WV, on September 7, 1927, to Frances (Mivec) and Andy Arhar. Ernest was the beloved husband of Marion (Minor) Arhar and the loving father of Mark and his wife Mary Ann,...
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Samuel Pinkney, Jr

Samuel Pinkney, Jr., of Brandywine, MD passed away on June 22, 2017. Samuel was born on December 6, 1940 in Mississippi to the late Samuel Pinkney and Sarah Lee Nichols. Samuel was of the Christian Faith who retired from Financing in the Banking Industry in 2002. Samuel is preceded in death also by his...
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