After a brief struggle with cancer, and a lifelong battle against a myriad of health issues, Debra Marie Kustka joined the Blessed Mother and angles in heaven on April 12, 2019. Debra was born in Prince Frederick, MD and grew up in Benedict. Her love of children led to a career in early childhood...
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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced that the state’s trophy striped bass season will begin April 20 and last through May 15. Anglers may catch one striped bass per day, with a minimum size of 35 inches, in the Chesapeake Bay from Brewerton Channel to the Virginia state line. Maryland is part of a...
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Larry Howard Cross of Huntingtown, MD, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2019, at the age of 67. He was born in Washington, DC, on April 24, 1951 to Faye Marie Cross and the late Frederick Cross. Larry was an electrician by trade and a member of the IBEW Local 26 in Lanham,...
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Mary Louise Hood, age 96 of Brandywine, Maryland, died April 11, 2019 at her home surrounded by her loving family. “Gram,” “Weezy,” “Mamaweeze” and Mom, just a few of the names she was called by family and friends in her amazing 96 years here with us. The definition of a strong, single mother to...
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Paul Francis “Peaches” Gray, age 91 of Marbury, Maryland, died April 8, 2019 at the Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton, Maryland. Paul was a self-employed owner of retail stores. He was the son of James Russell Gray and Marybell Proctor Gray. In addition to his parents, he was also predeceased by two brothers...
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Elizabeth Rae Taylor, “Liz”, 76 of California, MD passed away on April 9, 2019 in Leonardtown, MD. Born on September 20, 1942 in Washington, DC she was the daughter of the late Nora E. Kemp Barber and Ellis R. Barber. Liz was the loving wife of Milton Francis Taylor, Jr., whom she married on...
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Shirley Ann Bennett, 75, of Drayden, MD, formerly of Punta Gorda, FL passed away on April 9, 2019 in Leonardtown, MD. Born on March 19, 1944 in Washington, DC she was the daughter of the late Emile Strickland Newman and John E. Newman. Shirley was the loving wife of William (Bill) Henry Bennett whom...
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Jeremy Michael Hall, 40, of Hollywood, MD passed away on April 8, 2019 in Leonardtown, MD. He was born on August 10, 1978 in Leonardtown, MD and was the son of Edith Dawn Hall and Joseph Michael Hall of Hollywood, MD. Jeremy is survived by his children Austin Michael Hall of Hollywood, MD and...
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On Tuesday, April 9, 2019, Alton B. Proctor, Jr. departed this earthly life. He is survived by his loving children, Stephanie and Melik Proctor; granddaughter, Arianna Santana; sister, and a host of other relatives and friends. Visitation on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 from 10:00 am until time of Mass of Christian burial at 11:00...
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William Leon Barnes, Jr., 65 of LaPlata, MD, entered into eternal rest on April 10, 2019. Family and friends will unite on Saturday, April 20, 2019 for visitation at 9 am until time of Service at 11 am at Park Hall True Holiness Church, 47690 Park Hall Road, Park Hall, MD 20667. Interment will...
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Linda Marie Potenza, 76, was born April 4, 1943 in Staten Island, NY passed away on April 8, 2019 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born to Albert Renzi Crowder (Fort Worth, Texas) and Sophie Ferrara (Staten Island, NY). A graduate of St. John’s Villa Academy, Grasmere, Staten Island. She was the...
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Pamela Denise (Hunter) Miller, 56, wife of Matthew Scott Miller of Mechanicsville, died April 13, 2019 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born October 9, 1962 in Anniston, Ala., she lived most her life in Southern Maryland. She married the love of her life, Matt, in 1982 and they spent 37 joyful...
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On Monday, April 15, 2019, at approximately 6:30 p.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to Mattapany Road in the area of Kohut Way in Lexington Park, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with one vehicle overturned. Crews arrived on scene to find a Honda Civic on its side into a utility pole,...
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On Monday, April 15, 2019, at approximately 2:45 p.m., police and emergency personnel responded to Point Lookout Road and Park Hall Road, in Park Hall, for a motor vehicle accident involving a school bus. Police arrived on scene to find a Volkswagon was rear-ended by a school bus. There were no passengers on the...
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On Sunday, April 14, 2019, at approximately 10:15 a.m., Trooper First Class, C. Ditoto of the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack responded to the St. Marys Square Shopping Center for the report of an unconscious male in a vehicle. Ditoto made contact with the driver of a Jeep Renegade that was parked in a...
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On Sunday, April 14, 2019, at approximately 1:20 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Three Notch Road and Chancellors Run Road, for the reported motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and on the curb, with all occupants out of the...
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On Sunday, April 14, 2019, at approximately 5:00 p.m., firefighters from Valley Lee, and Bay District responded to the area of the Callaway Post Office on Piney Point Road and Quiet Acre Lane in Callaway, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on scene to find a camper fully engulfed on fire. When the...
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On Sunday, April 14, 2019, at approximately 9:05 p.m., firefighters from Hollywood and Mechanicsville responded to Fowler Industrial Park on Three Notch Road and Alexandria Way in Mechanicsville, for the reported commercial vehicle fire. Crews arrived on scene to find a motor home with fire showing from the engine compartment and interior. Firefighters extinguished...
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On Sunday, April 14, 2019, at approximately 1:20 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Eighteen Wheel Drive in Saint Mary’s City, for the reported motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway, overturned and in a ditch with...
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On Saturday, April 13, 2019, at approximately 2:00 p.m., firefighters from Seventh District, Leonardtown, Hollywood Mechanicsville, and Charles County responded to 36029 Center Avenue in Chaptico, for the reported structure fire. Crews arrived on scene to find a 1-story single family residence with smoke showing from all sides. Firefighters arrived on scene to find...
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On Sunday, April 14, 2019, at approximately 1:20 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Point Lookout Road and Willows Road in Lexington Park, for the reported motor vehicle accident. Crews arrived on scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway and into a tree. The single occupant signed...
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On Sunday, April 14, 2019, at approximately 7:30 a.m., police fire, and rescue personnel responded to the area of Maryland Route 260 and Jewell Road in Sunderland, for the motor vehicle accident reported serious with one vehicle on fire, and one person unconscious. Dispatch further advised one vehicle was on fire with the occupant...
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Chrystal Rae Hamrick Rounds, 33, of Charlotte Hall, MD passed away on April 9, 2019 in LaPlata, MD. Born on October 4, 1985, she was the daughter of Mark Allen Hamrick and Kimberly Kae Markley Hamrick. Sister to Richard D. Hamrick. Grandchild of Janet D. Hamrick and Dale Hamrick, now deceased. Grandchild of Raymond...
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On Friday, April 12, 2019, at approximately 12:45 p.m., personnel from the Maryland State Police Aviation Command (MSPAC) received a request from the Anne Arundel County Fire Department requesting a helicopter to assist them with the extraction of a medical patient from a cargo ship. Anne Arundel County Fire Department and the United States...
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