John Albert Tierno, 85, of Leonardtown, MD, formerly of Solomons, MD, passed away on July 15, 2017 at home. Born August 28, 1931 in Camden, NJ, he was the son of the late John and Rachael Tierno. John graduated from Hadden Heights High School in Haddenfield, NJ. He served in the United States Navy...
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Lowena (Nana/MamaBug) Viola Lusby passed away July 14, 2017 at Anne Arundel Medical Center. She was born to the late Eunice Fern Buffer and the late James Buffer on February 8, 1939 in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Lowena enjoyed spending time with her loved ones, singing karaoke and being the designated driver. She enjoyed listening to...
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Ardis Michael Cole, 92, passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at Burnett-Calvert Hospice House in Prince Frederick. He had lived in Dunkirk since 1980. Ardis was born September 15, 1924 to Michael Solomon and Bessie (Horn) Cole in Cotton Valley, Louisiana. When he was a small child, the family doctor told his parents...
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Family and friends are welcomed for a visitation on Thursday, July 27, 2017 from 4:00pm – 8:00pm at the Huntt Funeral Home, 3035 Old Washington Road in Waldorf. Interment and military honors will take place on Friday, July 28, 2017 at 10:15am at Maryland Veterans Cemetery Cheltenham, 11301 Crain Highway, Cheltenham, MD.
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William Thomas “Bill” Rose, 61, of Hollywood, MD passed away peacefully from this life into God’s arms on July 20, 2017, defeating the beast, cancer as he walked freely into God’s kingdom. He was born March 16, 1956 in Bristol, PA to the late Edward Rose and Madeline Barrett Rose. Bill was raised in...
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Ernest (Ernie) Eugene Bayne, 86, of Lothian, MD, formerly of Mt. Gilead, NC passed away at his residence on July 15, 2017. Ernie was born in Chester County, PA on June 9, 1931 and was adopted by the late Roy and Gladys Bayne. He served as a Corporal in the 24th Infantry Division of...
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James Michael “Jimmy” Lowe, 52, of Hollywood, MD passed away on July 15, 2017 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 21, 1964 in Leonardtown, MD to the late Gerard Robert Lowe and Patricia Mary Nolan Lowe. Jimmy was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County and a...
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Kyle William Jensen, 37, of Lexington Park, MD passed away on July 15, 2017 after a tragic accident. He was born February 19, 1980 in Davenport, IA to Colin William Jensen of Hollywood, MD and Vicki Lynn Capstaff. Kyle is a 1998 graduate of Leonardtown High School. He had been a semi-professional skate boarder....
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Deborah Michelle “Debbie” Dugan, 45, of Hollywood, MD passed away on July 16, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born October 20, 1971 in Blytheville, AR to John B. Fleming of Las Cruces, NM and Diana Garrett Huber of Hollywood, MD. Debbie graduated from Eastwood High School in 1990....
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Holly Anne Blankenship, 23, of Mechanicsville, MD, passed away on July 14, 2017. Born on July 21, 1993 in Clinton, MD, she is the daughter of Bryan Keith Blankenship and Deanne Marie Stoner Blankenship. Holly graduated from Chopticon High School in 2011. She received her A.A. from College of Southern Maryland and was completing...
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Joseph A. Kelly (Joe) passed away on July 14, 2017 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD. Joe was born in West Warwick, Rhode Island on August 13, 1944 to Stacia (Blasik) and Joseph A. Kelly, Sr. He graduated from J.F. Deering High School in West Warwick and Johnson and Wales Business School in...
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Patricia Faye Mundy, 80 of La Plata, Maryland, died July 15, 2017 at Sagepoint Senior Living in La Plata, Maryland. Patricia was a Supervisor of Admitting for 30 plus years at Southern Maryland Hospital in Clinton, Maryland. She was also a member of the Eastern Star. She was the daughter of Leonard Esteppe and...
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Peter Joseph Melvin, 73, of Waldorf, MD died on July 13, 2017 at University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore, MD. He was born on March 12, 1944 in Seattle, Washington to the late William Leopold and Virginia Melvin. Peter was an Astrophysicist for The Naval Research Lab. He earned his PhD from the University of...
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Peter Delaney, age 66 of Accokeek, Maryland, died July 15, 2017 at La Plata Genesis. He was a life-long member of New Horizons Supported Services. Peter was the son of James Francis Delaney, Jr. and Ethel Pauline Heyser Delaney. In addition to his parents, he was also predeceased by his brother, James Francis Delaney...
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John Wilbur “Jack” Saunders, 61, of Cobb Island, Maryland, died suddenly on July 17, 2017. Services for Jack will be held on Sunday, July 30, 2017 at the Cobb Island Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad (Company 6) 17069 Cobb Island Road Cobb Island, MD 20625 beginning at 1 PM.
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Margaret Louise Dunlap, age 77 of La Plata, Maryland, died July 18, 2017 at Charles County Hospice House in Waldorf, Maryland. Margaret was a substitute teacher and a volunteer at the Prince George’s County Public School System and was a member of La Plata United Methodist Church. She was also a volunteer at Walter...
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Alfred John Kopec of Marbury, Maryland, died at his residence. He was 71 years old. Born on December 30, 1945 in Heilbronn, Germany, he is the son of the late Agnieska Jaje and Stanislaw Kopec. John served in the U. S. Air Force for over 23 years before retiring in 1987 as a Senior...
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Karen Sue Bennett, age 67, of La Plata, MD, died July 21, 2017 at her residence with Hospice. Karen was a Daycare Operator since 1974. Daughter of the late Robert Burns and the late Shirley Lewis Burns. She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Gerald “Jerry” Bennett; two sons, Gerald Bennett, Jr....
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Joseph “Anthony” Lang, 73, of California, MD, passed away Friday July 14, 2017 in Baltimore Shock Trauma Center. Anthony was born March 11, 1944 in Leonardtown, Maryland to Paul Frank and Agnes Wheeler Lang of Great Mills, MD. He grew up in Great Mills and graduated Ryken High School in 1961. On June 27,...
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Rita Jo Goddard “Jody”, 64, of Valley Lee, MD passed away on July 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. Born on September 23, 1952 in Norton, VA she was the daughter of Ruby Lovetta Willis of DeLand, FL and the late Joe Donald Reece. Jody was the loving wife of Francis H. Goddard whom she...
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Paula Ann Reed, passed from this life on Tuesday, July 18th, 2017 at her home in Hollywood, Maryland. She was born on October 14th 1947 in Carver Heights Maryland. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson Awkward, Sr of Afton Virginia and Theodoris Elizabeth Awkward of Lexington Park, Maryland. She was the...
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Billy Edward Devine, AOC, USN (ret), 57 of Lexington Park, MD passed away on July 19, 2017 at his residence. Born July 6, 1960 in Woodland, CA. He was the son of Nova Devine and the late Edward Harrison Devine. Billy was the loving husband of Timi Teresa Devine, father of Nicholas Devine (Jesse)...
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Myles Reid departed this earthly life on Friday, July 7, 2017. Family and friends will unite for memorial service on Friday, July 21, 2017 from 10:00 until 12 noon at Ebenezer AME Church, 7707 Allentown Rd., Fort Washington, MD
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On Friday, July 21, 2017, at approximately 8:10 p.m., Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a stabbing in Lexington Park. Emergency personnel and police responded to Patuxent Road, in Lexington Park and upon arrival found a male in his forties suffering from a stab wound to his...
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On Thursday, July 20, 2017, a Charles County jury found Ronald Wells, a science teacher from Henry E. Lackey High School, not guilty of student allegations of sexual abuse. Two students had accused Wells in the spring of 2016 of allegedly attempting to engage in sexual abuse. One student made his allegation on April...
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