OCEAN CITY — Robert Henderson Melvin, Jr. age 93, died Monday, Feb. 13 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. Born in Wilson, N.C., he was the son of the late Robert Henderson Melvin, Sr. and Lillian Turner Melvin. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Ellen Birckhead Melvin.  He is also survived by… Read more »

BERLIN — Helen Magdalene Manning, an avid traveler and seeker of new and exciting places departed on a final and most wonderful journey on Thursday, Feb. 16. She left us to join her mother and dad, Helen and Wilson (Buddy) Meyers, her much loved mother-in-law Ressie Manning and a host of angels known as aunts… Read more »

OCEAN PINES — Louise Norman Powell, age 80, died Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Atlantic General HospitaL. Born in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the late William and Myrtle Davis Norman.   She is survived by her beloved husband of 60 years, Jerry Edward Powell; son, Glenn Powell of Sacramento, CA; daughter, Lisa Ellen… Read more »

BERLIN — George L. Wilkerson, age 82, died Friday, Feb. 3 at his home. Born in Delaware he was the son of the late John Wilkerson and Ethel Figgs Wilkerson. He is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Alice Wilkerson.  Wilkerson was employed with McAllister Sand and Gravel for several years until his… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — John Baker Wheeler, III, age 82, died Saturday, Feb. 4 at his home. Born on January 3, 1930 in Baltimore, he was the son of the late John Baker Wheeler, Jr. and Emma Meseke Wheeler. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Jean Wheeler.   Wheeler was a graduate of… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Elaine Lucille Bunting, age 63, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Jan. 15.  Born in Salisbury, she was the beloved daughter of the late William T. Bunting and Evelyn H. Bunting. She is survived by her brother Charles L. Bunting of Ocean City. Bunting worked as a school librarian for… Read more »

OCEAN PINES — Elizabeth S. Hemmick died peacefully in her sleep on Monday, Jan. 16, at the Berlin Nursing Home. Born in Spartanburg, S.C. she was the daughter of the late John Y. Southall and Mary Walker Southall.   Hemmick had worked for many years as a medical secretary. Being a lady of southern heritage,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Eleanor Pearson Kelly, age 85, died Sunday, Jan. 22 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin. Born in Collingswood, N.J. she was the daughter of the late Henry and Clara Whittaker Pearson.  She was preceded in death by her husband William “Bill” Edward Kelly in 1992. She is survived by her daughters, Kathleen… Read more »

CLERMONT Fla. — Turner “Shep” McLaurin, age 94, died at the Clermont Health and Rehabilitation Center in Clermont, on Jan. 5. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, he was the son of the late Hugh T. and Annie Sheppard McLaurin.  He is survived by his wife, Ruth Whitman Farlow McLaurin, a son Hugh McLaurin, of Westminster,… Read more »

DELMAR, Del. — Ernest Franklin Tubbs, Sr., age 65, died Wednesday, Jan. 11 at the Delmar Nursing Home. Born in Salisbury, he was the son of the late William “Bill” Tubbs and Janie Gracie Webb Tubbs. He is survived by his children, Ernest Franklin Tubbs, Jr. and his wife Lisa, Stephanie Anne Seefried and her… Read more »