OCEAN CITY — Lorraine E. Bailey, age 85, died May 19 at her home. Born September 27, 1925 in Madera, Cal., she was the daughter of the late Angelo and Myrta Mollica. She was the wife of Joseph W. Bailey, with whom she shared 65 years of marriage.  She was a loving mother and homemaker…. Read more »

PITTSVILLE — Lillian M. Hare, age 90, died Wednesday, May 18, at Genesis Rehab in Salisbury. Born in Pittsville, she was the daughter of the late John J. Middleton and Lavenia Hamblin Middleton. She was preceded in death by her husband, C. Ray Hare. She had worked as an Auditor at Wicomico Hotel for many… Read more »

OCEAN PINES — Gail Arlene Brown, age 62, died Friday, May 20 at her home. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Albert William Styles and Thelma Jeanette Styles (nee Zennell). She is survived by her loving husband Dexter Brown, Jr. and son Ryan William Bavis and his wife Gillian of Lewiston,… Read more »

Robert A. Bliss, age 75, died Tuesday, May 10 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.  Born in Baltimore he was the son of the late John and Mildred Bliss. Bliss was a U.S. Army Veteran. He was a successful entrepreneur and business owner. He enjoyed fishing, crabbing and computers.  He also had his pilots license… Read more »

Marian Cropper Lankford, age 85, died Monday, May 9 at her home in Berlin. A lifetime resident of Ocean City, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Quillen Cropper and Laura Edith Colby Cropper. She was preceded in death by her husband, retired Ocean City Fire Marshal, Dave Lankford, in 2001. She is survived… Read more »

SALISBURY — Ann DeRisi Lewis of Ocean City, age 76, died May 14 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, surrounded by her family. Born in Bristol Pa., she was the daughter of the late Frank DeRisi and Amelia Conti DeRisi. She was preceded in death by her husband, David A. Lewis. She is… Read more »

OCEAN PINES — Mrs. M. Elizabeth Lawton died May 10 at her daughter’s home. She was the daughter of the late James Cleveland Moore and Anna Garrett Moore. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Lawrence E. Lawton. They resided at 5 Patrick Avenue, West Chester, Pa.  She is survived by… Read more »

SNOW HILL — Shirley Elizabeth Brewington, age 67, died Monday, April 25 at her home in Snow Hill. Born in Salisbury, she was the daughter of the late Charles Brewington, Sr. and Elizabeth M. Powell Brewington.  She is survived by two brothers, Charles K. Brewington, Jr. and his wife, Pat and Roy C. Brewington and… Read more »

SALISBURY — James Paul Harlin, age 77, died Monday, April 25 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., he was the son of the late Albert Harlin and Freida Schmeidle Harlin. He is survived by his wife, Margaret M. Harlin. Harlin had worked as a manger for the New York Telephone… Read more »

SALISBURY — Bruce Ernest Johnson, age 66, died Tuesday, April 26 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Salisbury, he was the son of the late Linwood and Edith Hartman Johnson. He is survived by his sons; Bruce “B.J.” Ernest Johnson Jr. of Berlin, David Edward Johnson of Willards, and Thomas Brian Johnson… Read more »