All Obituaries

     J. Samuel Hunt, Sr. of Denton, MD, passed away at Autumn Lake Nursing Home in Denton on Friday, February 14th. He was 85 years old.      Born in Easton, MD on September 16, 1934, Mr. Hunt was the son of the late William Ridgeway Hunt and Margaret K. Haddaway Hunt. His wife of 51 years, Doris C. Hunt, passed away July 18, 2004. Mr. Hunt grew up in Neavitt before moving to Easton. He had been a member of the MD National Guard. He and his wife moved...

     Carmen Jean Mead of Denton, MD passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2020, surrounded in love by her family. She passed away at the UM Midshore Medical Center in Easton, MD after a courageous, two-year battle with ovarian cancer. She was 64 years old.      Born at Camp Lejeune, NC on June 12,1955. Carmen was the daughter of Barbara A. Newton of Merritt Island, Florida and the late Fleetwood W. Newton. She married her true love, Terry Mead of...

   QUENTIN ROBERT (Q.R.) WALSH JR. of Denton, MD passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2020, at his home, Wilson’s Chance. The former U.S. Marine and Vietnam veteran was 73 years old. Born in Tucson, Arizona where his late father, Capt. Quentin R. Walsh, Sr. was recuperating from disabilities incurred in World War Two, Walsh was a resident of Denton from the age of four. His late mother was the former Mary Ann Knotts from a 300-year-old Eastern Shore family.   From...

     Martha Blackistone Godfrey of Denton, MD, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2020, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was 60 years old.      Born at the Patuxtent River Naval Base in St. Mary’s County, MD on March 6, 1959, Mrs. Godfrey was the daughter of Allen Sharkey Pate of Mobile, AL and the late Martha Jane Orme Pearsall and her late husband, N. Joseph Pearsall, III. She was a 1977 graduate of North Caroline High School....

     Thomas C. Fleetwood, Jr. of Easton, MD, passed away on Sunday, February 2, 2020, at UMS Medical Center in Easton. He was 74 years old.      Born August 12, 1945 in Easton, Mr. Fleetwood was the son of the late T. Carville Fleetwood, Sr. and M. Henrietta Blades Fleetwood Eaton. A native of Denton, he graduated from North Caroline High School and, subsequently, earned a degree in political science from the University of Maryland, College Park. Upon...

     Travis Blake Pepper, 33, of Cordova, MD, passed away Friday, January 31, 2020, at his home despite the valiant efforts of Talbot EMS. Travis died in the arms of his loving mother with his father and his brother at his side.      Travis was born in Easton on January 6, 1987 to Terry L. Pepper and Linda Callahan Pepper. He came into the world with a serious heart defect and following surgery at three months he became multiply handicapped. His life...

     Carlton Robert Seward, Jr. of Denton, MD, also known as Bob or “Sudsy”, passed away on Friday, January 31, 2020, at the U of MD Shore Medical Center at Easton, MD. He was 72 years old.      Born in Milford, DE on November 11, 1947, Mr. Seward was the son of the late Carlton Robert Seward, Sr. and Lelia Passwaters Seward. He grew up on a farm in Hobbs and was a 1966 graduate of North Caroline High School. Mr. Seward worked at...

     Robert “Bobby” E. Willis of Denton, MD, passed away at Bayleigh Chase on Tuesday, January 28, 2020. He was 86 years old.      Born at home in Hobbs near Denton, Mr. Willis was the son of the late Edward Howard Willis, Sr. and Mamie Ellen Schuyler Willis and where he attended AMES United Methodist Church. He attended Caroline High School in Denton. Mr. Willis served in the MD National Guard from 1954 until 1959. He worked for many...

     Kenneth W. Willis of Burrsville near Denton, MD, died Saturday, January 25, 2020, at the DE Hospice Center in Milford, DE. He was 79 years old.      Born in Milford, DE on April 23, 1940, Mr. Willis was the son of the late Charles Walton Willis, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Baggs Willis. He graduated from Caroline High School in Denton in 1958. Mr. Willis farmed in Burrsville all of his life. He also worked for E.I. DuPont in Seaford from 1960 until he...

     Rennert Thomas Zepp of Denton, MD, passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was 76 years old.      Mr. Zepp was born in Baltimore, MD on June 21, 1943. He was the son of the late Edgar Gordon Zepp and Bernadette Mary Zepp Wright. At home, he was known as “Ren” and at work, he was known as “Tom”. Mr. Zepp graduated from Catonsville High School in 1961 after which he served in the U.S. Coast Guard. He then...