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 »

OCEAN PINES — Margaret R. Bowling, 91, passed away on Friday, Dec. 30 at Genesis Healthcare in Salisbury. Born in Washington Grove on December 27, 1920 to George and Edna Reber, Bowling was a longtime resident of Rockville but for the past 6 years had lived in Ocean Pines.   Bowling grew up in the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Robert Walsh Watts, age 79, died Tuesday, Nov. 22 at his home. Born in Washington, D.C. he was the son of the late George Watts and Olga Sarton Watts. He is survived by his wife, Bernadette L. Watts.   Watts was a United States Navy Veteran.  He had worked as a bus… Read more »

OCEAN PINES — Thomas Moore Quigley, age 83, died Tuesday, Nov. 22 at his home. Born in New York he was the son of the late William Quigley and Julia Moore Quigley. He is survived by his wife Irmalee A. Quigley.  Quigley was a United States Navy Veteran. He had worked for many years as… Read more »

SELBYVILLE, Del. — Dorothy Raum Melcher, age 89, died on Sunday, Nov. 25 at her Arrington Woods home in Selbyville. Born in Chester County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Ervin H. Raum, Jr. and Mary Werner Raum.  She is survived by her daughter Bonnie Piperno and her husband Dominic of Ocean City… Read more »