Pearl Elizabeth Hitch

SHORTER, PEARL ELIZABETH
On February 18, 2003 of Solomons, MD. Beloved wife of the late Harry A. Shorter, Sr. Loving mother of Harry A. Shorter, Jr. and Patricia Ann Graves. Sister of Irene Moore and Elton Hitch and the late George, Milton, and Earl Shorter. Also survived by 8 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. Family will receive friends today, Friday, February 21, 2002 from 2-4 & 6-8 p.m. at Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home, P.A., 30195 Three Notch Rd., Charlotte Hall, MD. Prayers will be recited at 7 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, February 22, 2003 at St. Francis De Sales Church, 7189 Benedict Ave., Benedict, MD. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Gardens, Waldorf, MD. Memorial contributions may be made to: Hospice of Calvert , P.O. Box 838, Prince Frederick, MD 20678. Published in The Washington Post on Feb. 21, 2003

Pearl married Harry Anthony Shorter Sr. in 1929. (Harry Anthony Shorter Sr. was born in 1901 in MD,⁵ died on 25 Jun 1970 in MD and was buried about 28 Jun 1970 in Trinity Memorial Gardens, Waldorf, Charles Co., MD.)