Edward Walter Hitch ²

All the data from this line came from a conversation I had with Larry E. Hitch and his wife Luanne on May 25, 1997 in Larry's bait and tackle shop called L.E. Hitch and Sons. The shop is located on South Salisbury Boulevard (U.S. 13) just north of Fruitland and Tony Tank Lake.

OBITUARY: Edward Walter Hitch passed away peacefully in his sleep at Coastal Hospice by the Lake in Salisbury after a short illness at the age of 91 on August 31, 2020. Walter was the son of the late Uriah Thomas Hitch and Ida Ellen Causey Hitch. He worked as a carpenter all his life starting off with Larry J. Causey, and Sons, Wilson Lee Davis and retiring from Robert Messick, and sons in 1994. He was known for his skills in building cabinets and stair cases. Walter loved anything outdoors but especially loved gardening, fishing, crabbing, and riding his bike everyday up until the age of 89. Walter is survived by 4 children: Brenda and Charlie Williams, Larry and Luanne Hitch, Charlotte and Darryl Blagus, and Milton Hitch; 1 sister Lena and Richard Bowen; 8 grandchildren: Heather Barton, Jason and wife Heather Williams, Larry Hitch, Jr, Matthew Hitch, Gabe and wife Katie Blagus, Megan Blagus, Sara and husband Ben Yoder, Zachary and wife Erica Hitch; one step granddaughter Lynne Leidy; 10 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his wife Joyce, 2 sisters Florence McGrath and Hazel Bennett; and 4 brothers Carroll, Avery, Lawrence and James Hitch. A service will be held Friday, September 4, 2020 at 2:00pm at the Holloway Funeral Home with visitation 1 hour prior to the service. Interment will follow at Wicomico Memorial Park.

Edward married Joyce Ann Chatham, daughter of Milton Chatham and Ella Mae Robinson, on 13 Oct 1950 in Princess Anne, Somerset Co., MD.¹ (Joyce Ann Chatham was born in 1935,³ died on 17 Nov 1966 in MD ³ and was buried about 20 Nov 1966 in Wicomico Memorial Park, Salisbury, Wicomico Co., MD.)