Harry M. Stokes' Obituary
Harry M. Stokes, 94, of Salisbury passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2016.
Born in Washington, D.C. He was the son of the late Harry Stokes and Xantippe Stokes.
He attended school in Dorchester County. He served in the United States Army from January 1943- February 1946. For several years he drove long haul trucks for Service Trucking Company, Federalsburg, MD. He was a supervisor and retired from Continental Can Company in Hurlock, MD.
Harry loved hunting, fishing, his children and grandchildren. He enjoyed meeting new people and he was always the life of the party.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Anna Mae Wroten Stokes in March 2016, they would have been married 75 years on December 24, 2016. He is survived by three daughters, Connie Taylor, Brenda Murray, and Phylis Roberts and husband Robin Roberts, thirteen grandchildren, Ernest McBroom, Jr. Lisa Flanigan, Benjamin Walls,III, Sydney McBroom, Janet Ivens, Jenny Bachman, Amy Peters, Colton Murray, John Lord, Jr., Dennis Lord, Shawn Roberts, Michael Roberts, and Megan Roberts, seventeen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
In addition to his parents and spouse, he was preceded in death by two brothers, George A. Stokes of Glen Burnie, MD and Ernie Stokes of Cambridge, MD, one grandson, James Albert Massey, Jr., and one great granddaughter, Heather Cowell.
Arrangememts are in the care of the Framptom Funeral Home in Federalsburg, MD. Interment will be held in the Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery, Hurlock, MD. A Memorial Service will be private and held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in his memory to Coastal Hospice, PO Box 1733, Salisbury, MD 21802.
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