Obituaries
Elizabeth Benedict
Elizabeth Benedict A memorial service will be held for Elizabeth Cameron Benedict on Friday, April 24, at 53 South Circuit avenue, Oak Bluffs, at...
Miriam Gibbon
Miriam Gibbon Miriam (Mimi) Gibbon died suddenly on March 21 while traveling in Tunisia with Jerry Gratch. She is mourned by him, by sons Andrew...
Famed Painter and Old Sculpin Director Fred Messersmith Dies
Phyllis Meras
Fred Messersmith, from 1984 to 1994 the director of Edgartown’s Old Sculpin Gallery and before that its artist in residence, died in his sleep at...
Upbeat Golf Caddie Leaves Infant, Friends
Caddies, members and staff at the Vineyard Golf Club were saddened by the recent death of John (Golf Ball) Cathcart, who died recently at the Good...
Joseph Stewart Jr. Loved Summer Activities on Island
Joseph Turner Stewart Jr., a summer resident for 50 years who loved sailing, lobster dinners with his family and gray, rainy Vineyard days, died...
Mae Crawford Williams, 84, was Reader, Puzzler
Mae Crawford Williams, daughter of Frank and Mamie Sadler Crawford, of McConnells, S.C., died quietly in her sleep on April 5, 2009, at the Royal...
Harlem Educator Painted, Played Bridge on Island
Helene Wareham, age 88, lifelong Harlem resident, educator, painter, bridge devotee, summer resident of Martha’s Vineyard, proud graduate of Hunter...
Photographer and Outdoorsman Kim Hart Dies at 69 in Norway
On March 10, Kim Hart died in Oslo, Norway, where he lived most of his life. He was born in New Britain, Conn., on August 29, 1939 and as a young...
Kenneth Owens Jr. Was Renowned Businessman
Bettye Foster Baker
Kenneth Odom Owens Jr., an architect, businessman and entrepreneur who launched the first African American architectural firm in Birmingham, Ala.,...