George B. Nabb III

CAMBRIDGE ­- George B. Nabb III, 67, died early Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007 at Memorial Hospital, Easton.

Born on March 25, 1940 in Cambridge, he was the son of the late George B. Nabb Jr. and Georgia Jeanette Fleming Nabb.

Mr. Nabb was a graduate and class president of Cambridge High School, class of 1958.

George was a farmer for all of his working and able life on the family farm North Yarmouth, a Century Maryland Farm.

George was a member of Friendship United Methodist Church at Aireys. He had been a member of the Dorchester Farm Bureau and the Cambridge Elks Lodge 1272. He also had served for a short time in the Maryland Army National Guard.

Mr. Nabb loved being a farmer and was proud of his family"s farm. He has been in failing health for a few years following a farming accident.

George also liked to rabbit hunt. He was also a Dorchester County School bus contractor.

Surviving besides his wife, Joanne Wingate Nabb, to whom he married on July 30, 1988 are three sons, Bryan Nabb, Scott Nabb, David Nabb and his wife, Wendy; seven grandchildren, Bryan Nabb Jr., Jenalee Nabb, Hunter Nabb, Andrea Bell, Carter Nabb, Andrew Nabb and Maggie Jo Holecheck; a brother, Carlton G. Nabb and his wife, Mary all of Cambridge. He is also survived by nieces and a nephew, Heather Nabb, Brandon Wingate and Meghan Wingate; mother-in-law, Joan Wingate; two brothers-in-law, Marshall Wingate, Steve Wingate and his wife, Lisa; five aunts, Charlotte Spedden, Jean Hurley, Louise Fleming, Shirley Fleming, Frances Wilson; an uncle, James (Jimmy) Handley; close cousin, Ramona Bradway; special caregivers, Linda Seward, Katie Rhea, Chrissy Cantville, Chris Phippin, Wayne Brohawn, several cousins and friends.

Preceding him in death, besides his parents, was his father-in-law, William I. (Bill) Wingate; four aunts, Elizabeth Nabb, Betty Anne Handley, Sara Asmussen and Emily Dayton; five uncles, Ridgeway Fleming, Edward (Bill) Fleming, John Nabb, Donald Spedden and Melvin Hurley.

The family will receive friends from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, at Curran-Bromwell Funeral Home, P.A., where the memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Officiating at the service will be the Rev. Mary Ann Farnell assisted by the Rev. Delmer Willey. Inurnment will be held privately.

In lieu of flowers, memorial offerings may be made to Friendship United Methodist Church or the American Cancer Society, both in care of Doris Weber, 5163 Maple Dam Road, Cambridge, MD 21613 or to Linkwood-Salem Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 66, Linkwood, MD 21835.

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