Carlton R. Shorter Sr., 81 GOLDEN HILL - Carlton R. Shorter Sr., passed away Thursday, March 4, 2010, in the Chesapeake Woods Center, Cambridge. He was 81. He was born in Cambridge September 9, 1928, and was a son of the late Thurman M. and Margaret Meredith Shorter. He attended schools in Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1945. On December 14, 1951 he was married to the former Mildred Gootee. As a young man he had worked on the family farm on Maple Dam Road, and had worked in the family sawmill business. He had worked at Cambridge wire Cloth for over 40 years and had retired in 1990. Mr. Shorter was a member of St. John's United Methodist Church, where he had served as Treasurer and Trustee. Mr. Shorter was a former member of the Church Creek Vol. Fire Co. He had enjoyed gardening, hunting, wood working and making crafts. Mr. Shorter had been in failing health since November and had been hospitalized for four weeks, and had been a patient at the Chesapeake Woods Center since Saturday, where he passed away Thursday morning. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Mary Beth Marshall; his stepmother, Rena Shorter; one brother, Thurman Shorter; and two sisters, Eleanor Smith and Doris Wheatley. Survivors include his wife, Mildred M. Shorter of Golden Hill; one daughter, Bonnie H. Marshall and her husband, Nelson Marshall of Golden Hill; one son, Carlton R. "Ricky" Shorter Jr. and his wife, Dawn of Town Point; three grandchildren, Scot Marshall of Los Angeles, Calif., and Daniel Shorter and Eric Shorter, both of Town Point; and several nieces and nephews. A funeral service was 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon, at St. John's United Methodist Church, Golden Hill, with the Rev. Gary Crouch officiating. Interment took place in the adjoining churchyard. The family received friends during the hour preceding the service. Pallbearers were Eric Shorter, Daniel Shorter, Scot Marshall, Duane Paul, Billy Gootee and Henry Gootee. Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's United Methodist Church, c/o Mrs. Doris K. Lewis, 3347 Golden Hill Road, Church Creek, MD 21622. Arrangements are being handled by the Thomas Funeral Home, P.A., Cambridge.