Earl J. Outten, 80

CAMBRIDGE - Earl J. Outten, of Cambridge, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2009, in Chesapeake Woods Center. He was 80. He was born in Pocomoke on Oct. 8, 1928, and was a son of the late Maurice J. and Sadie F. Elliott Outten. Mr. Outten attended schools in Somerset County. On April 25, 1946, he married the former Anna Mae Handley. She passed away on April 26, 2008. He was a truck driver and retired in 1993 as a supervisor at Coldwater Seafood. He was an avid coin collector and antique collector. Mr. Outten was a member of Souls Harbor Church of God. He is survived by two daughters, Sue Walston and husband Wayne of Cleveland, Tenn., and Kay Koski of Cambridge; three grandchildren, Valerie Cook Eenhuis of Phoenix, Ariz., Stephanie Walston Robinson of Cleveland, Tenn., and Matthew B. Walston of Cleveland, Tenn.; two great-grandchildren; one brother, Paul Outten of Kingston; and a sister, Bernice Brewer of Burlington, N.C.; and several nieces and nephews. Besides his wife and his parents, Mr. Outten is preceded in death by three brothers, Maurice Outten Jr., Carl Outten and Robert Outten. Pallbearers will be Brad Lednum, Allen Nelson, Phillip Pruitt, Dennis Handley, David Handley Jr. and Johnny Rossy. A funeral service was held on Monday, April 6, 2009, at Thomas Funeral Home in Cambridge. The Rev. J. Edward King and Rev. Philip Morris officiated. Burial followed in Dorchester Memorial Park.