Virgil W. Ruark Sr., 81 FISHING CREEK - Virgil W. Ruark Sr., age 81, of Fishing Creek, died on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, due to complications from an automobile accident Friday night in Southern Dorchester County, which also injured his son. Born on May 18, 1928, in Hoopersville, he was the son of the late S. Warren Ruark and Edith Willahemina Parks Ruark. On Dec. 25, 1949, he married the former Irma Lee Simmons. Mrs. Ruark died on Aug. 12, 2004. Mr. Ruark had been a self employed waterman. In 1970 he and his brother Kenneth Ruark bought Charles H. Parks & Company Seafood from Sangston Parks. This business remains in operation and is managed by Kenneth Ruark and Mr. Ruark's son, Sonny Ruark. Mr. Ruark was a member of the Hosier Memorial United Methodist Church, Fishing Creek. Mr. Ruark was one of the founding members of the Hoopers Island Volunteer Fire Department, a member of the Chesapeake Bay Seafood Association and had been a member of the Cambridge Moose Lodge #1211. Surviving is his son, Virgil W. "Sonny" Ruark Jr. and his wife Marie Simmons Ruark, also of Fishing Creek; a brother, James Kenneth Ruark and his wife Lola of Fishing Creek; a granddaughter, Marcia Pliescott and her husband Woody of Cambridge; three great-granddaughters, Allison N. "Allie" Shenton and Josie M. Shenton, and Charlette "Charley" Pliescott; a niece, Carol R. Jones of Salisbury; and two great-nephews, Scott Jones and Ryan Jones. Preceding him in death, besides his parents and wife, was a brother, Charles E. Ruark; grandson, Chuck Ruark; and a grandson-in-law, C.J. Shenton. Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Monday, Nov. 30, at Curran-Bromwell Funeral Home, P.A., where the family will receive friends two hours prior to the service. Officiating at the service will be The Rev. Doug Ridley and The Rev. Delmer Willey. Burial will follow at Dorchester Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Bobby Simmons, Jay Newcomb, Harry Phillips, Bryan Hall, Russell "Sonny" Phillips, and Virgil "Sonny" Hobbs, Jr. Expressions of sympathy may be made by sending flowers or making memorial offerings in Mr. Ruark's memory to the Hoopers Island Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 125, Fishing Creek, MD 21634 or to the Hosier Memorial U.M. Church, PO Box 296, Fishing Creek, MD 21634. To send online condolences, please visit www.curran-bromwell.com.