Don McNamara

Don Duane McNamara, 62 departed this life on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at Chester River Hospital in Chestertown, Maryland after a long illness. He was born November 11, 1960 to the late Clifton and Marion McNamara. Don was educated in the Dorchester County Public School System. He worked numerous jobs: Meredith & Meredith Seafood Company in Toddsville, MD, Allen foods in Hurlock, The Hatchery in Hurlock and the carnival. Don was a member of John Wesley United Methodist Church on Liners Road.

Don enjoyed going fishing with his brother Tony, but most of the time they didn’t catch anything but a cold! He loved singing, dancing, watching westerns, listening to music and making people laugh. He really enjoyed hanging out with his cousins that he thought of like brothers. Ronnie Molock (Moe-Man), Joe Sampson, Jr. (Joe-Ski), Derrick Lewis (Derkie-D), Danny Molock (Molock), Ruddell Molock, Jr. (Ermit), Charles Elliott, (Good Hair) and Arnold Travers (Black).

He was preceded in death by his parents, Clifton and Marion McNamara; grandparents, Gldsboro and Mable Travers, Preston McNamara and Eva Tod; two brothers, David McNamara and Mose McNamara; one sister, Binita McNamara; uncle Donald McNamara (Jim); aunts, Luvadia Hunt, Joan Stanley (Blin), Beatrice Phillips and Doris Molock; special cousins: Joseph Keene, Emerson Payton, Jr..

He is survived by: a brother, Tony McNamara (Patricia); two sisters: Lelia Edmonds (Kara) and Leona Lyles; one sister-in-law, Emma McNamara all of Cambridge, MD; uncles, Kermit Travers, Sr. (Connie) of East New Market, MD, Ruddell Molock, Sr. of Liners Road, MD; six aunts, Eula Travers, Leona Dorehea Sampson, Millie Ann Lewis (Willie), Arelette (Brick House) Bolden, Shirley McNamara and Pat McNamara all of Cambridge, MD and a host of nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, cousins, family and friends. His caregiver Marquita Baines would go in to help Don even on her days off. James McCoy, Sr. always came to see what he needed, wheelchair, walker, etc. His two aunts: Arlette Bolden and Millie Ann Lewis would always ask what he wanted and always made sure they got it for him.