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Army Vet 'Red Beard' Dies In Crash Before November Wedding: 'Damn Good Man, Good Soldier'
A new chapter was just beginning for Derek Volkmer and his family in Maryland.
The Glen Burnie Army veteran was preparing to marry his fiancée, Jen, in November, while building a life with two young children, Jae and Jax, who friends say adored the man they called Dad.
Instead, the family is mourning “Red Beard.”
Volkmer, 40, was killed on Thursday, Sept. 3, while working as a tractor-trailer driver in Virginia, according to friends and Virginia State Police.
The fatal crash happened shortly before 11:30 a.m. on I-95 in Stafford County, where a tractor-trailer ran off the roadway, struck …
Virginia Father 'Was Not A Person Of Many Words,' But 'Showed Up' Before Unexpected Death At 26
Some people don't need many words to make their presence felt.
That's how loved ones are remembering Virginia father Jeacson Davi Caravantes Hernandez, who died unexpectedly on Monday, Aug. 31, at just 26 years old.
His father, Henry Caravantes of Springfield, launched a GoFundMe following his son's sudden death as the family faces an unimaginable loss.
Jeacson leaves behind two children, Micheal and Kiara, who his father said were at the center of his life.
Above everything else, he was a devoted dad.
Jeacson spent the past five years working as a project manager at Design Pro, where hi…
'So Happy, So Innocent, So Small': Maryland Family Mourns Ezra Oliva-McMillan
A Maryland family is facing the unimaginable after losing one of its smallest members.
Ezra Davon Oliva-McMillan died on Thursday, Aug. 27, leaving behind a mother struggling to find the words, a father mourning his "happiest little man in the world," and a big sister who was rarely seen without him.
The Lusby family is now raising money to lay Ezra to rest as tributes pour in for a little boy remembered for a smile that came easily and a laugh that was impossible to miss.
"He was so happy, so innocent, so small," his mother, Sanaa Oliva, wrote after her son's death. "He was my everything.…
'His Story Was Only Beginning': Young Maryland Man Dies At 21 After Delaware Crash
A young Maryland man's life was only beginning.
Dylan Edward Maxwell, 21, formerly of Perryville, died on Friday, Aug. 28, following a crash in Newark, Delaware, according to authorities.
Maxwell, who was born in Elkton and most recently lived in Newark, was a 2023 graduate of Perryville High School and Cecil County School of Technology.
Newark Police reported the crash at Elkton Road and Thorn Lane, which forced authorities to shut down the roadway.
Additional details about the circumstances of the crash have not been released.
Maxwell worked as a plant operator with H&K Group…
