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JAMES OWEN KNOTTS (JOK) WALSH of Denton, MD passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2023, at Maryland MICU Hospital in Baltimore.

The former Attorney, President of Caroline County Historical Society, Economic Development Director and Coast Guard Vietnam veteran was 75 years old.

Born in Tucson, Arizona where his late father, Capt. Quentin R.

Walsh, Sr. was recuperating from disabilities incurred in World War II, Walsh was a resident of Denton from the age of two.

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His late mother was the former Mary Ann Knotts from a 300-year-old Eastern Shore family.

JOK spoke fondly of his childhood and all the youthful escapadeshe and his Denton friends engaged in. Including being one of the “Denton Boys” a wild, joyful bunch!

After graduating from North Caroline High School (1965), and after attending University of Maryland College Park, Walsh decided he needed a break, so he and a fellow Denton classmate left for St. John’s Island in the Caribbean and spent a ye