Joseph Franklin Twilley

Services: A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 10:00 AM in St. John's Catholic Church, Hollywood, MD with Fr. Raymond Schmidt officiating. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD. Visitation: Prayers will be said on Friday, May 11, 2007 at 7:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Chapel where the family will receive friends from 5:00-8:00 PM. Joseph Franklin Twilley, 72, of Hollywood, MD died on May 10, 2007 at St. Mary's Nursing Center, Leonardtown, MD. Born on April 2, 1935 in St. Joseph's Hospital, Baltimore, MD he was the son of the late James Franklin and Lydia Jane Bowie Twilley. He was the loving husband of Ada M. Joy whom he married on June 16, 2001 at St. John's Catholic Church in Hollywood, MD. He is survived by two sisters; Alma Anderson of St. Mary's Nursing Center, Leonardtown, MD and Ruby Dobson of Wilmington, NC, seven stepchildren; Linda L. Gray and her husband Charles of Hollywood, MD, Diane J. Dixon and her husband William R. Dixon, Jr. of Lexington Park, MD, Bonnie S. Pineiro and her husband Rafael of Mirimar, FL, M. Calvin Joy and his wife Patricia of Hollywood, MD, Nancy D. Burroughs of Pomfret, MD, David A. Joy and his wife Inger of Plattsburg, NY, and Tammy J. Barrows of Callaway, MD, 12 step-grandchildren and 9 step-great-grandchildren. Joe was preceded in death by his former wife Bessie Burroughs Twilley and is survived by other step-children and grandchildren from that marriage. He was preceded in death by his four sisters; Elizabeth Bunch, Agnes Wise, Dorothy Russell and Gracia Wise. Mr. Twilley was raised on St. George's Island where in his youth he was a waterman. He retired from Capital Hill Government. He liked country and bluegrass music, dancing and playing cards. He also enjoyed selling fish and produce while meeting many people from all over the Southern Maryland and DC area. The family will receive friends on Friday, May 11, 2007 from 5:00-8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD where prayers will be said at 7:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 10:00 AM in St. John's Catholic Church, Hollywood, MD with Fr. Raymond Schmidt officiating. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD. Pallbearers will be Joseph Nelson, David Duckett, Charles Thompson, Roger Lee Burroughs, James F. Burroughs and Larry Morgan. Contributions may be made to St. Mary's Hospice, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD; Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 7, Hollywood, MD 20636; or Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 79, Hollywood, MD 20636.