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Oyster shucking pioneer Sarah Hammond Stokes of Urbanna has died

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Sarah Bagby Hammond Stokes Oyster shucking pioneer Sarah Hammond Stokes of Urbanna passed away Sept. 13 at the Riverside Lifelong Health & Rehabilitation Center in Saluda. A Middlesex County native who worked in local oyster shucking houses, Stokes surprised a field of women oyster shuckers in 1983 at the Virginia oyster shucking contest in Urbanna, winning the female championship and earning a trip to St. Mary’s County, Md., to compete in the n…
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SSentinel.com broke the news on Thursday, September 24, 2026.
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