William Wilkinson Mowbray

William Wilkinson Mowbray, 86, of Cambridge, Maryland passed away on September 2, 2026. Bill was born in Cambridge, Maryland on January 5, 1940 and was the son of the late Calvin Wray Mowbray, Sr. and Mary Isabelle Wilkinson Mowbray.

Bill is survived by a brother Calvin Wray Mowbray, Jr. of Westminster, Maryland; two nieces Becky Dalfonso and Donna Neal.

In addition to Bill’s parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Janet Belle Redifer.

He was raised and attended schools in Cambridge, Maryland graduating from Cambridge High School in 1958. While attending CHS, Bill was one of the rotating teens that announced the school news, activities and sports as well as spinning records for the local teens on Saturday morning for WCEM 1240 am. He was voted co-winner of the most outstanding male athletic award at Cambridge High School in 1958.

Upon graduation he was offered a professional baseball contract by the Pittsburg Pirates Scout Rex Bowen and was to be assigned to the class D Salem, Virginia minor league team, but he chose to join the U. S. Navy instead.

He served upon the heavy cruiser, USS Des Moines and the guided missile cruiser, USS Springfield until his honorable discharge as a Radioman Third Class in 1962. During this time in the service he received many ribbons and awards.

Following his military service, he attended and graduated from Louisburg, North Carolina College in 1964 where he was a member of the baseball team and was president of the men’s Student Government Association. He accepted a baseball scholarship to Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida in 1964 and graduated in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Bill earned his Master of Science degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia in 1975.

He was employed as Sports Editor for the Cambridge Daily Banner from 1966 to 1972. Bill was a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor for the State of Maryland Department of Education 1972-1978 and Sports Information Director at Salisbury State College in 1979.

Mr. Mowbray became self-employed in 1980 as a media consultant and began researching his two published books. “The Eastern Shore Baseball League” was published in 1989. This book was described by the website Wikipedia as follows: “The Eastern Shore Baseball League” by William W. Mowbray remains the most comprehensive source for ESBL history”. Bill later wrote “Power Racing on the Chesapeake”, published in 1995. Both of these books were published by Tidewater Publishers. While self-employed as a media-computer consultant he performed contractual employment as a vocational counselor in 1985-1986. He was also a news editor for the Cambridge Daily Banner in 1987, managing editor of the Chesapeake Courier from 1987-1988 and managing editor of the Preston News and Farmer from 1988-1989. He worked at ESHC Sheltered Workshop from 1996-2002 and as a database computer specialist for William T. Barnes ATV Sales from 2004-2012.

He formed his own company, Camera Ready DTP in 1990 and maintained it until his death. Camera Ready DTP served primarily as a pre-press and computer consulting firm for commercial printers.

Mr. Mowbray was a member of the American Power Boat Association, American Legion Dorchester County Post #91, Society of American Baseball Research and for ten years served on the selection committee of the State of Maryland Hall of Fame. Mr. Mowbray was inducted in the Eastern Shore Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002.

At Mr. Mowbray’s request there will be no service. He wanted his body donated to the Maryland Anatomy Board for purposes of medical education and organ availability.

A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

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