Stephen Lawrence Vallandingham, Jr. 86, of Leonardtown, MD, died on January 6, 2006 at his residence.

Born on August 22, 1919 in Loveville, MD, he was the son of the late Stephen Lawrence Vallandingham and Julia Marie Bowles Vallandingham. Stephen was a life long tobacco farmer. He worked as a solicitor for the Waldorf Tobacco Warehouse for 30 years and was a member of ASCS.

He is survived by a daughter, Alice V. Bailey of Leonardtown, MD, Stephen G. Vallandingham of Mechanicsville, MD, Lawrence G. Vallandingham of Leonardtown, MD, six grandchildren, six great grandchildren, one great-great grandchild, and a sister, Marie V. Rowe of Clements, MD. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two wives, Margaret Eleanor Guy Vallandingham in 1989 and Grace Agnes Moore Vallandingham in 1999, a great grandson, Dylan Brown, two sisters, Dorothy V. Milford, Gertrude V. Weiland, and two brothers, J. Howard Vallandingham and Bernard I. Vallandingham.

The family received friends on January 9, 2006 in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Morganza, MD. The Reverend John A. Mattingly and William Berry were the celebrants. Interment followed in the Vallandingham Family Cemetery in Clements, MD.

Serving as pallbearers were John Robert Bailey, III, Stephen Davis Vallandingham, Stephen Charles Vallandingham, Jessica Maria Vallandingham, Kimberly Kathryn Bailey-Agren and Chris Yates. Honorary pallbearers were Murphy Kyndal Brown, Robert Allan Williams, Jr., Brittani Leigh Bailey, John Robert Bailey, IV, Alexis Blair Vallandingham, Walter Russell and Bernard Vallandingham, Jr.

Memorial contributions may be made to HOSPICE of St. Mary's, Inc., P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650.