Phebe Teressa Sands Stinnett, 94, of North Beach passed away March 27, 2019 at Georgetown University Hospital. Teressa was born January 1, 1925 in Riviera Beach, FL to Charles Lawrence and Alice Elizabeth (Key) Sands. She was raised in Riviera Beach, and married W. Gordon Stinnett February 20, 1947. They resided in Gordon’s hometown of Chesapeake Beach where Teressa raised her family and also worked at Stinnett’s Restaurant and the family owned Chesapeake Beach Seaside Park. She loved the Baltimore Orioles, especially Cal Ripken, and was a fan of the Redskins. She enjoyed going to the Rod n’ Reel brunches, playing Bingo, and spending time with her girlfriends and family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Teressa is survived by two daughters, Nancy Stinnett Pease and husband Tony of Bluffton, SC, and Lu Anne Stinnett Smith of North Myrtle Beach, SC  and her late husband Bob. She is also survived by her grandchildren Marcy Sullivan, and Bernie and Kimberly Helms, and great-grandchildren Mary and Jack Sullivan, and Natalie, Gordon, and Alice Helms, and a sister Ruth Giddens of Republic, MO. She was preceded in death by nine siblings.

In remembrance of her love for children, expressions of sympathy in Teressa’s name may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.