George Robin Cannon

George Robin Cannon, age 79, of Calvert County, Maryland, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes on Saturday, October 5, 2019. He was the son of the late John Cannon Sr. and Mary Brandt Cannon. He is survived by his sons, Joe Cannon and Robert Cannon Sr., and his daughter, Margaret Hamilton. He is also survived by his sister, Ruth Tippett and six Grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Born in Washington, DC, on November 28, 1939, and graduated from Taft Junior High School in Washington DC before graduating from Chamberlain Vocational High School. He spent many weekends and summers at the family beach cottage in North Beach Park where he enjoyed boating, fishing, and socializing. He always looked forward to the Deale Oyster Roast at the VFD and went every year with his late brother John S. Cannon Jr. George professional career began selling and repairing typewriters and cash registers. He went on to work a number of years for Free State Business Machines and Mitchell Business Equipment in Waldorf, MD. It seemed like he always had this special rapport with his customers and they trusted him completely. George eventually decided to venture out on his own and started Cannon Business Machines, which he eventually sold and led him to his current company Cannon Technologies. In an industry that seems to be filled with boring, dimly lit bulbs George was a bright light. His simple almost country demeanor always provided a smile and good feelings any time you talked to him. It seemed like he never had a bad day. George loved living in Solomon’s Island and enjoyed the company of his African gray parrot “Lady Bird”. He cared deeply for his friends, which we called his Solomon’s Island family. He was known as “the man in the purple shirt”. People would often see George driving around Calvert County in his pickup truck with his best co-pilot Butler and later Ramsey – his four pawed best buddies. His daily routine included making a loop around the island to see what was going on. When his daughter visited from Florida he enjoyed taking her out in his boat “Loose Cannon” for a tour of the area. George enjoyed telling jokes and showing off pictures of his family. He supported local businesses and was an almost daily face at Solomon’s pier and Kingfishers. If you call George you were sure to hear “Hey Man” whenever he answered the phone. No funeral services are being held. A celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, October 22nd at 4pm at The Pier located at 14575 Solomons Island Rd. For directions go to www.thepiersolomons.com. Rather than sending flowers to the family, they prefer donations be sent Chesapeake Bay Foundation at www.cbf.org. Thank you for all your prayers and loving thoughts at this very difficult time.

George Robin Cannon

November 28, 1939 - October 5, 2019