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Juanita Bacote

Cafeteria worker

Juanita Constance Craig Bacote, a former cafeteria worker, died Tuesday of a heart attack at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She was 68.

Mrs. Bacote of Woodlawn retired from Crown Cork and Seal Co., where she worked in the cafeteria. She left the company in 1990, after a kidney transplant. Earlier, she spent 24 years as a bartender at Macer's Tavern. During the 1950s, she worked on the assembly line at General Electric Co.'s Bridgeport, Conn., plant.

Born and raised in West Baltimore, she graduated from St. Francis Academy. In 1944, she married Theodore Bacote, a steel worker at Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows Point plant. They were divorced.

She enjoyed being with her family and visiting flea markets.

A Mass of Christian burial was to be offered at 10 a.m. today at St. Pius V Roman Catholic Church, Schroeder Street and Edmondson Avenue.

She is survived by four sons, Theodore Bacote Jr., Gregory Bacote, Brett Bacote, all of Baltimore, and Craig Bacote of New Haven, Conn.; three daughters, Trea Lawson, Bonita Bacote and Artis Smith, all of Baltimore; two sisters, Ethel Finney of Baltimore and Geneva Tate of Catonsville; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

James H. Cox

Baltimore police captain

James H. Cox, a retired Baltimore police captain who once headed the department's Southeastern District, died Friday at St. Joseph Hospital of complications after surgery.

Captain Cox, who was 87, lived in Essex. He retired from the department in 1966.

He became a patrolman in the Western District in 1933 and served as a sergeant in the Southern District. He had also served as a lieutenant at Southeastern and its predecessor, the old Eastern District.

The Baltimore native was educated at Sacred heart of Jesus School and the Baltimore College of Commerce.

He was a former president of the Exchange Club of Highlandtown and was named Exchangeite of the year in June. He also was a member of the fraternal Order of Police, the Edgemere Lodge of the Moose, the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick.

A Mass of Christian burial was to be held at 10 a.m. today at Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church, 6400 E. Pratt St.

His wife, the former Agnes Bond, died in 1989. He is survived by four sons, James E. Cox of Lantana, Fla., Frederick C. Cox of Essex, Dennis J. Cox of Rosedale and Gerard F. Cox of Fallston; four daughters, Mary A. Sipes of Essex and Alicia Falcone, Lois White and Elizabeth Hoffman, all of Forest Hill; a sister, Mary O'Hara of White Marsh; 22 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter.

F. Anna Wilson

Language teacher

F. Anna Wilson, a foreign language teacher for more than four decades, died Tuesday of cerebral arterial sclerosis at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg. She was 94.

A resident of the retirement community for the past 18 years, Miss Wilson retired in 1965 from Glen Burnie High School. She had taught French and Spanish at the schools since 1947.

Before teaching in Anne Arundel County, Miss Wilson taught for 17 years in Ocean City, N.J., public schools. Her career began in 1923 in Berlin High School. She also taught in Prince George's County public schools.

Born and raised in Ingleside, where her father operated a general store and milling business, she was a 1919 graduate of Centreville High School. In 1923, she graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in languages from Western Maryland College.

She did graduate work at the Johns Hopkins University, George Washington University, Middlebury College, the Sorbonne, Western Reserve University and Columbia University. She earned a master's degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1943.

She was a lifelong member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Ingleside. During the church's 125th celebration in 1993, she was honored as the congregation's oldest living member. She enjoyed playing the piano.

A memorial service was to be held at 10 a.m. today at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Ingleside.

She is survived by a sister, Elizabeth W. Morris of Chestertown; many nieces and nephews; and several great-nieces and great-nephews.

Memorial donations may be made to the church, or the Asbury Benevolent Care Program, 201 Russell Ave., Gaithersburg 20877.

Alpheus L. Thompson

Contractor

Alpheus L. Thompson, a retired contractor and World War II veteran, died Thursday at the veterans hospital in Baltimore.

Mr. Thompson was 77 and lived in Arbutus. He retired in 1989 as owner of Thompson Aluminum Contracting Inc. He started the company in the late 1950s, shortly after ending his service in the Navy.

Mr. Thompson spent 21 years in the Navy and retired in 1956. He served on submarines as a torpedo man and chief of the boat, reaching the rank of chief petty officer.

During World War II, he served in the Atlantic and the South Pacific and won a Bronze Star.