Ramelle S. Davis, 84, once lived in Roland ParkRamelle S...

Ramelle S. Davis, 84, once lived in Roland Park

Ramelle S. Davis, a former Roland Park resident, died of stroke complications Tuesday in Savannah, Ga., where she owned a florist business. She was 84.

In 1958, she married H. Braith Davis, head of Davis Paint Co. in Baltimore. The couple lived for many years on Bodkin Creek, Anne Arundel County, and later settled in Roland Park. He died in 1975.

She was born Ramelle Smith in Georgetown, S.C., and educated in Jacksonville, Fla.. She established Ramelle's Florist during World War II in Savannah, where she returned to live in 1995. The business recently celebrated its 53rd anniversary.

She was a former member of St. David Episcopal Church and was active in the Baltimore Country Club and the Annapolis Yacht Club. She was also a member of the Gibson Island Yacht Club.

L Her 1932 marriage to Thomas F. Thomson Jr. ended in divorce.

Services will be held today in Savannah.

She is survived by a son, Thomas F. Thomson III of Savannah; a daughter, Brenda Thomson of Pasadena, Calif.; three stepdaughters, Jessie Tighe of Kansas City, Mo., and Patricia Jackson and Valerie Matricciani, both of Baltimore; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Jon Michael DeHart, 59 theater manager

A memorial service for Jon Michael DeHart, a former theater manager and coordinator of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore, is planned for 2: 30 p.m. tomorrow at Grace and St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Park and Monument streets, where he was a communicant.

Mr. DeHart, 59, of Waverly died of heart failure Dec. 10 at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was coordinator of the center from 1983 until he suffered a stroke in 1988. He was a charter member of the Baltimore Justice Campaign and an advocate of anti-discrimination legislation.

He was born and raised in Cumberland and earned his bachelor's degree in theater production and directing from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

He began his theatrical career in 1959 working for producer-director Kermit Bloomgarden, and was assistant stage manager for several Broadway productions.

In 1969, he joined Music Fairs International and managed Shady Grove in Rockville, and later Painters Mill in Owings Mills. He was first manager of the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater.

He is survived by two brothers, Thomas DeHart of Alamogordo, N.M., and Richard DeHart of Lakeland, Fla.; his companion, Bryon Predika of Waverly; and several nieces and nephews.

Cecil Gilmor Johnston Sr., retired director of architectural services for the Baltimore public schools, died of cancer Jan. 5 at Sinai Hospital. He was 75.

Mr. Johnston retired in 1981. Earlier, he taught drafting and architecture for many years at Carver Vocational-Technical Senior High.

He was born and raised and lived most of his life in the same McCulloh Street rowhouse, and was a 1939 graduate of Frederick Douglass High School.

He earned his bachelor's degree in architecture in 1945 from Hampton Institute, a master's degree in engineering in 1954 from Columbia University and a master's degree in planning from the Johns Hopkins University in 1968.

He served in the Pacific with the Navy during World War II.

Known as "Mope", he was a lifelong communicant, senior warden and member of the vestry at St. Katherine of Alexandria Episcopal Church, where services were held Jan. 8.

He was a member of various housing and historic preservation boards and a former president of the Northeast Regional Council, an organization of educational planners.

He is survived by his wife of 17 years, the former Gloria Jenkins; a son, Cecil Gilmor Johnston Jr. of Baltimore; two stepsons, Michael Barnes of Baltimore and David Barnes of Atlanta; and four grandchildren.