Arthur Hicks Jr., 61, captain in city Fire...

Arthur Hicks Jr., 61, captain in city Fire Department

Arthur Hicks Jr., a retired city Fire Department captain, died of a heart ailment Saturday at Sinai Hospital. He was 61 and lived in Windsor Hills.

Born in Baltimore, he was a 1956 graduate of Frederick Douglass High School. He also attended what is now Morgan State University.

He joined the Postal Service in 1957 and went to work for the city Fire Department in 1963. In 1969, he was promoted to lieutenant in the Fire Prevention Bureau. He was made a captain in 1972 and served at Engine 36, Edmondson Avenue and Bentalou Street. He retired in 1988.

In 1970, he helped found the Vulcan Blazers, the Baltimore chapter of the Black Professional Fire Fighters.

After his retirement, he purchased a Yellow Cab and gave informal tours with his knowledge of Baltimore.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Martin Luther King Memorial United Methodist Church, Windsor Mill Road and West Forest Park Avenue.

He is survived by his wife of six years, the former B. Lanelle Harris; two sons, Gregory Arthur Hicks of Baltimore and Bravid Harris of Baltimore; three daughters, Gwendolyn Hicks, Portia Harris and Esther Harris, all of Baltimore; two brothers, Lawrence Hicks and Wilbur Hicks, both of Baltimore; and eight grandchildren.

Margaret S. Haws, 93, nurse, homemaker

Margaret S. Haws, a former Union Memorial Hospital nurse and homemaker, died Dec. 16 of natural causes at her home in Austin, Texas. She was 93.

Born Margaret Smith in Baltimore, she attended Allegheny High School in Cumberland and graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in 1930.

Shortly afterward, she married Dr. John M. Haws, an obstetrician at Union Memorial Hospital, who died in 1996. The couple lived in Baltimore for more than 60 years before moving to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and settling in 1995 in Austin.

While in Baltimore, Mrs. Haws volunteered with disabled children, and headed the Parent-Teacher Association at McDonogh School, where her sons attended.

For more than 50 years, Mrs. Haws was a member of a private women's philanthropic educational organization . She served on the Maryland state board of the group for seven years, and was the Maryland state chapter president in 1966.

Her son, Dr. James R. Haws of Austin, Texas, described her as a caring, calm woman who was respectful of others and had a wonderful sense of humor.

Services were held Sunday.

Mrs. Haws also is survived by another son, Dr. John P. Haws of Niwot, Colo.; 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Carl W. Meyer, 84, mechanical engineer

Carl W. Meyer, a retired mechanical engineer at Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., died last Thursday of Alzheimer's disease at the Oak Crest Village retirement community in Parkville. He was 84.

Known as "Bill" to his friends, Mr. Meyer was a mechanical engineer at BGE until 1980, when he retired and moved to Oak Crest Village.

A native of Baltimore, he graduated from Polytechnic Institute and obtained a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland.

He was a Mason in the Mount Moriah Lodge in Towson, and a Shriner in Towson and in Parkville. He also enjoyed building model ships.

Services were held Monday.

Mr. Meyer has no survivors.