Theresa Bailey, 79, C&P fleet manager
Theresa Bailey, a retired fleet manager, died Sunday of cancer at her Ashburton home. She was 79.
Mrs. Bailey retired about 15 years ago from the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., where she managed the utility's fleet of trucks and cars.
She played piano and organ and helped place church musicians in numerous West Baltimore congregations.
Born Theresa Stancil in Norfolk, Va., she was a graduate of Dunbar High School.
In 1943, she married Oakley Bailey Sr., a stationary engineer who died in 1999.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at New Psalmist Baptist Church, 4501 Old Frederick Road, where she was a member.
She is survived by two sons, Paul Bailey and Oakley Bailey Jr., both of Baltimore; two daughters, the Rev. Theresa Smith-Mercer of Baltimore and Linda Bratton of Brooklyn Park, Minn.; three sisters, Pearl Woingust, the Rev. Shirley Carrington and the Rev. Geraldine James, all of Baltimore; two brothers, Clifton Stancil of Baltimore and Dr. Gerald Stancil of Orange, N.J.; 14 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Gloria Lee Kinnamon, 72, accounting assistant
Gloria Lee Thomas Kinnamon, a homemaker and accounting assistant, died Tuesday of breast cancer at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson. She was 72.
Mrs. Kinnamon was born in Baltimore and raised in Cambridge, where she graduated from Cambridge High School in 1946.
A year later, she married Howard Kinnamon, who survives her.
She was active in service and outreach work with several churches, including First Baptist Church of Baltimore.
She also worked for Weight Watchers in Baltimore for seven years as a clerk and lecturer and in the accounting department of FMC in Curtis Bay.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Valley Baptist Church, 1401 York Road, Lutherville.
She also is survived by two sons, Thomas Clinton Kinnamon of Westminster and John David Kinnamon of Pasadena; a daughter, Judy Linda Keller of Glenmoore, Pa.; two brothers, Irvin S. Greene Jr. of Cambridge and Guy Thomas of Plainfield, Ill.; and three grandchildren.
A son, Howard Kinnamon Jr., preceded her in death.
Geraldine McCullough, 44, clothing store manager
Geraldine "Gerrie" McCullough, a homemaker and former manager of the Merry-Go-Round clothing store in Towson Plaza, died Sunday of cardiac arrest at Sinai Hospital. She was 44 and had lived in Pikesville for the past 2 1/2 years.
Geraldine Wortham was born in Catonsville and raised in Towson and Mount Washington. She graduated from Towson High School in 1975.
During high school, she worked part time at Merry-Go-Round and became a full-time employee after graduation. Several years later, she became a troubleshooter in the chain's loss-prevention department. The position took her to store locations across the country.
Mrs. McCullough became a homemaker after the chain went out of business in 1995. She volunteered at Mount Washington Elementary School.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. today at Woodlawn Cemetery.
She is survived by her husband of 17 years, Ray McCullough of Mount Washington; a daughter, Christina Jean McCullough of Pikesville; two brothers, Thomas Stephen Wortham of Edgemere and John David Wortham of Mount Washington; and a close friend, Howard Hoffman of Pikesville.
Thomas B. McCrory, 80, TV, movie director
Thomas B. McCrory, who had worked in production in television and the movies, died Sunday of cancer at the St. Elizabeth Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Arbutus. He was 80 and had lived in Burbank, Calif., until 1999.
Born on Staten Island, N.Y., he was raised in the Pimlico section of Northwest Baltimore and graduated from City College in 1938.
As a young man, he traveled to California with three friends in a Model-T Ford equipped with eight spare tires. At the end of the trip, they had used them all.
Until he retired in 1980, he worked at Walt Disney and other studios. He was an assistant director or production manager on television shows including, I Dream of Jeannie, The Untouchables, The Man from UNCLE and Dr. Kildare.
He worked closely with sitcom producer Sidney Sheldon and actors Larry Hagman and Barbara Eden.
He was an assistant director on several films, including Some Came Running (1958), Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), Freaky Friday (1977) and The Black Hole (1979).
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Sterling-Ashton-Schwab Funeral Home, 736 Edmondson Ave., Catonsville.
He is survived by a brother, Harry McCrory of Catonsville; a sister, Margie Schomo of Elkton; and nieces and nephews.
Ann Falk Sorgen, 81, public schools secretary
Ann Falk Sorgen, a retired secretary in Baltimore County public schools, died Monday of lung cancer at Genesis Eldercare Multi-Medical Center in Towson. She was 81 and lived in Towson.
She was a homemaker until 1965, when she became a secretary at Wellwood Elementary School and later Carney Elementary School. She retired in the 1980s.
