Augustus

THIS JOURNEY began innocently enough, a curious foray into my family's history. But I find it has led me into an unexpected place of greed and betrayal, slavery and cruelty. For generations my father's family has passed down a legend. It is a story of an early white settler in northern Alabama named John Gunter who married a Cherokee "princess." My father's mother was a Gunter from Alabama, and as I grew up I was intrigued by the romantic tale. I always proudly added "Cherokee" to the list of otherwise European nations whose blood we believed moved in our veins.

Elias Augustus "Tink" Dorsey, a seasoned city administrator whose career spanned from educator to serving as deputy commissioner of the Housing Authority of the City of Baltimore, died Monday of pancreatic cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The longtime Woodlawn resident was 69. Dr. Dorsey, the son of a contractor and a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised in the city's Pimlico neighborhood. The origin of Dr. Dorsey's nickname of "Tink" or "Tinker," which he had picked up in his childhood and remained with him for the rest of his life, derived from a keen interest in tinkering with and fixing all variety of gadgets, said Daniel P. Henson III, the former city housing commissioner, who became friends with him when both were students at what is now Morgan State University.

On February 14, 2007, AUGUSTUS CHASE, beloved husband of Bernice J. Chase. On Monday, friends may call VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Balto. Nat'l Pike, from 4:00-8:00 p.m. On Tuesday, Mr. Chase will lie in state at St. Johns Catholic Church, 10431 Twin Rivers Road, where the family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-233-2400.

Augustus "Gus" Panos, who worked for the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. for more than four decades and was an avid outdoorsman, died March 30 of leukemia at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. He was 83. Mr. Panos was born and raised in Bel Air and lived above the Kandy Kitchen, his family's Main Street restaurant, which later became Panos Bar & Grill. "Gus came from a wonderful Greek family who ran the Kandy Kitchen, which originally made candy," said Todd Holden, a Harford County photographer and former longtime Aegis reporter.

On January 23, 2006, AUGUSTUS D. Friends may call at MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Avenue on Sunday after 10:00 A.M. where the family will receive friends on Monday at 1:30 P.M. Funeral Services will follow at 2:00

On October 19, 2006, ERIC D. Survived by loving wife, Denise V., three daughters, Minyone S. and Janelle A. Augustus and Arieka D. Jones, brothers, Nathaniel E. Augustus-El Jr., and Guessner Sr., sisters, Gladys B., Venus M., and a host of other family and friends. Friends may call the WYLIE FUNERAL HOME P.A. of BALTIMORE COUNTY, 9200 Liberty Road on Thursday from 6 to 8 P.M. Services Friday, Greater Remnants Church of God In Christ, 5015 Gwynn Oak Avenue, 10:00 A.M., Wake. 10:30 A.M., Funeral.

On June 6, 2006 MR. ERVIN AUGUSTUS ELLIS. On Today, friends may call at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services, 4905 York Road where the family will receive friends from 3:00-8:00 p.m. On Monday, services will be held at New Shiloh Baptist Church, 2100 N. Monroe Street, where the family will receive friends from 10:30 to 11:00 a.m. with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-433-7500.

On Saturday, February 16, 2008: GRAFTON AUGUSTUS MATTHEWS; beloved husband of Bessie Matthews. On Thursday, friends may call Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services, 4905 York Road where the family will receive friends from 4:00-8:00 P.M. On Friday, services will be held at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Chapel, 4905 York Road where the family will receive friends 11:00-11:30 A.M. with services to follow. Inquiries to (410)433-7500

On May 28, 2009 ROBERTA ROSS beloved daughter of the late Robert and Fannie Smallwood; mother of the late Shelley Sutton; she is survived by grandson Ryan Sutton; sisters Claire Dorsey, Jeanette Colona and Nellie Taft; brothers Augustus (Gus) and Ishmail (Melvin); in-laws Hubert Dorsey, Pauline and Elaine Smallwood and Eunice Thomas and a host of family and friends. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, June 2 at the Howell Funeral Home, 4600 Liberty Heights Avenue from 3-7 p.m. The wake will be held on Wednesday, June 3 10 a.m. at Emmarts U.M. Church, 7100 Dogwood Road with the funeral service to follow at 11 a.m. Interment Arbutus Memorial Park Cemetery.

On May 19, 2008, REGINA M. HOFFMAN, (nee Wurtzer), age 99. Loving wife of the late Clarence M. Hoffman; loving mother of Mary June Welch, Rosemarie Blackert, James A. Hoffman, Mary Annette Schatz, Michael L. Hoffman, Mary Angela Diehlmann, Thomas C. Hoffman and the late Mary Regina Glascock. Also survived by 26 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildrenand, five great-great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by three grandchildren; brothers, Augustus Wurtzer, Roman Wurtzer, Gerald Wurtzer, Henry Wurtzer and sisters, Clara Popp, Marcella powers, Anna Rogentin and Loretta Miller.

On Saturday, February 16, 2008: GRAFTON AUGUSTUS MATTHEWS; beloved husband of Bessie Matthews. On Thursday, friends may call Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services, 4905 York Road where the family will receive friends from 4:00-8:00 P.M. On Friday, services will be held at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Chapel, 4905 York Road where the family will receive friends 11:00-11:30 A.M. with services to follow. Inquiries to (410)433-7500

The Rev. Augustus Hackmann, the retired pastor of Catonsville's Second English Lutheran Church who preached sermons until he was 96, died of congestive heart failure Thursday at the Charlestown Retirement Community. The Catonsville resident was 97. Born in Baltimore and raised in the Curtis Bay section, he was a 1927 City College graduate who earned an education diploma from the old Maryland State Normal School, now Towson University. He taught elementary subjects for six years in the Baltimore public schools system and earned a bachelor's degree at the Johns Hopkins University.

On September 8, 2007, Mrs. BETTY A. LAND. Loving wife of Augustus Nathaniel Land; Mrs. Land is survived by two daughters, Cheryl Land and Denetra Bost; two sons, David and James Land; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers and two sisters that preceded her in death and a host of other loving relatives and friends. Betty was one of 15 children. She has been living in Maryland since 1962. On today

As reported May 29, 1932, in The Sun: Drawn by the sparkling weather and the unusually large number of stellar entries, a gallery of 2,500 turned out for the Tenth annual Howard County Horse Show at Doughoregan Manor yesterday. Among the major victories they witnessed was the triumph of Fayeway, entry of Augustus Riggs 3d in competition for the T. Stickton Matthews cup, for horses owned and hunted regularly during the past season by members of the Howard County Hunt. Judging is on the basis of performance and conformation.

On May 10, 2007 MONTELL AUGUSTUS POULSON, beloved husband of Vicenta Poulson and devoted father of Brenonda Poulson, Monette Poulson, Ching Stoddart, Jose Coceres and Luis Coceres, departed this life following a lengthy illness. He was a well-known jazz bassist for over 50 years in Baltimore, Maryland. Funeral Services will be held at the St. Gabriel Roman Catholic Church, located at 6950 Dogwood Rd in Randallstown, MD 21244, in Baltimore County, on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 11 A.M. A Memorial Celebration featuring tributes in words and music will be held at the Morgan Christian Center on the grounds of Morgan State University, located at 4307 Hillen Rd., Baltimore, MD 21239, on Saturday, May 26, 2007 at Noon.

Dismissing a mumbled declaration of innocence from the defendant, a Baltimore Circuit Court judge sentenced a Rosedale man yesterday to 60 years in prison, calling the slaying of a popular basketball coach in Canton in 2005 a "completely senseless act." Alvin Augustus Williams, 26, was convicted by a jury in January of second-degree murder in the killing of Brian O'Neil Jones, a Northrop Grumman Corp. software engineer and junior varsity basketball coach at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Southwest Baltimore.