Baskerville

On July 26, 2004, MILDRED E. BASKERVILLE. On Friday friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, (RANDALLSTOWN) 8728 Liberty Road from 3 to 8 P.M. On Saturday the family will receive friends from 10 to 10:30 A. M at the Mc Kinney Memorial United Holiness Church, 1340 N. Calhoun Street with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 655-0015.

Sydney E. Baskerville, a retired housekeeper and a longtime Ashburton resident, died of a heart attack Monday at Sinai Hospital. She was 76. Sydney Elizabeth Matthews was born and raised in Baltimore and earned her high school equivalency certificate from the city public school system. After she married Curtis L. Baskerville, a carpenter, the couple settled in Northwest Baltimore, where she raised their seven children. Her husband died in 1973. Mrs. Baskerville worked for more than 40 years as a housekeeper in private homes and later for Chambers, a Baltimore interior decorating firm.

On October 6, 2009, MARY E. DAVIS and on October 7, 2009, JARVIS DEXTER BASKERVILLE. On Monday friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES

Nancy R. Baskerville, a retired city payroll manager who enjoyed African drumming, died Monday of cancer at Northwest Hospital Center. She was 61. Nancy Ross was born in Baltimore and raised on North Monroe Street. She was a 1965 graduate of Edmondson High School and earned a degree in psychology from Morgan State University in 1990. Mrs. Baskerville went to work for the city's Central Payroll Department as a file clerk in 1967 and rose to be payroll manger. She retired in 2007. The former Northwest Baltimore resident who had lived in Woodlawn since 1990, was an accomplished African drummer and for the past seven years regularly performed with Bumbada, a local group of female drummers.

A third suspect might have been involved in a double homicide in Brooklyn Park, a crime that left a homicide witness dead and set free a man charged with murder. Though Anne Arundel County police announced charges in November against two men in the Aug. 28 deaths of Dequincey Antonio Smith, 24, and Dontay Lamont Williams, 21, court records indicate that a third person was in the getaway car. Shawn Lamont Weaver is charged with two counts each of first- and second-degree murder and is being held in the Baltimore city jail in an unrelated incident.

One night in March 1993, Shirley Baskerville, body reeling from vodka, crack cocaine and heroin, walked the streets of Baltimore and wished someone would step out of the shadows and kill her."I decided I wanted to die," Ms. Baskerville said. "Treatment was not an option for me."Two years later, the 43-year-old Severna Park resident is free of her addictions and is studying to become a child therapist. She credits her transformation to Chrysalis House.The long-term residential recovery center for women has a new, two-story home on five acres at 1570 Crownsville Road in Crownsville and is inviting the public to visit today between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.Women addicted to alcohol and drugs can stay at Chrysalis House for up to a year.

FIRE* Eldersburg: Gamber responded to a trash fire on Baskerville Drive at 7:36 p.m. Sunday. Units were out for 63 minutes.Sykesville, Gamber and Liberty Road of Baltimore County responded to a chimney fire on Oakhill Drive at 5:33 p.m. Saturday. Units were out for five minutes.* Gamber: Gamber was dispatched to a woods fire in the 4100 block of Poole Road at 3:06 p.m. Sunday. Units were out for 50 minutes.Gamber responded to an automobile fire on Bird View Road at 8:24 p.m. Saturday. Units were out for 20 minutes.

Whether it's turkey and stuffing for 20 or tofu and veggies for two that you'll be making this Thanksgiving, chances are you'll have to go out for groceries. But you don't have to just share the holiday spending - er, spirit - with the area's bustling supermarket chains and massive commercial food marts. You can spread the love to your local farmers and mom-and-pop growers, too. The Baltimore Farmers' Market is a good place to start. Located under the Jones Falls Expressway at Holliday and Saratoga streets, the weekly, Sunday-morning bazaar abounds with fresh fruits, vegetables and homemade goodies that were produced in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

What glorious occasions Easter and Passover are. The holidays are the harbingers of springtime. We know that when it's time for Easter and Passover, tulips will soon be pushing up through the ground.Spring! Thank goodness, you're finally, finally here.OK. Mother Nature has been known to pull a fast one or two. April snowstorms are not unheard of, and it's been a bit chilly recently. But this is a time of year when optimism reigns supreme. So, weather permitting, shed those heavy overcoats and wool scarves.

Community activists Bernard Young and Edward K. Hargadon are the front-runners for the vacant 2nd District City Council seat, City Hall sources said last night.At a City Hall forum last night, the two men and 10 other candidates said why they should be chosen fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Anthony J. Ambridge, now the city's real estate officer.Second District council members Paula Johnson Branch and Robert L. Douglass are expected to announce their choice Oct. 21. If both agree on a candidate, council approval is likely.

On October 12, 2009; NANCY OLIVIA BASKERVILLE. On Thursday, friends may call at VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES (RANDALLSTOWN), 8728 Liberty Rd. from 5 to 8 P.M. On Friday, services for Mrs. Baskerville will be held at the Vaughn C. Greene Chapel - Randallstown, where the family will receive friends 11 to 11:30 A.M. with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 655-0015.

On October 6, 2009, MARY E. DAVIS and on October 7, 2009, JARVIS DEXTER BASKERVILLE. On Monday friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES

A third suspect might have been involved in a double homicide in Brooklyn Park, a crime that left a homicide witness dead and set free a man charged with murder. Though Anne Arundel County police announced charges in November against two men in the Aug. 28 deaths of Dequincey Antonio Smith, 24, and Dontay Lamont Williams, 21, court records indicate that a third person was in the getaway car. Shawn Lamont Weaver is charged with two counts each of first- and second-degree murder and is being held in the Baltimore city jail in an unrelated incident.

On February 17, 2007, GEORGE, devoted father of Jailynn, beloved son of Marian Wilson, cherished brother of Aubrey Wilson. He is also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the family-owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME-WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Ave. on Friday after 8:30am. The family will receive friends on Saturday at Full Gospel Fellowship, 5108 Park Heights Ave. at 10:30am with funeral service to follow at 11am.

On Friday, March 4, 2005, Barbara Ann Baskerville, passed from this life to her heavenly home, mother of Muriel Baskerville-Smith of Baltimore; Faye Abdullah, Erica and Lisa Baskerville of Woodbridge, VA and Andy Baskerville of Laurel. Interment was private. Memorial Service to be held at 11 A.M. Saturday, March 12, 2005, at St. Luke Baptist Church, 1415 Gallatin St. NW, Washington, DC.

Is there any reason why "A Chorus Line" won't still be playing somewhere in the world in the 21st century? Having set a record as the longest running Broadway show with its amazing New York run from 1975 to 1990, this landmark musical is still generating globe-trotting touring productions.The company that opened at a nearly full Lyric Opera House last night marks the fifth time this self-described "singular sensation" of a musical has played Baltimore. Directed and choreographed for this tour by Baayork Lee, who originated the role of Connie on Broadway, the latest edition of the Michael Bennett-conceived show features a number of performers who are themselves "Chorus Line" veterans.

Site: Independence Stadium, Shreveport, La.Time: 8.TV/Radio: ESPN2/WJFK (1300 AM), WGRX (100.7 FM).Records: Baltimore 9-3; Shreveport 4-8.Last week: Baltimore rallied for 17 fourth-quarter points to post a come-from-behind, 28-20 victory over Birmingham. Shreveport lost, 22-21, in Memphis, when kicker Bjorn Nittmo's 59-yard field-goal attempt on the game's final play sailed wide left for a single.On the sidelines: Baltimore's Don Matthews has a 119-69-1 record in his 11th CFL season. Shreveport's Forrest Gregg, in his third CFL season, has a 12-34 record.