Benjamin

On Sunday, June 1, 2008, EDWARD WILLIAM ATWELL, JR.; beloved companion of Esther Benjamin ; beloved brother of Debbie, Sue, Bobby, Charles, Danny and Michael. Friends may call at the Loudon Park Funeral Home, 3620 Wilkens Avenue, on Wednesday, June 4, from 2-4 and 6-8 P.M. Services and interment will be private.

On May 12, 2008, SHACONDA D. BENJAMIN. Friends may call the family owned and operated WILLIAM C. BROWN COMMUNITY FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 1206 West North Avenue on Sunday from 12 to 4 P.M. Family will receive friends Monday at 10 A.M., at the Empowerment Temple, A.M.E. Church, 4217 Primrose Avenue. Funeral services to follow 11 A.M. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. www.williamcbrownfh.com

On April 2, 2008 Benjamin O. Brookhart, Jr. A funeral service will be held at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc. 1050 York Rd. (beltway exit 26) on Monday at 11:00am. Interment Druid Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call on Sunday from 3-5 & 7-9pm. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Northwest Baptist Church PO Box 372 Reisterstown, Md. 21136.

On March 29, 2008, BENJAMIN D. OWENS; beloved wife the late Kathleen Owens (nee West); devoted father of the late David Owens; dear friend of Phillip Stradley. Also survived by other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue, on Tuesday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where the Loyal Order of the Moose will do a service at 7:30 P.M. Further viewing and services will be held at the Brunswick Funeral Home in Shallotte, NC.

On March 18, 2008, CHARLES BENJAMIN. DIXON. Friends may visit THE FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Thursday, after 12 noon. Graveside Service will be held at The Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery, 11501 Garrison Forest Road at 10:45 a.m.

Dr. Benjamin Franklin Trump, the retired pathology department chair at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, died of heart disease Tuesday at Sinai Hospital. The Roland Park resident was 75. He was also among the founders of the Shock Trauma Center and worked closely with Dr. R Adams Cowley to create the Shock Trauma research program. He was a past chairman of the state's Postmortem Examiners Commission, where he oversaw the office of Maryland's chief medical examiner. "While at Maryland, Dr. Trump was able to bring the fields of electron microscopy, immunohistology, human cell and tissue culture and computer science into the forefront of pathology for both research and patient care," said Dr. Raymond Jones, a former student who is now professor of pathology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and a Westminster resident.

On February 15, 2008, BENJAMIN DELEAVER; loving husband of Elisa Deleaver. Hes also survived by his loving daughter, Jennifer Deleaver; step children, Sheila Thomas, Cheryl Hinton, John and Byron Coates; ten grandchildren, nine great-grand and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Thursday after 9 A.m. Family will receive friends on Friday at Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Avenue at 10 A.M., followed by funeral service 10:30 A.M.

Nathaniel Benjamin Sr., a driver for FedEx Corp., died Oct. 12 when he was struck by a car while unloading freight on Reisterstown Road in Reisterstown. He was 24 and lived in Northwest Baltimore. Born in Baltimore, he was a 2000 graduate of Northwestern High School and attended the Community College of Baltimore County from 2000 to 2002, where he played lacrosse. He also studied at the Allstate Truck Driving School and the North American Trade School. Mr. Benjamin drove a tractor-trailer to make freight deliveries for FedEx.

On October 12, 2007, NATHANIEL BENJAMIN, Sr., beloved husband of Nina J. Benjamin. On Thursday, friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Baltimore National Pike form 12 noon - 8 P.M. On Friday, Mr. Benjamin will lie in state at New Shiloh Baptist Church, 2100 N. Monroe Street, where the family will receive friends from 10:30-11 A.M., with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 233-2400.