Chrystal

On Wednesday, March 29, 2006, JOHN S. CHRYSTAL, age 56; beloved husband of Cindy (nee Smith) Chrystal; devoted father of Jason S. Chrystal; grandfather of Jasmin and Jacqueline Chrystal; brother of Chris, Joe, Steve, Dave, and Tom. Also survived by many loving family and friends. Friends may call at the family owned Peaceful Alternatives Funeral & Cremation Center, P.A., 2325 York Road, Timonium, on Friday, March 31, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M., with a funeral service beginning at 7 P.M. Interment private.

Chrystal Naveeta Singh and Ryan Patrick Hess, of Bel Air, were united in marriage June 11 at the home of the groom's parents, Lynn and Patrick Hess, in Fallston. Rev. Stacey Nickerson officiated. Shaianne Montambaulf, daughter of the bride, was the ring maiden. The bride is the daughter and stepdaughter of Ruth and Keith Bosheers, respectively, of Abingdon, and the granddaughter of Soocoowa and Deniserie Suchit, of Trinidad and Tobago, and Betty Bosheers of Linthicum. The groom is the grandson of Janet Lagana, of Rosedale, Donald Rothwell, of Perry Hall, and Marie and Dale Hess, of Fallston.

I doubt if the texture of Southern life is any more grotesque than that of the rest of the nation," wrote Flannery O'Connor, "but it does seem evident that the Southern writer is particularly adept at recognizing the grotesque; and to recognize the grotesque, you have to have some notion of what is not grotesque and why." Ray McKinnon has that notion, and it's his signal strength as a Southern writer-director. Chrystal, set in the Arkansas Ozarks, tells the often violent and lowdown story of a guy named Joe (Billy Bob Thornton)

Flying at 30,000 feet over the Atlantic is about as detached from earthly concerns as one can get. Seat bound and strapped in found me staring at Lady Gaga's two gun M16 brazier photo on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, reminding me that the world below is full of strangeness and requires a reality disconnect from time to time. Michael Hastings' article in Rolling Stone, "The Runaway General", also requires the previous description pulsating off the front cover. The article, and General Stanley McChrystal's outing by President Obama, is history.

Chrystal Marie Clifford, who excelled in her college journalism studies, was beginning her career at the Towson Times. She joined the Times staff in June, compiling listings of community events and a digest of school news. Her promotion to reporter was on the horizon, her bosses said. Saturday, Miss Clifford died of injuries suffered when the car she was riding in hit a telephone pole on Frederick Road west of Catonsville. She was 22 and lived in Reisterstown. "She had all the traits you look for in a good reporter," said James S. Keat, a retired assistant managing editor of The Sun who supervised her when she was a summer intern working under the auspices of the Maryland-Delaware-D.

As his part-time shift at the Food Lion in Cockeysville was winding down one recent evening, Robert Chrystal overheard another store employee struggling to communicate with the store manager. When he noticed a Russian accent, Chrystal hurried over to help the two men overcome the language barrier. Then the employee asked a question that, coming from a Russian who had been in the United States less than three weeks, made Chrystal feel honored. "He asked if I was from Russia," said the 34-year-old, who doesn't have a Russian bone in his body.

On November 28, 2008; beloved husband of Linda; devoted father of Chrystal, Lonel, Denard and Kevin and a host of other relatives and friends. A memorial service will be held on Monday, December 8 at Friendship Victory Vision Ministries, 506 Lincoln Drive, Glen Burnie, MD 21060. Professional services entrusted to the Oden Funeral Service.

On February 4, 2006, EZRA DAVID WILE; beloved husband of Theresa M. (nee Noonan); devoted father of David E. Wile; loving grandfather of David E. Wile, Jr., Michelle Wolf and Michael Wile; great-grandfather of Zachary and Ethan Wolf, Autumn and Chrystal Wile. Funeral Services will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home, Inc., 7922 wise Avenue, on Tuesday at 12 noon. Interment Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery. Friends may call on Monday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M.

Eliza Louise DancyGovernment librarianEliza Louise Dancy, a retired Social Security Administration librarian, died Aug. 15 of cancer at the Mercy Medical Center. The native of Greenwood, S.C., was 83 and lived in Ashburton. A memorial service has yet to be set.She is survived by a daughter, Chrystal Louise Dancy Matthews of Baltimore; a sister, Mae Frances Dancy of York, Pa.; two nephews and six nieces. Memorial donations may be made to the Eliza Louise Dancy Aspiring Young Artist Scholarship Fund at Rho Chi Omega Charities, 6400 Baltimore National Pike, Catonsville 21228.

Westminster High School graduates were honored at commencement and the senior farewell assembly with awards and scholarships. Awards and their recipients were:Students receiving all A's for every class over the four years of high school were: Todd Erpelding, Pamela Homiak, Alexander Ober Jr., Holly Seaman.American Field Service Foreign Exchange Students were recognized and bid farewell: Maren Bartling, Anja Fuchs, Michael Rupschus, Germany; Cinzia Bulleti, Italy; Karren Labitag, the Phillipines; Olga Maletz, Russia; Julie Tuaillon, France.

If you read the "Uniform Code of Military Justice," Gen. Stanley McChrystal got off easy. What he and his crew did were court martial-grade offenses. If President Obama had only given him a slap on the wrist it would have opened the door to even bigger infractions by others who would have read this as a weakness on the part of the president. I agree with the president on this. He had no other alternative action except court martial. Every new soldier, marine and sailor gets the same speech about the "Code of Conduct" and "Uniform Code of Military Justice."

Gen. Stanley McChrystal put President Obama in a terrible bind. Forgive the insubordinate remarks the commander of allied forces in Afghanistan made in an article in Rolling Stone, and President Obama destroys the chain of command that puts civilians in charge of our military, condones disrespect and poor discipline in the ranks and looks like a wimp besides. Fire him, and the president risks disrupting an increasingly deadly military offensive at what may be the most critical point in what is now America's longest war. The president will no doubt get criticism from the supposed friends of the military that his decision to replace the general puts the troops at greater risk over what amounted to a series of ill-advised jokes among General McChrystal and his staff.

If President Barack Obama meets his goals in Afghanistan with the surge in troops like George W. Bush did in Iraq, he will quell the critics about taking his time to make the troop decision. However, if the plan fails, his troop surge decision will be the political death blow to his presidency. But now President Obama should fire Gen. Stanley McChrystal for publicly announcing his troop needs back last summer without approval from his boss. Clearly, General McChrystal was disrespectful, if not insubordinate, to his boss, President Obama.

On November 28, 2008; beloved husband of Linda; devoted father of Chrystal, Lonel, Denard and Kevin and a host of other relatives and friends. A memorial service will be held on Monday, December 8 at Friendship Victory Vision Ministries, 506 Lincoln Drive, Glen Burnie, MD 21060. Professional services entrusted to the Oden Funeral Service.

On Wednesday, March 29, 2006, JOHN S. CHRYSTAL, age 56; beloved husband of Cindy (nee Smith) Chrystal; devoted father of Jason S. Chrystal; grandfather of Jasmin and Jacqueline Chrystal; brother of Chris, Joe, Steve, Dave, and Tom. Also survived by many loving family and friends. Friends may call at the family owned Peaceful Alternatives Funeral & Cremation Center, P.A., 2325 York Road, Timonium, on Friday, March 31, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M., with a funeral service beginning at 7 P.M. Interment private.

On February 4, 2006, EZRA DAVID WILE; beloved husband of Theresa M. (nee Noonan); devoted father of David E. Wile; loving grandfather of David E. Wile, Jr., Michelle Wolf and Michael Wile; great-grandfather of Zachary and Ethan Wolf, Autumn and Chrystal Wile. Funeral Services will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home, Inc., 7922 wise Avenue, on Tuesday at 12 noon. Interment Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery. Friends may call on Monday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M.

On July 22, 2003, MARY D. (nee Stutter) beloved wife of the late Robert Weeks, devoted mother of Bonnie Hendershot and her husband Sam, Debra Miller and her husband Bob and Pamela Shultz, loving grandmother of Deana and Dustin Hendershot, Jennifer and Tiffany Schultz, Chad Weeks and Chrystal Hammonds, loving great-grandmother of Tearsa Weeks and Jimmy Heil. Funeral service at the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Avenue on Saturday at 10 A.M. Interment Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visiting hours Friday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Edgemere Free Methodist Church, 2510 Brannan Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21219.

As his part-time shift at the Food Lion in Cockeysville was winding down one recent evening, Robert Chrystal overheard another store employee struggling to communicate with the store manager. When he noticed a Russian accent, Chrystal hurried over to help the two men overcome the language barrier. Then the employee asked a question that, coming from a Russian who had been in the United States less than three weeks, made Chrystal feel honored. "He asked if I was from Russia," said the 34-year-old, who doesn't have a Russian bone in his body.

I doubt if the texture of Southern life is any more grotesque than that of the rest of the nation," wrote Flannery O'Connor, "but it does seem evident that the Southern writer is particularly adept at recognizing the grotesque; and to recognize the grotesque, you have to have some notion of what is not grotesque and why." Ray McKinnon has that notion, and it's his signal strength as a Southern writer-director. Chrystal, set in the Arkansas Ozarks, tells the often violent and lowdown story of a guy named Joe (Billy Bob Thornton)