Douglas Memorial

On May 24, 2003, JOHN FULTON, father of Joseph P. Fulton, John L. Fulton, Faith M. Robinson, Janie Johnson; devoted uncle of Damon W. Fulton. John and Franklin Fulton were the owners of the Star Cleaners establishment. Services will be held June 7, 9 A.M. at Douglas Memorial Church, 1325 Madison Ave, Baltimore MD. In lieu of flowers, please send your donation to Camp Furtherest Out, c/o of Douglas Memorial Church.

The Rev. Marion C. Bascom, a leading Baltimore civil rights activist remembered for his lifetime quest for social justice, died of a heart attack Thursday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He was 87 and lived in Reservoir Hill. "A giant has fallen," said former Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke, a close friend and a member of Douglas Memorial Community Church, where Mr. Bascom was pastor for 46 years. "He affected thousands of lives in our community and was a positive life force.

On Friday, October 31, 2003; WILFRED MALCOLM SEABORNE died at Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Memorial Services will be held on Friday, November 21, 2003 at Douglas Memorial Community Church, 1325 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, MD. Family hour at 10:30 AM. Services will begin at 11:00 AM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Camp Farthest Out, W.A.N.A., c/o Loretta Byers, Douglas Memorial Community Church, 1325 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217.

On November 27, 2006, ADA FRAZIER ARMSTEAD; beloved sister of the late Mrs. Elizabeth East and Mrs. Violet Lindsay, and cherished aunt of Nathalia East Roberts, Sandra East, Darcell Odom, Nedra East Miji and Myron and Derrick East. The family will receive friends at the JOSEPH L. RUSS FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 2222-26 W. North Avenue, on Sunday from 2 to 6 P.M. Interment at Arbutus Memorial Park on Monday. A Memorial Service will be held at Douglas Memorial Christian Community Church, 1325 Madison Avenue on Tuesday, December 12 at 12 noon.

On November 27, 2006, ADA FRAZIER ARMSTEAD; beloved sister of the late Mrs. Elizabeth East and Mrs. Violet Lindsay, and cherished aunt of Nathalia East Roberts, Sandra East, Darcell Odom, Nedra East Miji and Myron and Derrick East. The family will receive friends at the JOSEPH L. RUSS FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 2222-26 W. North Avenue, on Sunday from 2 to 6 P.M. Interment at Arbutus Memorial Park on Monday. A Memorial Service will be held at Douglas Memorial Christian Community Church, 1325 Madison Avenue on Tuesday, December 12 at 12 noon.

On January 3, 2004, SARETHA G. GREENE beloved wife of the late Dr. Lonnie W. Greene, devoted mother of Sheryl Leverett and her husband Ulysses, Lonnia Sanders and her husband Tommie, dear sister of Marsha Carlisle and the late John T. Gaskins Jr. She is also survived by a sister-in-law Maxine Gaskins, a brother-in-law James Carlisle, four grandchildren and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends. A Memorial Service celebrating her life will be held on Saturday, January 10, 2004, at 10 A. M at Douglas Memorial Community Church, 1325 W. Madison Avenue.

On February 2, 2006, HAROLD ARTHUR SEABORNE; the third of six children of Samuel and Sallie Seaborne was born February 12, 1911 in Baltimore, MD. He died peacefully at Long Green Center in Baltimore, MD. All of his siblings and his wife preceeded him in death. HAROLD SEABORNE will be fondley remebered by his niece, Zelda Robinson; cousin, Fredoria Blackstone; sister-in-law, Gwendolyn Seaborne; faithful friends, school colleagues and students, as well as many others whose lives he touched.

Services for Edith Lemon Fowlkes, a longtime employee of the 1st U.S. Army headquarters at Fort Meade, will be held at noon today at Douglas Memorial Community Church, Lafayette and Madison avenues.Mrs. Fowlkes, a member of Douglas Memorial Church, died Friday after a long illness. She was 70.Born in Gloucester, Va., where she received her early education, Mrs. Fowlkes moved with her family to Baltimore as a child and attended city public schools, graduating from Douglass High School in 1938.

Warren A. Grant, assistant principal of Western High School, died Friday at University of Maryland Medical Center after a long illness. He was 54 and lived on North Carey Street.Services for Mr. Grant were being held today at Douglas Memorial Community Church, Lafayette and Madison avenues.Before becoming assistant principal at Western eight years ago, he was assistant principal at Northwestern High School. He began his career in the Baltimore public schools in 1962 as a social studies teacher at what is now Lombard Middle School.

Services for William T. Baylor, an industrial arts teacher in Baltimore schools for nearly 30 years, will be held at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Douglas Memorial Community Church, Lafayette and Madison avenues.Mr. Baylor, who was 58 and lived on Bowers Avenue, died of cancer Monday at University Hospital.He first taught printing at the Lemmel Middle School and more recently mechanical drawing at the Calverton Middle School.A native of Knoxville, Tenn., he was a graduate of Hampton University and did graduate work at other institutions including Towson State University and the University of Maryland at College Park.

On February 2, 2006, HAROLD ARTHUR SEABORNE; the third of six children of Samuel and Sallie Seaborne was born February 12, 1911 in Baltimore, MD. He died peacefully at Long Green Center in Baltimore, MD. All of his siblings and his wife preceeded him in death. HAROLD SEABORNE will be fondley remebered by his niece, Zelda Robinson; cousin, Fredoria Blackstone; sister-in-law, Gwendolyn Seaborne; faithful friends, school colleagues and students, as well as many others whose lives he touched.

On February 24, 2004, WILLIAM CARR DIXON, departed peacefully after an extended illness. Dear husband and friend of Irene; cherished son of the late Mary Carr Chappell; devoted father of Steve and Maria; adored grandpop of Timothy, Chekesha, Derrell and Shamera. Mr. Dixon was a lifetime member of Douglas Memorial Community Church. Please join us at a Memorial Service to express our love and to thank God for the life of our wonderful friend on Friday, March 5, 2004 at DMCC, 1325 Madison Avenue.

On January 3, 2004, SARETHA G. GREENE beloved wife of the late Dr. Lonnie W. Greene, devoted mother of Sheryl Leverett and her husband Ulysses, Lonnia Sanders and her husband Tommie, dear sister of Marsha Carlisle and the late John T. Gaskins Jr. She is also survived by a sister-in-law Maxine Gaskins, a brother-in-law James Carlisle, four grandchildren and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends. A Memorial Service celebrating her life will be held on Saturday, January 10, 2004, at 10 A. M at Douglas Memorial Community Church, 1325 W. Madison Avenue.

On Friday, October 31, 2003; WILFRED MALCOLM SEABORNE died at Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Memorial Services will be held on Friday, November 21, 2003 at Douglas Memorial Community Church, 1325 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, MD. Family hour at 10:30 AM. Services will begin at 11:00 AM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Camp Farthest Out, W.A.N.A., c/o Loretta Byers, Douglas Memorial Community Church, 1325 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217.

On May 24, 2003, JOHN FULTON, father of Joseph P. Fulton, John L. Fulton, Faith M. Robinson, Janie Johnson; devoted uncle of Damon W. Fulton. John and Franklin Fulton were the owners of the Star Cleaners establishment. Services will be held June 7, 9 A.M. at Douglas Memorial Church, 1325 Madison Ave, Baltimore MD. In lieu of flowers, please send your donation to Camp Furtherest Out, c/o of Douglas Memorial Church.

Two Baltimore ministers have been charged with obstructing a police investigation into suspected child abuse at a church-run camp in Carroll County. The Revs. Raphael Gamalial Warnock, 33, and Mark Andre Wainwright, 30, of Douglas Memorial Community Church are accused in court documents of trying to prevent a state trooper from interviewing counselors at the church's Camp Farthest Out in Eldersburg. A state trooper assigned to the case said neither of the clergymen is a suspect in the child abuse investigation, but the officer would not describe the nature of the suspected abuse.

Gertrude Green Urquhart Cooper, who retired as a reading specialist in Baltimore elementary schools, died Saturday of cancer at her home on North Mount Street. She was 85.Services for Mrs. Cooper will be held at noon Thursday at the Douglas Memorial Community Church, Lafayette and Madison avenues.She retired in 1975 after teaching for 28 years.Mrs. Cooper was a native of Trenton, N.J., who graduated from the Myrtilla Miner Normal School in Washington before starting her teaching career in Baltimore.

Calvin I. Luckett, a Baltimore public schoolteacher for 40 years, died Thursday of cancer at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 70 and lived in the Lochearn section of Baltimore County.Mr. Luckett began his career in 1953 as a business teacher at the former Fairmount Hill High School. In 1971, he left that school to become a member of the first faculty at Walbrook High School, which opened in 1971. He taught business at Walbrook and retired from there in 1993."He just liked to teach. He just wanted to be an excellent teacher," said his wife, the former Catherine Stallings, whom he married in 1965.

In the hectic days before being installed as leader of a major urban church, many pastors would be crafting sermons, neatly pressing suits and robes, or ironing out last-minute details. The Rev. Raphael Gamaliel Warnock, due to be installed Sunday as pastor of Douglas Memorial Community Church in West Baltimore, has been doing what he does best: tackling tough issues. At Warnock's insistence, the 700-member church plans to open a weekend of installation events with discussion of what he sees as one of the churches' albatrosses: HIV and AIDS.

The Rev. Brad R. Braxton calls it an assignment, but really his five-year stint in West Baltimore was a choice. A choice to lead an inner-city church, to jump-start programs for the hungry, to help guide a congregation needing direction - despite a Rhodes scholarship and academic credentials that could have taken him anywhere in the world. Now, after fulfilling what he calls a "covenant" to ignite the spirit at historic Douglas Memorial Community Church on West Madison Avenue, he's leaving to take a teaching position at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.