NEWS
November 27, 2005
1978: PASSING OF AN EDUCATOR A girl born in Glen Burnie in 1898 grew up to become the supervisor of Anne Arundel County schools by the age of 27. Ruth Parker Eason died Nov. 28, 1978, leaving behind a legacy as an educator that included winning the Pioneer Woman in Education Award in 1956. Eason started her career in a long-lost era, teaching in one-room schoolhouses for 10 years. She showed her talent early as a principal in those same small rural schoolhouses. She later served as the county's supervisor of schools from 1925 to 1947.
NEWS
March 5, 2004
On March 4, 2004, JOAN MARBURY BARTON EASON; loving daughter of the late John M. and Ada M. Beall Barton; beloved wife of Richard K. Eason; devoted mother and mother-in-law of Martin and Robin Eason and Rick and Kim Eason; sister of Jack Barton, Jon Barton, June Engelskirch and Jane Wood; grandmother of Bridget, Emily, Colin and Ricky. Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 10 A.M. at PRITTS FUNERAL HOME AND CHAPEL, 412 Washington Road, Westminster. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 P.M.
FEATURES
By Lola Ogunnaike and Lola Ogunnaike,NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE | July 4, 2003
NEW YORK - His name may seem better suited to a hip-hop magazine than to a movie marquee, but Franky G. is no budding rap star. "The only thing I wrap are presents," he says. Franky G. is a film actor who embraced the initial years ago when he found that there were too many actors in the Screen Actors Guild named Gonzalez. He has no regrets. "They love it in Hollywood," he says. And they apparently love more than just the name. In less than a year, Franky G., who reluctantly revealed he is in his "late 30s," has gone from a no-name actor kicking around "off-off-Broadway," as he put it, to a promising new talent sharing screen time with big names in the movies.
NEWS
By Sarah Koenig and Sarah Koenig,SUN STAFF | June 8, 2002
A Baltimore jury acquitted Kion Marcus Eason yesterday of killing City Cafe owner John P. Darda, but found him guilty of attempted robbery, conspiracy and handgun crimes. If he receives the maximum penalty for those crimes, he could be sentenced to 60 years in prison. Assistant State's Attorney Sheryl A. Atkins said through a spokeswoman that jurors, who were questioned after the verdict, said the state proved its felony murder case against Eason "to the letter of the law," but that they did not convict him because "he did not pull the trigger."
NEWS
By Stephen Kiehl and Stephen Kiehl,SUN STAFF | August 31, 2001
As teachers at Ruth Parker Eason School in Millersville began eating lunch in a school workroom yesterday, a torrent of rain burst through the ceiling, soaking the carpet and their turkey club sandwiches. They screamed, jumped up and ran for empty trash cans to catch the waterfall. Meanwhile, Kenneth P. Lawson, associate superintendent of schools, was in a nearby classroom evaluating whether the school would be able to open Tuesday, its delayed opening date. Until the downpour, indications were that Ruth Parker Eason, a special education school, would open next week.
NEWS
By Laurie Willis and Laurie Willis,SUN STAFF | August 16, 2001
In tearful testimony, a former City Cafe employee admitted in court yesterday his role in the shooting death of owner John P. Darda and was sentenced to 35 years in prison. In pleading guilty to first-degree murder yesterday, Derrick Bernard Quarles, 20, apologized to Darda's family for the killing before Circuit Judge Wanda K. Heard sentenced him. "I just want to say I'm sorry about what happened," Quarles said, crying. "To my family and theirs just, I just got ... caught up with the wrong people.