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EDDIE COWARD died November 28, 2003 at the Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Survivors include his children Eddie Holloway of New Haven, Conn., Vivian Haygood, Shirley Batts, Susie, Keith and Darlene Coward, Dwayne Freeman and Fern Thompson; four stepchildren Michael, Eugene, Jesse, and Patricia Freeman all of Baltimore, MD; 22 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren, 10 step-grandchildren and 10 step great-grandchildren; and other relatives. Faison Funeral Home, 301 Park St., Seaboard, NC is handling the arrangements where a Funeral will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2003 at 1:00 p.m.

On June 21, 2004 MARY FRANCES (nee Carpenter) beloved wife of Ellis C. Ager; devoted mother of Jeni Ager Woock and William C. Ager; mother-in-law of Del Woock and Diane Ager; dear grandmother of Truly and Chris Ager and Rebecca Ager Long; great-grandmother of James Long; sister of Catherine Tochterman and Dolly Faison. A Memorial Service will be held at Oak Crest Chapel on Wednesday, 6/23/04, due notice of time will be given. A Graveside Service will be held at Mountain View Cemetery Chapel (Bristol, VA)

The bottom of Gilman's lineup helped the Greyhounds reach the top of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference on Thursday. Gilman's No. 2 doubles team of Jay Barrett and Will Faison rallied to win a tiebreaker that let the Greyhounds tie host Mount St. Joseph in the conference's title match. The only match left was at No. 3 singles where Galen Rende of Gilman was finishing off his 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 victory over Tristan Boustany. That completed Gilman's come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the Gaels in the A Conference championship.

Johnny Hayden and Jeff Standiford pulled their lumbering dump truck onto the shoulder of northbound Interstate 95 yesterday afternoon, just behind a silver sedan.While cars and trucks whizzed by, a head bobbed in the Hyundai's driver's seat and another bounced in the rear.Hayden and Standiford, mechanical technicians with the Maryland Transportation Authority, started at 8: 30 a.m., patrolling their 12 miles of I-95 north of Route 155, helping stranded drivers and keeping an eye on increasing traffic yesterday.

Aberdeen (5-2)at C. Milton Wright (6-1)When: 7 tonight.Outlook: This battle of defending Harford County co-champs features Aberdeen (3-1 league), whose chances of reaching the playoffs are all but over, and C. Milton Wright (4-1 league), which still has a shot. The Eagles rank 10th -- two spots out -- in their pursuit of one of eight playoff spots. Both teams are still in the hunt for at least a tie with No. 4-ranked Bel Air (5-0 league) for the county crown. QB-DB Chuck Faison and WR-DB Stephon Watson lead Aberdeen.

Justin Amrein rushed 10 times for 163 yards and two touchdowns in leading No. 4-ranked Bel Air to a 34-6 win last night over host Havre de Grace.Amrein scored both his touchdowns in the first half as the Bobcats, who pushed their record to 5-0, took a 27-0 lead.Kyle George, Adam Rafalski and Jimmy Brown each had touchdown runs of 10 yards and Bel Air rolled up 430 total yards.No. 10 Aberdeen 26, North East 6: Junior Chuck Faison threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, and Tristan Stanley rushed times for 112 yards and a touchdown to lead the host Eagles (4-1)

A 30-year-old Korean merchant who was selling illegal fireworks from a van in East Baltimore was fatally wounded early yesterday during a dispute over fireworks stolen from the van by a Barclay-area teen-ager, police reported.Seoug Han Chang, who lived at his store in the 2400 block of Barclay St., was shot in the left abdomen and right armpit.He was pronounced dead on arrival at 1:25 p.m. at Union Memorial Hospital.Mr. Chang's death was the first of three slayings investigated by Baltimore homicide detectives early yesterday morning.

"somebody/anybody/sing a black girl's song/bring her out/to know herself," a character says in the first few minutes of Ntozake Shange's "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf." When Shange's play debuted in 1975, its song was a rallying cry, an anthem, a voice singing for the unsung urban black woman. Twenty-five years later, in director/choreographer George Faison's production at Center Stage, the voice may no longer be as startlingly fresh, but it remains insistent and strong.

William Robert Faison Sr., 83, teacher, volunteer William Robert Faison Sr., a retired educator, died Friday of undetermined causes at his Pikesville home. He was 83. He retired about 20 years ago from the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, where he ran a graduate equivalency program at the Maryland Correctional Institution, Jessup. He earlier taught at Calverton Heights Junior High School and had worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad and General Motors. Born in Philadelphia and raised in Farmville, N.C., he moved to Baltimore in 1944 and earned a degree at Morgan State University in 1966.

On May 18, 2006, CATHERINE ELIZABETH " Carpi " TOCHTERMAN (nee Carpenter) went home to be with her LORD. She was the beloved wife of Edward S. "Eddie" Tochterman, Sr. for over 66 happy years; loving mother of Edward S. " Ted " Tochterman, Jr. and his wife Joan and cherished grandmother of Allen C. Tochterman. She is survived by one sister, Harriett A. " Dolly " Faison of Chesapeake, VA and as well as many nieces, nephews and wonderful friends. Mrs. Tochterman was born in Waverly, VA, the eldest daughter of Allen B. Carpenter and Mary Maifield Carpenter on December 3, 1914.