Groveland

On August 1, 2008 BETTY L. CARTER. Survived by mother, Louise Wood, step-daughter Patricia Diggs of NJ., brother, James Myers of VA., sisters, Mernita Smith and Regina Harvin, grandchildren Rolando Peacock of MD, and Shawna Diggs of NJ., great-grandchildren, Teshawn Diggs and Kyree Callender and a host of other family and friends. Family will receive friends Thursday at St. Timothy Christian Baptist Church, 3005 Groveland Avenue, 6:00P.M. wake 7:00P.M. Funeral. Interment Friday 10:00A.M.

County plans to spray for gypsy moths in MayAnne Arundel County officials plan to spray in Linthicum for gypsy moths during the first week of May.The Linthicum-Shipley Improvement Association voted to bring in the county spraying program after county officials designated parts of the community as affected areas.The gypsy moth caterpillar goes through four life stages, turning from egg masses to caterpillars in April, transforming into cocoon-like shells by the middle of June and emerging as moths by late June or early July.

Emma Sue Palmer, a former housekeeper and homemaker, died of Hodgkin's disease Tuesday at Forest Haven Nursing and Convalescent Home in Catonsville. She was 84 and lived in Southwest Baltimore. Emma Sue Bruce was born in South Boston, Va., where she attended public schools. She moved to Baltimore in 1938 and found work as a housekeeper. She was married in 1941 to Douglas Palmer, a Bethlehem Steel Corp. crane operator, who died in 1989. Mrs. Palmer enjoyed cooking, gardening and entertaining.

On December 24, 2007, SHELLEY ANNETTE ELSEZY; beloved daughter of Lillian Elsezy. Ms. Elsezy is also survived by her daughter Angelique Elsezy; three grandchildren, Quantaye, LaDana, LaShaun; four sisters, Rosalind Mackle, Valerie Richardson, LaRose and LaRuth Elsezy; six brothers, Robert W. Elsezy, Jr., Maurice, Floyd, Lloyd, Bruce, Aaron and a host of other loving relatives and friends. On Today, friends may call at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services (East) 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 3 to 8 P.M. On Monday, services will be held at Christian Unity Temple Church, 3900 Groveland Avenue, where the family will receive friends from 10 to 10:30 A.M. with services to follow.

On June 15, RONALD TAYLOR SHARPE, SR.; beloved husband of Lyden J. Sharpe, he is also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue, on Sunday after 10 A.M. Family will receive friends on Monday at First Christian Community Baptist Church, 4116 Groveland Avenue, at 11 A.M., followed by funeral services at 11:30 A.M. See www.marchfh.com SIENKIELEWSKI, beloved fiance of Cynthia A. Serio, devoted father of Samantha D. Sienkielewski and Kacey A. Serio, loving son of Ramon B. and the late Amelia S. Sienkielewski; dear brother of Deborah A. Doughty and Raymond J. Sienkielewski.

City police say homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man found inside a home in Northwest Baltimore, and an assault in Curtis Bay that left a 19-year-old critically injured.  There were few details about the homicide case. Police said they were called to a home in the 4100 block of Groveland Ave. at about 8:10 p.m. for a report of a person not breathing, and found a man with "trauma to the body. " He was pronounced dead at the scene, and his identity and cause of death were pending, police said.  At 1:45 a.m. Tuesday, police said a 19-year-old man was sitting in front of a home in the 1600 block of Cypress St. with two other people when a man exchanged words with the group.

William R. Johnson, a retired chairman of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County education department, died of congestive heart failure Sunday at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. The Severna Park resident was 60. Born in Ashland, Wis., Dr. Johnson earned his bachelor's degree in education and a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He then joined the UMBC faculty, retiring from there in 1999. He was chairman of the department of education from 1979 to 1985.

City man indicted in minister's death A 25-year-old Baltimore man has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the stabbing death of an Empowerment Temple minister. Miquel Johnson, also known as Michael D. Jackson, is accused of killing the Rev. Michael Herrington Griffin, 43, after an argument last month in Northwest Baltimore. Griffin, who lived in the 5400 block of Fairlawn Ave., was a minister at Empowerment Temple, a 10,000-member Baltimore megachurch, and was a vendor at M&T Bank Stadium, his mother told police.