Guilford

On February8, 2009, MELVIN E. DAVIS, SR. Family will receive friends at Howell Funeral Home, 10220 Guilford Road, Jessup, MD, on Sunday, February 15, 2009 from 1 to 5 P.M. Funeral service will be held at the funeral home on Monday, February 16, 2009. Wake 10 to 11 A.M. Service will

On March 6, 2009, THEODORA R. SIMS; dear mother of Frankie and Theodore Sims, and cherished sister of Gertie Winns; also survived by other relatives and friends. Visitation with the family at the JOSEPH L. RUSS FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 2222-26 W. North Avenue, on Wednesday from 5 to 7 P.M. Wake at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 2301 Guilford Avenue, on Thursday from 6:30 to 7 P.M., with funeral service to follow.

On January 23, 2009, RUBY M. DAILEY. The family will receive friends at the Howell Funeral Home, 10220 Guilford Road, Jessup, MD, on Wednesday, January 28, 2009, from 3 to 8 P.M. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, at St. Mark United Methodist Church, 1440 Dorsey Road, Hanover, MD. Wake 11 to 11:30 A.M. Service will follow. Interment Meadowridge Memo

Not everything is coming up tulips at Guilford's famed Sherwood Gardens. Sure, there are plenty of flower beds for visitors to enjoy - dazzling displays of pinks, reds, yellows, purples and blazing oranges. But something is different. Unlike any previous tulip season at this 6-plus-acre urban oasis, two beds lay bare and many more are sparsely blooming. Maybe 25 percent to 30 percent of the 70,000 tulips planted last fall didn't come up correctly, estimates Bruce Barnett, a Guilford Association board member who oversees Sherwood Gardens.

Elizabeth Schueler, a homemaker who lived in Baltimore, died Feb. 8 in a Houston medical facility of complications from dementia. The former Guilford resident was 88. Born Elizabeth Joann White in Williamsport, Pa., she grew up on Baltimore's Gittings Avenue and was a 1937 Mount Saint Agnes High School graduate. She earned a bachelor's degree from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. In 1942, she married William D. "Bally" Schueler, a WBAL-radio salesman, who later bought AM radio stations throughout the Southwest, where the couple moved years ago. She was a former member of St. Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church in Govans.

As reported Aug. 19, 1917, in The Sun: Ellicott City, Md., Aug. 18 - The twelfth annual Guilford Day picnic and tournament was held today by the Guilford Day Association of Howard county, and drew a crowd of about 3,000 persons. Baseball, the tournament, the baby show, foot races, high jumping and a pony show each had its hour. It was also a big day for local politicians, and a score or more of candidates were present. With the primaries only two weeks off, the first time Howard county has ever nominated a local ticket by a direct vote, it was all the more interesting.

La Leche of Columbia, a chapter of a nonprofit international organization, will offer a "Mommy and Me Cafe" at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the east Columbia library, 6600 Cradlerock Way. The drop-in cafe will offer a chance to meet and chat with other mothers, grandmothers and children. Information: 410-309-4940. The group will hold regular meetings at 10 a.m. April 6 and 7:30 p.m. April 17 at Owen Brown Community Center. Pregnant women, as well as infants and toddlers, are welcome. La Leche of Columbia offers support, information and guidance for breast-feeding mothers.

On September 8, 2007, MARJORIE L. THOMAS. Family will receive friends Friday, September 14, 2007 at the Asbury United Methodist Church, 10420 Guilford Road, Jessup, MD. Family Hour will begin 10 A.M to 11 A.M., with services following. Interment Maryland National Memorial Park. Arrangements by Howell Funeral Home, Baltimore, MD. Inquiries 410-664-6800.

CLARIFICATION A headline on Page 1A of yesterday's editions of The Sun said that homeless people were "booted" from a city street. While homeless persons interviewed by The Sun said they were forced to leave, the Downtown Partnership insisted in the article and again yesterday that its workers were merely clearing trash from the area. The headline should not have adopted one party's point of view. Rowan Schuylar, who has lived on the streets of Baltimore for the past two months, awoke yesterday to a group of workers from the Downtown Partnership who demanded that she and other homeless people remove themselves and their belongings.

As temperatures dip below 40 degrees and forecasters predict snow this week, the homeless in Baltimore and elsewhere are frantically searching for places to stay warm and dry. A group of homeless people have set up encampments along Guilford Avenue and President Street. Highs this week are expected to be in the mid-40s, with lows in the mid-20s. A survey this year estimated that 3,000 homeless people live in Baltimore.

On October 1, 2009, WILLIAM SHEDRICK PITT. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, from 3 to 8 P.M., at Howell Funeral Home, 10220 Guilford Road, Jessup, MD. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, October 8, 2009 in the Sanctuary of St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 1440 Dorsey Road, Hanover, MD. Wake 10 to 11 A.M. Service will follow. Interment St. Rest Cemetery. Inquires 301-604-0101.

On September 9, 2009, JAMES LEWIS PEARSALL, JR. The family will receive friends at Howell Funeral Home, 10220 Guilford Road, Jessup, MD, on Friday, September 18, 2009, from 3 to 7 P.M. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home chapel on Saturday, September 19, 2009. Wake 11 A.M to 12 noon., service will follow. Inquiries 301-604-0101.

On July 31, 2009 ALVIN JEROME PINKNEY, JR. Funeral service to be held in the Howell Funeral Home Chapel, 10220 Guilford Road, Jessup, MD on Saturday, August 8, 2009. Wake 10-11 a.m., service will follow. Interment Maryland National Memorial Park. Inquiries 301-604-0101.

On June 30, 2009, NATHANIEL BRITT Funeral Services will be held at 11:15 A.M. Thursday, July 9th at Howell Funeral Home, 10220 Guilford Rd, Jessup, MD. Interment Crownsville Veterans Cemetery.

Memorial Services will be held at Alberta Gary Memorial United Methodist Church (Guilford Methodist Church), 9405 Guilford Road, Columbia, Maryland 21046, at 11:00 am on Saturday, July 11, 2009. Donations may be made to CurePSP, Executive Plaza III, Suite 906, 11350 McCormick Road, Hunt Valley, MD 21031.

On June 21, 2009, LELA M. JOHNSON-SMITH. Funeral Services for Mrs Johnson will be held at Howell Funeral Home, 10220 Guilford Road, Jessup, MD on Thursday, June 25, 2009. Wake 1-2 p.m. Service will follow. Interment Salem, Alabama. Inquiries to 301-604-0101.

On June 9, 2009, HELEN BERNICE RAY. On today, friends may call 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 Ebernezer Baptist Church, 23rd at Guilford Avenue, where the family will receive friends from 10:30 to 11 A.M with services to

On May 4, 2009, CLARA J. DIXON; loving mother of two daughters, Virginia Walker and Laura Kitchen. She is also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Family will receive friends at the family owned Wylie Funeral Home, P.A., 638 N. Gilmor Street on Sunday from 1 to 4 P.M. Services will be held Monday at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 306 E. 23rd Street at Guilford. 10:30 A.M Wake. 11 A.M Funeral

On April 25, 2009, DELOIS A. BEAMON-WHITE. Funeral Service will be held at Howell Funeral Home Chapel, 10220 Guilford Rd, Jessup, MD on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at 10 A.M. Interment private. Inquiries (301) 604-0101.

On April 26, 2009, JOHN WAYNE ESTEP. The family will receive friends on April 30, 2009 at Howell Funeral Home, 10220 Guilford Rd, Jessup, MD from 3 to 7 P.M. Funeral Service will be held in the Sanctuary of Celebration Church, 6080 Foreland Garth, Columbia, MD on Friday, May 1, 2009. Wake 9 A.M. to 11 A.M. Service will follow. Interment Meadowridge Memorial Park. Inquiries (301) 604-0101.