Hunt Valley

On May 29, 2007, MARTHA DAVENPORT of Edgewood, MD, beloved wife of the late David Ashley Davenport, devoted mother of Jim A. Davenport and Jeffery A. Davenport. Also survived by six grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Services will be held at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD, on Saturday, June 2, 2007 at 10 A.M. Interment will be in Harford Memorial Gardens, Aberdeen, MD. Friends may call at the funeral home in Abingdon on Friday, June 1, 2007 from 2-4 and 7-9 P.M. Those who desire may contribute to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 11350 McCormick Road, Executive Plaza III, Suite 100, Hunt Valley, MD, 21031 or to Multiple Sclerosis Society, 10946 Beaver Dam Road, Suite E, Hunt Valley, MD, 21030.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a business rarity, a specimen seldom identified outside the imaginations of certain management professors: The Perfect Merger. Textron's planned buyout of Hunt Valley's AAI Corp. and its United Industrial Corp. umbrella is good for shareholders, employees, customers and vendors at both companies. Maybe most important, it's not too good for United Industrial's executives. Textron, maker of Bell helicopters and Cessna planes, is buying United Industrial and its Maryland business of small, pilotless spy planes for $1.1 billion.

The city has lost one of its flagship fall events to Baltimore County. The annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure to benefit breast cancer treatment and research is moving to Hunt Valley, organizers are scheduled to announce today. They pointed to scheduling complications with the National Football League over the use of M&T Bank Stadium. Its parking lots have served as the race's staging area and finish line for six years. Robin Prothro, executive director of the Maryland affiliate of the newly renamed Susan G. Komen for the Cure, said the annual April release of the Baltimore Ravens' home game dates left too little time to plan and publicize the race and recruit vendors for the site.

On September 16, 2007, MERCEDES BETTY LEE COX of Bel Air, MD. beloved wife of Richard Theodore Cox, Sr. Devoted mother of Richard T. Cox, Jr., John L. Cox and Anne-Marie C. Race. Also survived by six grandchildren and several great-grandchildren and two nieces. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held in the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Baltimore, MD, on Friday, September 21, 2007 at 9:30 A.M. Interment will be in Bel Air Memorial Gardens, Bel Air, MD. Friends may call at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 P.M. Those who desire may contribute tot he Leukemia & Lymphona Society, 11350 McCormick Road, Executive Plaza III, Suite 100, Hunt Valley, MD, 21031.

After years of living in the shadow of the popular communities surrounding it, the community of Jarrettsville apparently is coming of age.Pleasantly situated in one of the more picturesque areas in Harford County, Jarrettsville spreads out for about a mile from the intersection of Route 23 and Route 165.With residential lots of an acre or more, coupled with proximity to Baltimore, Towson and Hunt Valley, the area has become an increasingly popular choice...

Rick Sovero shot a course-record-matching 4-under-par 68, earning the championship of the 45th annual Baltimore City Amateur tournament by two strokes at Hayfield Country Club.Sovero, from Rolling Road Golf Club, tacked on 35-33 over the 7,041-yard year-old course in Hunt Valley after starting the day in fifth place with an opening 72.Of the top four at the start of the round, Jaime Geilenkirchen, from Hunt Valley GC, shot the best round (74), finishing in second place at 142. A year ago, he was third.

State chamber elects new officers and directorsThe Maryland Chamber of Commerce has elected new officers and 18 new directors to its board.Arthur D. Ebersberger, president of The Ebersberger Cos., an insurance consulting group in Severna Park, is the new chairman. Jerome Evans, vice chairman and chief financial officer of First National Bank, is the new vice chairman.New directors are:Parker O. Chapman, chief executive officer, Poole and Kent Co., Baltimore.Pat Donovan, Comcast Cablevision, Harford County.

Procter & Gamble Co. said yesterday that it will eliminate 15,000 jobs worldwide over six years and close about 10 plants in a global restructuring program, but officials at a local P&G plant said they expect the company's three Maryland facilities to be unaffected.The restructuring -- the company's second this decade -- will pare about 13 percent of P&G's global work force of about 110,000. The program is designed to increase sales, get new products to market more quickly and cut costs, said Durk Jager, chief executive officer of the Cincinnati company.

AT THE END of a week in which Bill Gates agreed to slip $20 million in chump change to the Johns Hopkins University, a week in which the shadow of a hand reaches across a Pasadena lottery machine to snatch a ticket worth $31 million, the big financial news at my house was real simple: From now on, we start sneaking food into the movies.Never mind the $20 million to Hopkins, or the $31 million to the Pasadena stranger who wisely wishes to keep his identity hidden from me and other of his long-lost cousins.

THE SIGN outside Hunt Valley Mall declared: "Ten Foot Sand Castle!" This was considered the compelling attraction of the day. But, in this time, in its 18th year of what seems like a continuous struggle for existence, it seemed a metaphor for the mall itself: a castle in the sand, standing in isolation as the human tide washes out."We're still a distress center," Hunt Valley's general manager, Fred Paine, admitted yesterday. "But we still think we can turn this thing around."Once, Hunt Valley Mall had about 140 tenants and appeared to be part of that wave of air-conditioned shopping centers born to accommodate the ever-burgeoning migration to suburbia.

On September 29, 2009 Rennert M. Smelser, Friends may call at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26) on Friday from 1 to 3 P.M. Service and interment private. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Gilchrist Hospice Care, 11311 McCormick Road, Suite 350, Hunt Valley, Md. 21031 or the charity of your choice.

On September 22, 2009, Patricia Olive Masimore Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 1 P.M. at Haight Funeral Home & Chapel, Route 32 near Eldersburg. Interment in Lake View Memorial Park, Sykesville. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the American Lung Association of Maryland, 11350 McCormick Road, Executive Plaza 1, Suite 600, Hunt Valley, MD 21031.

Preparing for life after a bone-crushing NFL career, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis unveiled plans Tuesday for a sports-themed entertainment center in Hunt Valley that could be the first in a national chain. The project, called MVP Entertainment, will be built at Hunt Valley Towne Centre. Lewis has a majority stake. His business adviser, Marc Rosen, and Rosen's wife, Laura, are minority partners. Lewis was optimistic about crafting a life in the business world beyond the NFL. "Instead of putting on a helmet, you put on a tie and a suit," he said.

On August 5, Kathleen "Kitty" A. Meyer The family will receive visitors at the family owned Kirkley-Ruddick Funeral Home, 421 Crain Highway SE in Glen Burnie on Monday 7 to 9 P.M. Interment is private. Donations in her name may be made to the American Lung Association, 11350 McCormick Road, Suite 600, Hunt Valley, MD 21031 or the to BWMC Foundation CCU, 300 Hospital Drive, Suite 231, Glen Burnie, MD 21061. For more information or to post condolences, please visit www.kirkleyruddickfuneralhome.

On July 30, 2009, LeR oy aile A Memorial Service will be held at Towson United Methodist Church, Saturday 10:30 A.M. Inurnment at Chestnut Grove Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Gilchrist Hospice Care, 11311 McCormick Drive, Suite 350, Hunt Valley, MD 21031. Arrangements by the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc.

On July 9, 2009, Worth B. Daniels, Jr. Memorial services to be announced. In lieu of flowers in Worth's name may be made to Gilchrist Hospice Care 11311 McCormick Road, Suite 350, Hunt Valley, MD 21031. Memorial tributes may be sent to the family at www.evansfuneralchapel.com

On July 9, 2009, Worth B. Daniels, Jr. A Memorial Service honoring Worth's life will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. David's Church, 4700 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21210. In lieu of flowers in Worth's name may be made to Gilchrist Hospice Care 11311 McCormick Road, Suite 350, Hunt Valley, MD 21031. Memorial tributes may be sent to the family at www.evansfuneralchapel.com

Joseph J. Giancola, former director of trade development for the Maryland Port Administration who was a transportation industry executive, died Sunday of cancer at his Timonium home. He was 72. Mr. Giancola was born and raised in the Bronx, N.Y. He was a 1955 graduate of Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, and was a graduate of the Academy of Advanced Traffic in New York City. He served in the Army from 1955 to 1957, and the next year, he went to work in the New York City office of the Western Maryland Railway, where he solicited import/export freight that would be shipped through the railroad's Port Covington facilities in South Baltimore.

On May 13, 2009, Robert C. Jones Friends may call at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26) on Sunday from 1:00 to 3:30 P.M. at which time a Funeral Service will be held. Interment private. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Gilchrist Hospice Care, 11311 McCormick Road, Suite 350, Hunt Valley, MD 21031.

On March 9, 2009, MARGARET LOUISE POWERS (nee Fowler) of Phoenix; beloved wife of the late William Robert Powers ( Capt. Ret. Baltimore County Police Department); devoted sister-in-law of Birdie Powers Roth. Also survived by many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews and friends. The family will receive friends in the LEMMON FUNERAL HOME OF DULANEY VALLEY INC., 10 W. Padonia Road (at York Road), Timonium, MD, 21093 on Thursday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in the Catholic Community of St. Francis Xavier, 13717 Cuba Road, Hunt Valley, on Friday, March 13 at 10 A.M. Interment Poplar Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery.