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On October 24, 2006 WILLIAM JACKSON. Services were held on Tuesday, October 31, 2006.

Sailing Elliot leads J/70 class at NOOD in Annapolis Brian Elliot of Sayville, N.Y., sailed B Squared to the lead in the 49-boat J/70 class after four races on the first day of the three-day Sperry Top-Sider NOOD (National Offshore One Design) Regatta stop in Annapolis on a breezy Friday. Elliott has 19 points. Willy Comerford of Annapolis, sailing Northerly, is second with 22. Competition in the 15-class event continues 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

On December 31, 2003; ROSEANNE "MINKY" JACKSON; beloved wife of George D. Jackson Jr.; and devoted mother of Kevin B. Jackson and his wife Colleen, Timothy G. Jackson and his wife Leslea, Joseph T. Jackson and his wife MaryBeth, Keith N. Jackson and his wife Mary, Kathleen A. Jackson and the late Christopher M. Jackson; beloved daughter-in-law Naomi E. Jackson; Grandmother of Cara Marie Jackson, Clark E. Jackson, Jordon C. Jackson, Tyler G. Jackson, and...

Orioles minor league outfielder/first baseman Conor Jackson - who was the final cut in major league spring training this season - has abruptly retired, Triple-A Norfolk announced today. Jackson, who signed a minor league deal this offseason, had a spectacular spring, hitting .302/.327/.528 with three homers and six RBIs in 22 games with the Orioles. In the final days of spring training, the Orioles chose Steve Pearce over Jackson for the final spot on the Opening Day 25-man roster.

On February 14, 2007, MARGUERITE JACKSON, mother of Gloria Jackson, grandmother of David Jackson. She is also survived by 2 great grandsons, brother, Louis Norman Thomas and sister, Rosalee Roberts. She is survived by other relatives and friends. Friends may call on Tuesday after 9 A.M. at the Asbury A.U. Church, 87 West Street, Annapolis, MD where the family will receive friends from 10:30 until 11 A.M. Funeral service at 11 A.M. Interment Hillcrest Cemetery. Arrangements Reese & Sons.

The Orioles are down to one roster decision: Steve Pearce or Conor Jackson for the reserve infielder-outfielder role. Pearce and Jackson are down to one emotion: Anxiety. “I need a Xanax prescription,” Jackson quipped. Jackson, 30, has never been in this position before. Pearce, 29, has once, when he was with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Both described it as “nerve-racking.” “I've played long enough in the game to know how it works,” Jackson said. “At this point, there's nothing I can do except sit here and wait for that call in the office.

SARASOTA, Fla. - In a battle that came down to the final day of spring training games and was compared by one of the candidates to "two heavyweights battling against each other," Steve Pearce beat Conor Jackson for the final spot on the Orioles' 25-man Opening Day roster. Pearce, a first baseman-outfielder who changed organizations five times last season, was told he made the team before the Orioles' 7-1 win over the New York Mets in their Grapefruit League finale. "It was tough," Pearce said.

SARASOTA, Fla. - Orioles manager Buck Showalter spent much of Friday afternoon telling players who will and won't be making the club's 25-man roster - leaving him with only one decision remaining. Steve Pearce and Conor Jackson are still battling to be the final first base-outfield reserve on the club's 2013 roster. Otherwise, things are set for Tuesday's season opener, with right-hander Jake Arrieta winning the final rotation spot, lefties Brian Matusz and T.J. McFarland added to an eight-man bullpen and infielder-outfielder Ryan Flaherty capturing a utility role.

Justin Black had 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists, helping fifth-seeded Morgan State beat eighth-seeded Bethune-Cookman, 82-71, in the semifinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament on Friday night at Norfolk (Va.) Scope Arena. Shaquille Duncan came off the bench and had 17 points and six rebounds for Morgan State (17-14), which will play No. 7 North Carolina A&T in today's championship game. Senior forward Dewayne Jackson also scored 16 points for the Bears.

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Steve Pearce and Conor Jackson, two players competing against each other trying to win a roster spot with the Orioles, have been the team's top two hitters over the first 10 games of the Grapefruit League schedule. They continued their scorching springs, combining for three of the Orioles' four homers in Tuesday's 6-6 10-inning tie with the Blue Jays. Pearce homered twice and Jackson added three hits, including a homer. In six spring games, Pearce -- who spent last season shuffling between the Orioles, Yankees and Astros along the waiver wire - is now 6-for-11 with three homers and nine RBIs in six spring games.

Non-roster invitee Conor Jackson continues to make the most of his opportunity this spring. Jackson hit a pair of homers in Sunday's 12-3 Grapefruit League win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Ed Smith Stadium. Both of them were aided by the wind, but I thought both were hit well enough to get out of the stadium on a calm day. Orioles manager Buck Showalter disagreed. “He'd be the first to tell you they were good swings in the proper elements,” he said. Still, you can't argue that Jackson, who has played in more than 60 games just once since contracting Valley Fever in 2009, is off to a good start in fighting for a reserve roster spot.

TAMPA, Fla. - Conor Jackson knows every spring at-bat is valuable. The way the 30-year-old sees it, there are only so many opportunities to show you belong. And over the first five games of spring training - as opponents have stacked left-handers against the Orioles - the right-handed Jackson has seen his name on the lineup card often. In the first days of camp, Jackson missed three days of workouts with lower back stiffness, but he was determined not to let the injury quell his push for a roster spot.

First baseman/outfielder Conor Jackson (lower back) and catcher Luis Martinez (left oblique strain) left Tuesday's workout with injuries, but both players said their setbacks weren't serious. Jackson said he felt tightness in his lower back while fielding ground balls. “Just with three games left before games start, I wanted to be careful about it,” said Jackson, who expects to be back by the time the Grapefruit League schedule begins Saturday. “That's kind of what the trainers preach from day one. If you've got something, you don't want to let it linger.