James Jones

Today's parents are creating "parasite" children. So says parenting authority James Jones.Parents are giving their children money instead of love and things instead of time."

Mary F. Goodson, a retired government worker and longtime member of Fulton Baptist Church, died Sunday of pancreatic cancer at Northwest Hospital. She was 72. The daughter of a police officer and a homemaker, Mary Frances Stanton was born and raised in Dillwyn, Va., where she graduated from high school. Mrs. Goodson came to Baltimore after high school and went to work in 1967 for the federal government. She held administrative positions with the Food and Drug Administration and retired in 2007 from the Department of Health and Human Services in Rockville.

On September 9, 2007, JAMES JONES, loving husband of Dorothy Jones. He is also survived by his loving children Vicky Washington, Gloria Johnson, Sylvia Parmlee, James Jones, Henry, James, and Donald Coates, 24 grandchildren, 36 great-grand, and 5 great-great-grand, and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the family owned March Funeral Home West Inc., 4300 Wabash Ave., on Sunday after 10am, where family will receive friends on Monday at 11:30am followed by Funeral Service at 12.

James A. Jones, a retired Maryland State Police lieutenant colonel who was an early advocate of alcohol and drug testing to reduce highway accidents, died of an embolism Dec. 19 at his Perry Hall home. He was 78. Born in Baltimore and raised in Overlea, he was a 1948 Calvert Hall College High School graduate. He joined the Navy and became an aviation electrician aboard an aircraft carrier. Among other decorations, he received the Korean Service Medal with two battle stars. He joined the Maryland State Police in 1957 and was stationed at Waldorf, Upper Marlboro, Bel Air and Golden Ring, before moving on to the state police headquarters in Pikesville.

Suddenly on February 25, 2008, ALDINE R. (Dino) JONES, beloved husband of Hope Y. Jones (nee Bruno), devoted father of Dino and Kayla Jones and step-father of Brian Heim Jr. Dear son of the late James Jones Jr. and Catherine Jones. Cherished grandson of the late Merle Andrews and Catherine Andrews. Loving brother of Antoinette Cullum and her husband Steve and Lisa Beatty and her husband Ken and James Jones III and his wife Celeste, dear friend of Gary Schnick. Also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

On December 17, 2004, DORETHEA L., beloved wife of Arthur R., also survived by one daughter, Wanda Winston, two brothers, Dr. Raymond Terry and James Jones and one sister Patricia Peoples. Friends may call at the Wylie Funeral Home, 638 N. Gilmore Street, on Wednesday 5 to 8 P.M. Family will receive friends on Thursday 9 A.M. Funeral 9:30 A. M at Unity United Methodist Church, 1433 Edmondson Avenue. Interment following. Inquiries at www.wyliefuneralhome.com.

On November 22, 2005, CHRISTEEN B. (nee Brewer) beloved wife of the late Kinlaw Jones and loving mother of Debra Kus, Leeola Moretti, Juanita Byrd and Kinlaw Jones Jr., James Jones, Shantay Jones and Roosevelt Jones; also survived by four sisters, two brothers, 26 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the family owned JOSEPH N. ZANNINO JR., FUNERAL HOME, 263 S. Conkling Street (at Gough) on Saturday and Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral service on Monday at the South Broadway Baptist Church, 211 S. Broadway at 10 A.M. Interment Oaklawn Cemetery.

Daniel Taradash, 90, who won an Oscar for his screenplay adaptation of James Jones' best-selling novel From Here to Eternity, died of cancer Feb. 22 at a Los Angeles hospital. Best known for adapting sprawling novels and Broadway plays, Taradash's screenwriting credits include writing or co-writing adaptations of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy, William Inge's Picnic and James Michener's Hawaii. But From Here to Eternity, the 1953 film version of Jones' novel about Army life in Hawaii during the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, was the one movie for which Taradash said he received the most compliments.

When Ravens defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis is asked to describe defensive tackle James Jones, Lewis tries to refrain from the usual coach's cliches, but it becomes too hard."

Mary F. Goodson, a retired government worker and longtime member of Fulton Baptist Church, died Sunday of pancreatic cancer at Northwest Hospital. She was 72. The daughter of a police officer and a homemaker, Mary Frances Stanton was born and raised in Dillwyn, Va., where she graduated from high school. Mrs. Goodson came to Baltimore after high school and went to work in 1967 for the federal government. She held administrative positions with the Food and Drug Administration and retired in 2007 from the Department of Health and Human Services in Rockville.

Suddenly on February 25, 2008, ALDINE R. (Dino) JONES, beloved husband of Hope Y. Jones (nee Bruno), devoted father of Dino and Kayla Jones and step-father of Brian Heim Jr. Dear son of the late James Jones Jr. and Catherine Jones. Cherished grandson of the late Merle Andrews and Catherine Andrews. Loving brother of Antoinette Cullum and her husband Steve and Lisa Beatty and her husband Ken and James Jones III and his wife Celeste, dear friend of Gary Schnick. Also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

On September 9, 2007, JAMES JONES, loving husband of Dorothy Jones. He is also survived by his loving children Vicky Washington, Gloria Johnson, Sylvia Parmlee, James Jones, Henry, James, and Donald Coates, 24 grandchildren, 36 great-grand, and 5 great-great-grand, and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the family owned March Funeral Home West Inc., 4300 Wabash Ave., on Sunday after 10am, where family will receive friends on Monday at 11:30am followed by Funeral Service at 12.

Julian Earl "Rough House" Jones Sr., a retired crane operator and Korean War veteran, died of cancer Friday at Northwest Hospital Center. The Randallstown resident was 75. Mr. Jones was born and raised in Lynchburg, Va., and enlisted in the Army in 1947. "He lied about his age and was 17 when he joined the Army," said a son, Julian E. Jones Jr. of Woodstock, Baltimore County. Mr. Jones served with a field artillery unit in Korea and attained the rank of staff sergeant by the time he was discharged in 1953.

On November 22, 2005, CHRISTEEN B. (nee Brewer) beloved wife of the late Kinlaw Jones and loving mother of Debra Kus, Leeola Moretti, Juanita Byrd and Kinlaw Jones Jr., James Jones, Shantay Jones and Roosevelt Jones; also survived by four sisters, two brothers, 26 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the family owned JOSEPH N. ZANNINO JR., FUNERAL HOME, 263 S. Conkling Street (at Gough) on Saturday and Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral service on Monday at the South Broadway Baptist Church, 211 S. Broadway at 10 A.M. Interment Oaklawn Cemetery.

DURHAM, N.C. - James Earl Jones' commanding bass is so recognizable, even a hermit could place it immediately. It's Mufasa, the papa lion in Disney's hit The Lion King, it's Darth Vader in Star Wars. It has an air of compassion, of wisdom and omnipotence. And yet this Hollywood star spent the better part of his childhood with his mouth closed, plagued by a severe stutter. "It was so bad that I didn't speak at all," Jones, 74, told 200 students at a literacy celebration this week in Durham.

On December 17, 2004, DORETHEA L., beloved wife of Arthur R., also survived by one daughter, Wanda Winston, two brothers, Dr. Raymond Terry and James Jones and one sister Patricia Peoples. Friends may call at the Wylie Funeral Home, 638 N. Gilmore Street, on Wednesday 5 to 8 P.M. Family will receive friends on Thursday 9 A.M. Funeral 9:30 A. M at Unity United Methodist Church, 1433 Edmondson Avenue. Interment following. Inquiries at www.wyliefuneralhome.com.

With the exception of about seven seconds, the Coppin State men's basketball team played remarkable second-half defense against South Carolina State last night, holding the Bulldogs to 28 percent shooting. Unfortunately for the Eagles, those seven seconds were all it took for Mike Wiatre to drive the length of the court for a layup with four seconds left, lifting South Carolina State to a 60-59 victory at the Coppin Center. In addition to keeping the Bulldogs alone in first place in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, the win also avenged a 15-point defeat to the Eagles on Dec. 4. "We didn't come to play and they did," South Carolina State forward James Jones said, remembering the first game.

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Say On Golden Pond, and you probably hear the sound of loons on a lake. But in the production at Washington's Kennedy Center, it's the telephone that grabs your attention. That's because this new revival stars James Earl Jones, the voice of Verizon, whose first line on stage happens to be: "The phone works!" Of course, Ernest Thompson's play isn't about telephones or loons. It's about family. Specifically, it's about the family of a retired English professor, his wife and their grown and estranged daughter.

Daniel Taradash, 90, who won an Oscar for his screenplay adaptation of James Jones' best-selling novel From Here to Eternity, died of cancer Feb. 22 at a Los Angeles hospital. Best known for adapting sprawling novels and Broadway plays, Taradash's screenwriting credits include writing or co-writing adaptations of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy, William Inge's Picnic and James Michener's Hawaii. But From Here to Eternity, the 1953 film version of Jones' novel about Army life in Hawaii during the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, was the one movie for which Taradash said he received the most compliments.