Langston

On December 11, 2007, TYRONE; loving father of Tyrone Langston Jr. and Michael Langstone. Friends may visit at the Gary P. March Funeral Home, 270 Fred Hilton Pass, on Sunday from 12 Noon to 7 P.M. Family will receive friends at the chapel on Monday, 11:30 to 12 Noon with funeral service to follow. Interment private.

On December 11, 2007, TYRONE; loving father of Tyrone Langston Jr. and Michael Langstone. Friends may visit at the Gary P. March Funeral Home, 270 Fred Hilton Pass, on Sunday from 12 Noon to 7 P.M. Family will receive friends at the chapel on Monday, 11:30 to 12 Noon with funeral service to follow. Interment private.

Neill Andrew Langston, son of Drs. Susanne and Henry Dragun of Severna Park, and Mr. Bill Langston of Sterling, VA and Erin Jennifer Simmons, daughter of Mrs. Carol Simmons and the late Capt. Carlton Simmons, USN, of San Diego, CA., were married on October 6, 2007. The Rev. Richleigh Powers officiated the wedding ceremony at the Admiral Baker Country Club in San Diego, CA where a reception followed. The bride was attended by her sister, Stacey Simmons, and Krista Mitzel as maids of honor.

Neill Andrew Langston, son of Drs. Susanne and Henry Dragun of Severna Park, and Mr. Bill Langston of Sterling, VA and Erin Jennifer Simmons, daughter of Mrs. Carol Simmons and the late Capt. Carlton Simmons, USN, of San Diego, CA., were married on October 6, 2007. The Rev. Richleigh Powers officiated the wedding ceremony at the Admiral Baker Country Club in San Diego, CA where a reception followed. The bride was attended by her sister, Stacey Simmons, and Krista Mitzel as maids of honor.

On April 20, 2005, WILLIAM, beloved father of William Carl Langston, Jr. and Robert Earl Langston, Sr.; grandfather of five; great-grandfather of three; brother of Delores Yacuzzi, Debbie Peugh, Joseph Langston, Sr., Brenda Langston, William B. Langston, Sr., Steve Langston, Sr., Patti Langston and David Tusing. Preceded in death by brothers Brantley Langston, Jr. and Larry Langston. Also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Friends and relatives are invited to call at the WESLEY CHAVIS JR., FUNERAL HOME, 2007 Eastern Avenue, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. on Monday.

On October 19, 2006; Jacqueline E. Lang ston. Beloved wife of Tyrone F. Langston, Sr. On Tuesday friends may call VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES (RANDALLSTOWN), 8728 Liberty Rd. from 3:00-8:00PM. On Wednesday, Mrs. Langston will lie instate at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, 1546 N. Freemont Ave., where the family will receive friends from 11:00-11:30AM with services to follow. Inquiries to (410)655-0015.

On March 30, 2005, JOAN PUPPE SMITH LANGSTON; beloved wife of the late William B. Langston; loving mother of Gail-Lynn D. Smith and the late Alvin Smith, Jr.; devoted grandmother of Amanda and Jennifer Smith, and Christopher Rowe. Also survived by her niece, Lisa Jones, and three nephews. An Entombment Service will be held at 9 A.M., today, April 2, 2005, at the Moreland Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Funeral Fund or American Kidney Foundation.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- An MRI exam on California Angels pitcher Mark Langston's right knee yesterday showed a slight cartilage tear, but doctors won't determine until today whether the left-hander will need arthroscopic surgery.Surgery probably would result in at least a three-week stint on the disabled list for Langston, who will be examined by team physician Lewis Yocum. The other treatment option: Rest and hope the knee heals.Manager Marcel Lachemann said there's an "outside chance" Langston, scratched from Sunday's game against Minnesota, will make his next scheduled start Friday against Cleveland.

William Charles Langston Sr., a retired Bethlehem Steel Corp. shipbuilding official and Revolutionary War re-enactor, died of complications from a stroke April 23 at the Perry Point Veterans Affairs Hospital. The Parkville resident was 73. Mr. Langston was born in Baltimore and raised in Roland Park. He was a 1950 graduate of Polytechnic Institute and served in the Navy as a radar operator from 1951 to 1954 before earning a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University.

A football score one night, a soccer score the next.Only in baseball.One night after the Orioles and California Angels staged a home run derby that typified 1994 baseball, Mark Langston and Ben McDonald turned back the clock to 1968, the year of the pitcher.Langston and McDonald locked arms in a duel won by the left-hander as the Angels defeated the Orioles, 1-0, in front of 47,154 last night at Camden Yards.The start of the game was delayed 15 minutes by a brief rain shower. Langston and McDonald saw to it that neither team's offense showed up until much later.

On October 19, 2006; Jacqueline E. Lang ston. Beloved wife of Tyrone F. Langston, Sr. On Tuesday friends may call VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES (RANDALLSTOWN), 8728 Liberty Rd. from 3:00-8:00PM. On Wednesday, Mrs. Langston will lie instate at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, 1546 N. Freemont Ave., where the family will receive friends from 11:00-11:30AM with services to follow. Inquiries to (410)655-0015.

The theater at Morgan State University pulsates with so much energy it's just about radioactive. Some 25 actors, singers, dancers and musicians from the school's theater department are rehearsing Langston Hughes' gospel-song play Black Nativity, which opens today. The performers swirl on stage in a montage of African rhythms and gospel music celebrating, as the spiritual says, the birth of the "Sweet Little Jesus Boy." On this night, the Morgan troupe is performing a final run-through before tackling technical and dress rehearsals.

The merry chaos of the 48 Hour Film Project explodes in Baltimore early tonight. Twenty-six teams of filmmakers will congregate at Hampden's Cafe Hon at 7 p.m., and pick a genre out of one hat - anything from "mystery" to "mockumentary" - and a prop, character and piece of dialogue out of another. Then they'll have until 7:30 p.m. Sunday to create a four- to seven-minute movie on digital video. The Charles will program the finished shorts Wednesday, at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. (tickets are $8)

On April 20, 2005, WILLIAM, beloved father of William Carl Langston, Jr. and Robert Earl Langston, Sr.; grandfather of five; great-grandfather of three; brother of Delores Yacuzzi, Debbie Peugh, Joseph Langston, Sr., Brenda Langston, William B. Langston, Sr., Steve Langston, Sr., Patti Langston and David Tusing. Preceded in death by brothers Brantley Langston, Jr. and Larry Langston. Also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Friends and relatives are invited to call at the WESLEY CHAVIS JR., FUNERAL HOME, 2007 Eastern Avenue, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. on Monday.

Joan P. Langston, who spent nearly 30 years counseling bereaved families at several area cemeteries, died of kidney failure March 30 at her Parkville home. She was 68. She was born Joan Puppe in Baltimore and raised on Mura Street. After graduating in 1954 from Eastern High School, she worked as a Food Fair cashier and later as a night receptionist at radio station WCBM-AM. After leaving the work force to raise her children, she worked briefly in the early 1960s as a secretary and bookkeeper at Middlestadt Machine Co. in Baltimore, before taking a job as a cemetery representative and counselor at Moreland Memorial Park and Cemetery in Parkville.

On March 30, 2005, JOAN PUPPE SMITH LANGSTON; beloved wife of the late William B. Langston; loving mother of Gail-Lynn D. Smith and the late Alvin Smith, Jr.; devoted grandmother of Amanda and Jennifer Smith, and Christopher Rowe. Also survived by her niece, Lisa Jones, and three nephews. An Entombment Service will be held at 9 A.M., today, April 2, 2005, at the Moreland Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Funeral Fund or American Kidney Foundation.

William S. Langston, a decorated British World War I veteran who founded a Roland Park home-improvement business and befriended British seamen stationed here during World War II, died Oct. 23 at St. Joseph Medical Center of complications from a broken hip. He was 98 and lived in Govans.He was born in London in a working-class Cockney neighborhood and served for seven years in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and later as a driver in the horse-drawn Royal Field Artillery.He was wounded and gassed several times and was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry in 1917.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Orioles might be lucky enough to miss Mariners left-hander Randy Johnson in Seattle, but they're not going to be as fortunate when they arrive in California later this week.Angels left-hander Mark Langston has been cleared to start Friday's game against the Orioles by Dr. Lewis Yocum.Langston underwent surgery for torn cartilage in his right knee May 8 and was expected to be sidelined six to eight weeks. instead, he will return after a 23-day absence.Former Orioles reliever Mark Eichhorn, on the disabled list because of shoulder tendinitis, also might be activated for the weekend series against Baltimore.

The Train of States By Peter Sis. Greenwillow / HarperCollins. $17.99. Ages 8-11 years. Only Peter Sis could pull this off -- a book about all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, with each state represented as a circus wagon that's going into a red-white-and-blue tent -- and make the book fun to read. The book contains all sorts of information for "doing a report," but Sis' quirky drawings and selections make it all seem more interesting than it ever did before. Did you know about the paleontologists who feuded in 19th-century New Jersey about dinosaurs, or that in Montana, elk, deer and antelope outnumber humans?

On June 5, 2004, ELEANOR BERRYE GERHOLD, born in Florence Co., SC; daughter of the late Clarence Dowell Langston and Berrye Langston Langston. Mrs. Gerhold was a homemaker and was a member of the Second and Fourth Baptist Church in Baltimore, MD. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Charles Gerhold; devoted mother of Herbert Vere Green, of Turbeville, SC and Clarence Earl Green, of New Zion, SC; step-mother of Bonnie Lynn Gorsuch, of Baltimore, MD...