Maddox

J. Albert Maddox Sr., who owned and operated a commercial printing business, died of an esophageal disorder Tuesday at Sinai Hospital. The Owings Mills resident was 85. Born in Baltimore and raised on Druid Hill Avenue, he was a 1940 graduate of Frederick Douglass High School. After serving in the Army during World War II in the Pacific, he joined a printing business established by his father, Gabriel B. Maddox Sr. Mr. Maddox worked alongside his brothers, Francis J. and Gabriel Maddox Jr., at the family business for several years until he went to work as a printer for the Afro-American newspapers.

Weldon Leroy Maddox, 82, lawyer, VFW state leaderWeldon Leroy Maddox, a retired Baltimore attorney and past Maryland state commander and national judge advocate general of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at St. Joseph Medical Center. The Sparks resident was 82.Mr. Maddox had a general legal practice for more than 40 years at 218 E. Lexington St. and retired in 1995. He was a member of the city, Maryland and American bar associations.Born in Wimmers, Pa., he earned his bachelor's degree from the Johns Hopkins University and graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1947.

There is a scene in Funkopolis' production of "An Exquisite Dream of Fire" called "How to Remove the Nasty Bits." Three actors are silhouetted behind a curtain. Two take the part of doctors; the third is a patient undergoing brain surgery.The doctors flip open the top of the patient's head and extract long strands of detritus, which they then replace with assorted objects, including a rubber duck.It's one of the few instances of humor in this deeply earnest hourlong piece about mental illness, currently at the Theatre Project.

Barbie was not the girl that Janice Amundson thought she'd be.For one thing, claims Amundson in a $200,000 federal lawsuit, the supposedly vintage doll worth $1,800 was nearly bald.Amundson, an avid Barbie collector from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, who has amassed more than 300 of the shapely plastic dolls, contends that a Maryland woman sold her the rare Barbie with chunks of its hair missing."When she opened the box that was delivered in the mail, she found that the doll's hair had gotten brittle and was falling out," said Joseph W. Hovermill, a Baltimore lawyer representing Amundson and her husband in the lawsuit.

For 23 years, Sir John Maddox was editor of Nature, generally considered the most authoritative journal covering the full breadth of science in the world. It was his job not only to track the broad sweep of the sciences, but to deal virtually daily with many of the most distinguished scientists on Earth.If anyone gets science, he does. His life has come to full flower and recognition - and to perspective. He was knighted for services to science in 1994 and was chosen a Fellow of the American Academy of Sciences in 1996 and is now Editor Emeritus of Nature.

Harold K. Maddox, 38, computer consultantHarold Kim Maddox, a computer consultant and Baltimore native, died Saturday of a brain hemorrhage at home in Northeast Baltimore. He was 38.Mr. Maddox, a bachelor, graduated from Baltimore City College in 1976 and the University of Maryland College Park in 1983. He served in the Army in the late 1970s.He was a self-employed computer consultant, a business he began in the late 1980s.Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. tomorrow at St. Philips Evangelical Lutheran Church, 501 N. Caroline St.He is survived by his mother, Lula Henderson; his stepfather, Edward Henderson; two brothers, Edward Henderson Jr. and Marlo Henderson; and three sisters, DeVoark Maddox, Sharon Pierce and Sharon Gaskins.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Everything is different now. Ten years after 15-year-old Tawana Brawley was found covered with human feces and racist graffiti and sitting inside a plastic bag outside an apartment complex near this Hudson River city, she isn't Tawana Brawley anymore.Call her Maryann Muhammad, the name that Louis Farrakhan gave her, or Tawana Thompson. She lives in the Prince George's County suburb of Temple Hills and works at a Washington hospital. And she doesn't speak publicly of the attack that a grand jury investigated in 1988 and determined to be Tawana's own doing.

A Howard County district judge has ordered an employee of an adult video and magazine store in Ellicott City to reimburse a local man for the destruction of two signs protesting the business.Judge Neil E. Axel sentenced Calvin B. Maddox, 29, to probation before judgment Wednesday for destruction of property. Axel ordered Maddox, who works for the Pack Shack on U.S. 40, to pay $40 to Franklin V. Goodridge Jr."I was relieved that the truth set us free," said Goodridge, leader of Men Against Pornography, a group whose members have demonstrated almost daily in front of the Pack Shack since the store opened in April.

SHELLTOWN -- This thatch of land mocks maps. So a visitor follows the thirsty corn and the granite tombstones bearing family names like MARINER and FRESHWATER. Stapled to a nearby telephone pole is a sign: FREE SUSHI AT BOAT RAMP! Getting warmer.Hogs the size of hippos and chicken condos are other landmarks. At the Baptist Church, turn left and follow the Dead End sign to waterman Fred Maddox's home in this shell of an Eastern Shore town. Park on the dented grass by the state government cars and TV satellite trucks.

A brief in yesterday's Maryland section mischaracterized the actions that led to a guilty plea by former Baltimore County police Officer William R. Goodman on battery charges. Goodman did not contest allegations that he dragged Melvin Maddox from the processing room of the Essex Precinct on July 29, 1995.The Sun regrets the error.Pub Date: 3/13/97

On September 6, 2009, LUCILLE VIRGINIA MADDOX. On Friday, friends may call at VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES (RANDALLSTOWN), 8728 Liberty Road from 4 to 8 P.M. On Saturday, services for Mrs. Maddox will be held in the Vaughn C. Greene Chapel-Randallstown, where the family will receive friends 10 to 10:30 A.M with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 655-0015.

When he started at Maryland State College in 1962, Daniel M. Maddox envisioned a career working with young people, preferably in physical education. But as often happens, life got in the way and Maddox decided he needed a steady paycheck more than a college degree. So at 20, he took a job at General Motors and worked there almost 40 years. Now that he's retired at 63, Maddox has renewed his interest in helping young people by volunteering during the school year at Tench Tilghman Elementary School as a part of Experience Corps, a Civic Ventures program that places people 55 and older in urban classrooms.

On June 21, 2008, CORNELIUS "Bubby" MADDOX; beloved husband of Juanita Maddox. On today, a viewing will be held at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services (East), 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 3:00-8:00 p.m. with a private interment to follow. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the American Lung Association of Maryland in memory of Bubby Maddox.

On June 21, 2008, CORNELIUS "BUDDY" MADDOX; beloved husband of Juanita Maddox. On Wednesday, a viewing will be held at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services (East), 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 3:00-8:00 p.m. with a private interment to follow. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the American Lung Association of Maryland in memory of Bubby Maddox.

If you want to stand out in a crowd, your go-to guy is Terrell Maddox. The 17-year-old Baltimorean has dressed for school every day to stand out in the crowd, and it wasn't going to change for his graduation from Heritage High School. Maddox might have been required to wear a white shirt and pants, but he was adding his own touches even for rehearsal, when we spotted him grabbing a bite to eat at Harborplace. Age: 17 Residence: Northeast Baltimore Job: Recent graduate of Heritage High School Self-described style: "Unique, confident, outgoing, expressive."

Our sweet son and brother, Michael Cooke Maddox, In lieu of flowers, contibutions may be made to The Maryland School for the Blind, in memory of Michael Maddax, 3501 Taylor Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21236.

Christopher T. Maddox Jr., a retired lawyer and Korean War veteran, died of stomach cancer Sunday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The lifelong Catonsville resident was 78. He was a 1945 graduate of Catonsville High School and earned his law degree in 1948 from what is now the University of Baltimore Law School. From 1952 to 1956, he served in the Navy as a yeoman aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal. Mr. Maddox worked as a lawyer for Commercial Credit Corp. before joining Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland in its salvage department in 1975.

On January 2, 2007, J. ALBERT MADDOX, SR., loving husband of Letitia S. Maddox. He is also survived by his loving children, Brenda M. Walker, Lisa M. Jordan, James Albert Maddox, Jr., Daniel J. Maddox, Wayne L. Maddox, Sr. Gregory B. Maddox, twelve grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, sister Ruth M. Guy and brother Francis J. Maddox, Sr. He is preceded in death by son Brian Maddox. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Sunday after 10, where family will receive friends from 2 to 6. Family will also receive friends on Monday at the New All Saints R.C.C.

J. Albert Maddox Sr., who owned and operated a commercial printing business, died of an esophageal disorder Tuesday at Sinai Hospital. The Owings Mills resident was 85. Born in Baltimore and raised on Druid Hill Avenue, he was a 1940 graduate of Frederick Douglass High School. After serving in the Army during World War II in the Pacific, he joined a printing business established by his father, Gabriel B. Maddox Sr. Mr. Maddox worked alongside his brothers, Francis J. and Gabriel Maddox Jr., at the family business for several years until he went to work as a printer for the Afro-American newspapers.

On January 2, 2007, J. ALBERT MADDOX, SR., loving husband of Letitia S. Maddox. He is also survived by his loving children, Brenda M. Walker, Lisa M. Jordan, James Albert Maddox, Jr., Daniel J. Maddox, Wayne L. Maddox, Sr. Gregory B. Maddox, twelve grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, sister Ruth M. Guy and brother Francis J. Maddox, Sr. He is preceded in death by son Brian Maddox. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Sunday after 10, where family will receive friends from 2 to 6. Family will also receive friends on Monday at the New All Saints R.C.C.