Otis

On March 7, 2009, OTIS WASHINGTON. Friends may visit the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue, on Wednesday after 8:30 AM, where the family will receive friends on Thursday at 6 PM. Funeral services will follow at 6:30 PM.

Otis R. "Damon" Harris Jr., a Baltimore singer who performed with the Temptations during the 1970s and later used his own diagnosis of prostate cancer to help raise awareness of the disease in African-American men, died Feb. 18 from the disease at Joseph Richey Hospice. The Owings Mills resident was 62. "Singing was his thing. When we were kids, his ambition was to be a singer for the Temptations. We did talent shows where we played Temps records and he'd sing," said Chuck Woodson, a cousin and broadcaster who recently retired as general manager of WFBR-AM 1590.

On February 10, 2005, OTIS; devoted husband of Dorothy Talley. Friends may call at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Ave., on Monday after 8:30 A.M. Family will receive friends on Tuesday at the New Shiloh Baptist Church, 2100 N. Monroe Street, at 11 A.M., followed by funeral services at 11:30 A.M. See: www.marchfh.com

Baltimore native Otis "Damon" Harris, a one-time member of the legendary Motown act The Temptations, died on Monday after losing a 14-year-long battle to prostate cancer, according to family spokesman Chuck Woodson. Harris was 62. Harris, a resident of Owings Mills, died at the Joseph Richey Hospice in Seton Hill. Woodson said he was in remission until three years ago. The cancer had "gotten pretty bad" by the end of last summer, Woodson said, leaving Harris in the hospital from November until last week, when he was transferred to the hospice.

On OCTOBER 15, 2003 DEACON OTIS JACKSON, survived by his adopted son Carlos Jackson of Madrid Spain. Also survived by his siblings Ralph Jackson, Barbara Jean Williams, Beverly Alston and Doris Stokes, two brothers-in-law Robert Williams and Hugo Stokes, two sisters-in-law Marlene Jackson and Maxine Jackson. Friends may call at the Wylie Funeral Home, P.A., 638 N. Gilmor Street on Monday 5 to 8 P.M. Family will receive friends Tuesday 6:30 P.M. Funeral 7 P.M. at Greater new hope Baptist Church, 2720 West North Avenue.

On March 19, 2003, Mr. OTIS RUFFIN WEAVER, of Baltimore, MD, loving husband of the late Elsie Weaver; devoted father of Michael, Marva, Michele, Mark, and Marlene Weaver; father-in-law of David Johns, III; and grandfather of Kala Weaver, Alya McNeill, and Sean McNeill. Also survived by a host of many other loving relatives and friends. On Sunday, friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE Funeral Services (EAST), 4905 York Road, from 2 to 8 P.M. On Monday, Mr. Weaver will lie in state at Zion Baptist Church, 1700 North Caroline Street, where the family will receive friends from 11 to 11:30 A.M., with services to follow.

On April 25, 2008, MAE ELIZABETH OTIS (nee Streett); beloved wife of Carl E. Otis; many nieces and nephews also survive. Friends may call at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26A) Thursday 6 to 8 P.M., where funeral service will be held Friday at 11 A.M. Interment Bel Air Memorial Gardens.

On August 11, 2004 OTIS (JACK) POPEFriends may call at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue, on Tuesday after 9 A.M., where the family will receive friends on Wednesday at 11:30 A.M., followed by funeral services at 12 noon.

On April 19, 2004, MR. WILLIAM OTIS OLIVER; beloved husband of Cordelia Daniels Oliver; devoted father of Sandra Oliver Heningburg; brother of Selma Sue Rozier; loving grandfather of Michael Heningburg, Jr. and wife Jeanine Downie Heningburg. He is also survived by one great granddaughter, Jade Irma Heningburg. Inquiries to Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Service (410) 233-2400.

On January 29, 2003, OTIS LEE, loving husband of Emily M. Adams; devoted father of Emily A. Rock and Otis "Mickey" L. Adams, III; and beloved brother of L. Kenmar Adams. A Memorial Service will be held in the St. Steven's Traditional Episcopal Church on Saturday, February 15 at 11 AM. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be directed to the St. Stephen Traditional Episcopal Church, 11856 Mays Chapel Road, Timonium, MD 21093. Inquiries Lemmon Funeral Home of Dulaney Valley, Inc., 410-252-6000.

Otis B. Read III, a Boys' Latin School teacher and coach and former head of its middle school, died of cancer Wednesday at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 75 and lived in Mays Chapel in Timonium. Born in Ipswich, Mass., he was the son of a Baptist minister who founded Open Bible Tabernacle in Hamilton and a homemaker. He came to Boys' Latin as a 10th-grader and graduated from the school in 1955. While there, he learned to play lacrosse. He then earned a degree at the Johns Hopkins University, where he was a member of the 1957 national championship lacrosse team.

Things have started getting pretty heavy in "The Walking Dead," not that it was a game of Candy Land before this week's episode, titled "Save the Last One" (referring to a bullet, in case the zombies catch you, so you can go out on your own terms and not theirs!) If you haven't watched the episode yet, you might not want to read any further because I'm about to discuss some fairly significant plot developments. Lori Grimes, a.k.a Debbie Downer , strongly considered letting her firstborn son perish so he could stop enduring the endless nightmare, and Shane Walsh took a serious heel turn , capping poor, fat Otis and letting him get devoured by walkers.

On election night, it's customary for candidates to throw a big shindig for themselves even if they know they're toast. Well, Frank Conaway is not your conventional candidate. Asked if he had party plans for tonight, the Baltimore Circuit Court Clerk and wannabe rapper was incredulous. "A party? Oh, no, I'm not having a party," he said. "I'm tired, man. I need rest. " Sorry to break to you, folks. Conaway won't even sing his trademark rap . His plans are to invite a few friends and relatives over to his home.

Just what we need: another Baltimore mayor fixated on shoes. At least Otis Rolley, the former city planning director running for mayor, isn't waving a high heel in a threatening manner. Nor is he asking developers doing business with the city to buy him Jimmy Choos.  He'd like ordinary citizens to chip in for his footwear, in the form of campaign donations. "It's a very rare thing for me, but I need new shoes," the candidate writes in an email that includes a photo of some well-worn lace-ups.

Baltimore mayoral candidate Otis Rolley needed to get some attention and to boost his name recognition. That he has done, though most of the attention from his proposal to tax ammunition at a dollar a round in the city has been derisory. The Internet is abuzz with reaction to his suggested ammo tax, just one of 12 steps he promises to take as mayor to "make every neighborhood in Baltimore safer. " Calling himself "the man with a plan," the challenger to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's attempt to win a term on her own after succeeding the ousted Sheila Dixon says he's not at all disturbed by the scorn stirred up by his tax idea.

Here are the pros and cons of "Otis," the second offering from Kanye West/Jay-Z's collaborative album, Watch the Throne , which drops Aug. 1 digitally. If you like buying CDs (bless you), you can purchase it Aug. 5. The suits are taking down all of the YouTube videos, so head over to the Life + Times website to stream it. PROS •••• Kanye sends a subtle diss to Drake ("N----s talking real reckless / stuntmen" plays on Drake's famous line "I made enough for two n----s, boy / stunt-double")

On August 2, 2008, OTIS EDWARD LEE, SR. Beloved husband of Mary Lee; loving father of Althea Franklin, and Otis Edward Lee, Jr.; dearest grandfather of Heather Franklin. He is also survived by one son-in-law David Franklin and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may visit the family owned March Funeral Home West, Inc., 4300 Wabash Avenue, on Sunday after 10 A.M., where the family will receive friends from 3 to 5 P.M. and on Monday at 11 A.M. followed by funeral services at 11:30 A.M.

Does Otis Rolley actually think that he would have the right to dictate where city employees may live as our next mayor? Imagine my horror when I recently read that Mr. Rolley's plan to rebuild government includes a requirement for all new and/or promoted city employees to live in Baltimore City. This would place an unnecessary burden on those of us seeking jobs with the city but who live in Baltimore County. Considering the costs involved with moving, as a renter, I take issue.

The funniest part of Bill Cosby 's appearance at a fundraiser for mayoral candidate Otis Rolley this week wasn't funny-ha-ha but funny-strange. Cosby held a 15-minute news conference with reporters from TV, newspapers and blogs in between a $4,000-a-head dinner and his stand-up show. In a brown sweater and trousers, Cosby greeted reporters with a jocular "OK?" Then came the first question, a perfectly polite, normal, opening softball that nonetheless annoyed The Cos. "I'm Melody Simmons with the Daily Record.