Pumphrey

On February 24, 2009, MITCHELL G. ZEBRON, SR.; companion of the late Alma Grove; father of the late Mitchell G. Zebron, Jr.; grandfather of Mitchell G. Zebron, III, and Joseph D. Zebron. Also survived by his friends and caregiver, Jacqueline Liberto, and his siblings, Edward Zebron, Gertrude Globek, Sophie Frandino, Margaret Thaden, and late Steve Zebron, Helen Murphy, Bertha Pumphrey, Stella Jones and Mary Makar. A Funeral Service will be held at the Veterans Cemetery of Crownsville, Tuesday at 1:45 P.M. Further inquiries may be directed to the family owned Ambrose Funeral Home, Inc., 410-242-2211.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- As expected, the Orioles were nothing more than spectators in the major-league phase of the Rule 5 draft. Though two players below the 40-man roster limit, they passed with the 13th selection.Had the Orioles made a selection, it would have cost them $50,000. They would have needed to keep the player on the active roster through the season or offer him back to the original club for half the price.Director of player personnel Syd Thrift said the Orioles couldn't afford to carry a fringe player while expecting to contend next season.

Howard's baseball renaissance continued in the opening round of the Class 2A South region playoffs yesterday with a 10-0, five-inning victory over No. 16-ranked Atholton.Lions left-hander Tony King hurled a three-hitter for his third shutout and season's ninth win.His teammates played errorless ball and broke the game open with a seven-run fourth inning.No. 11 Howard, winner of its first Howard County title since 1979 and producer of its first winning season since 1988, thus captured its 17th victory against four losses.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- As expected, the Orioles were nothing more than spectators in the major-league phase of the Rule 5 draft. Though two players below the 40-man roster limit, they passed with the 13th selection.Had the Orioles made a selection, it would have cost them $50,000. They would have needed to keep the player on the active roster through the season or offer him back to the original club for half the price.Director of player personnel Syd Thrift said the Orioles couldn't afford to carry a fringe player while expecting to contend next season.

Linton B. Pumphrey, 80, Anne Arundel tax assessorLinton Benjamin Pumphrey, retired Anne Arundel County tax assessor, died of a heart attack Saturday at Sunrise Assisted Care in Severna Park. He was 80 and had lived in Arnold.He retired as the county's supervisor of assessments in 1983.From 1946 to 1963, he operated Severn Food Market, formerly Pumphrey's Store, at Crain Highway and New Cut Road in Glen Burnie. The store was founded by his aunt.Born in Severn, he was a 1937 graduate of Glen Burnie High School and took courses at the University of Maryland, the Johns Hopkins University and the Wharton School of Business.

Howard scored 11 runs in the last three innings to defeat River Hill in the Class 2A South Region baseball quarterfinal yesterday, 13-10.The No. 11-ranked Lions (18-4) won their ninth straight game and 18th in their last 19 starts.Tony King (10-1) picked up his 10th win after relieving starter Matt Sands who pitched four innings plus two batters. Howard sophomore clean-up batter Mike Burke went 3-for-4 with four RBIs. Anthony Aceves was 2-for-4 with three RBIs, including a home run and a double.

Sheila Boyd doesn't live in Pumphrey anymore, but she still visits her mother there every day. And she still calls it home.From her mother's front porch, Boyd can just about see where her Uncle Hank lives three blocks away in a faded pink clapboard home. Uncle Mel lives two blocks up the hill. Jane, her sister, is around the corner.Her family has lived there since the early 1900s, the 34-year-old Boyd said.Pumphrey is all about uncles, aunts, parents and sisters. It's roots, Boyd said, a place where she is connected and related.

Two Shady Side neighbors were injured Tuesday afternoon in a single-car accident on Shady Side Road, county police said.Heather Lynn Bowling, 17, and Danielle Hoff, 20, of separate addresses in the 4700 block of Washington Ave., were treated at Maryland Shock Trauma Center for injuries. Bowling suffered facial and chest injuries and Hoff suffered injuries to her right arm, face and internal organs.Police said Bowling was southbound on Shady Side Road about 2: 30 p.m. and tried to make a left turn onto Bay Breeze Road but then changed her mind.

The small community of Pumphrey, 4 1/2 miles south of the city, has a spectacular night view of Baltimore's skyline, hugs the Patapsco River and sits in the middle of a major highway grid.Yet residents in this northern Anne Arundel County neighborhood that sits on the city-county border said they are rarely confronted with the crime that afflicts some parts of Baltimore."I think [Pumphrey] is a very nice community. We don't have any problems such as break-ins," said Wesley S. Booze, 76, who grew up in Pumphrey.

THE Performing Arts Association of Linthicum presents a free concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, with the Naval Academy Wind Ensemble at Lindale/Brooklyn Park Middle School (the former Andover High School). This is a different location from the regular PAAL concerts.For information, call 859-8063 or 636-2579.Prayer breakfastThe Woman's Club of Linthicum Heights has scheduled its annual prayer breakfast at 9: 30 a.m. Wednesday at Linthicum Heights United Methodist Church.The Rev. Joel Settembrini, pastor of First Baptist Church in Shady Side, will be the speaker.

On July 25, 2009; loving mother of Frank Jr., and Clarice, and a host of other relatives and friends. Anna will lie in state on Thursday, 4 to 7 P.M., at Community Baptist Church, 5912 Belle Grove Road (Pumphrey). Wake 7 P.M., with funeral to follow at 7:30 P.M. Interment Friday 11:30 A.M at Crownsville Veteran Cemetery. Services entrusted to Oden Funeral Service.

On February 24, 2009, MITCHELL G. ZEBRON, SR.; companion of the late Alma Grove; father of the late Mitchell G. Zebron, Jr.; grandfather of Mitchell G. Zebron, III, and Joseph D. Zebron. Also survived by his friends and caregiver, Jacqueline Liberto, and his siblings, Edward Zebron, Gertrude Globek, Sophie Frandino, Margaret Thaden, and late Steve Zebron, Helen Murphy, Bertha Pumphrey, Stella Jones and Mary Makar. A Funeral Service will be held at the Veterans Cemetery of Crownsville, Tuesday at 1:45 P.M. Further inquiries may be directed to the family owned Ambrose Funeral Home, Inc., 410-242-2211.

Boys basketball No. 8 Old Mill @ Annapolis : WHEN: : Tuesday, 5 p.m. OUTLOOK: : In the final week of the regular season, defending county champ and first place Old Mill has one of the county title game berths locked up, while Annapolis, Severna Park and Arundel are all vying for the second spot. Juniors Mike Holley and Chris Day have provided smart backcourt play with senior Marvin Pinkney a standout inside. The Panthers also like to hustle on defense and get in transition with senior G Chris Beck and junior F Delmore Howard the catalysts.

Ernestine Lorraine Pumphrey, a retired hospital administrative clerk, died of complications from cancer Sept. 2 at the Joseph Richey Hospice in downtown Baltimore. The Gwynns Falls area resident was 80. Born Ernestine Lorraine Matthews in Baltimore and raised on North Carrollton Avenue, she was a 1946 Frederick Douglass High School graduate, where she was active in the music program. She studied classical music throughout her childhood and while a student at Morgan State University, she met her future husband, John A. Pumphrey.

On September 2, 2008 ERNESTINE L. PUMPHREY beloved wife of 57 years to John Pumphrey; sister of Donald L. Matthews; mother of Andrea L. Melvin, Stewart E., Jonathan E., Brad R., Brian T. and Guy S. Pumphrey; twelve grandchildren, Tia Melvin-Laurie, Shaun, Christina, Justin E., Brandon, Jordan, Kendall, Dominique, Darren, Kayla, Kyra, and Jonathan Pumphrey; five great-grandchildren Ava, Riley, Hailey, Chloe and Justin D. Pumphrey and a host of relatives and...

COLLEGE PARK -- Maryland's Katie Pumphrey picked the perfect time to score her first goal of the season. The senior defender raced about 30 yards to fire a shot into the net early in the second half for what would become the game-changing goal, setting off a big run and sparking the No. 3 seed Terrapins to a 20-7 victory over Temple yesterday in an NCAA first-round game at the Maryland Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex. The victory sends the Terps (18-2) into Saturday's 1 p.m. quarterfinal, where they will play host to Duke (12-7)

Marvin M. Pumphrey, a retired farmer and excavator who was a prolific vegetable gardener, died of colon cancer Tuesday at his home in Glen Burnie. He was 85. Mr. Pumphrey was born in Hanover and grew up on his family's large truck farm there, where vegetables were grown on several hundred acres. He graduated from Glen Burnie High School and worked on the farm until the late 1950s, when his family sold it. Mr. Pumphrey married Dorothy Tacka in 1946. Even after the family farm closed, Mr. Pumphrey continued growing vegetables in the yard at his home in Ferndale.

The Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks Spring Program Guide is now available. The guide, released last week at www.aacounty.org/recparks, provides information on athletic, recreation and therapeutic activities offered by Anne Arundel County Recreation and Parks. Programs are offered for all ages and include trips to New York to see Broadway shows, adult basketball and volleyball leagues, swimming, computer classes and more. Registration will be available online and at the county offices.

C. Merritt Pumphrey, a retired Howard County clerk of the Circuit Court and volunteer fire department official, died of cancer Friday at Howard County General Hospital. The Ellicott City resident was 83. Born in Ferndale in Anne Arundel County, he moved to Howard County at age 13. He worked with his father and brother to establish and operate Dalton Farms, in what is now Columbia. He was a 1941 Howard County High School graduate. As a young man he belonged to the Howard County 4-H Club.

FREDERICK -- Leslie Pearre's voice quivered as she stood in front of hundreds of people gathered at Evangelical Lutheran Church in downtown Frederick yesterday to remember the Howard County woman and her three children who were slain Thanksgiving Day. Pearre taught Gail L. Pumphrey's eldest child, David Brockdorff, 12, last year at Urbana Middle School in Frederick and was moved by the number of children who attended the funeral. She told them she was proud that so many of them had come.