Rankin

On August 3, 2003, IDELLA RANKIN; devoted cousin of Janie Neal (Shirley). She is also survived by one step son, Clarence Rankin and a host of other relatives. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue, on Wednesday, after 12 noon. Remains will lie in state at Pennsylvania Avenue AME Zion Church, 1128 Pennsylvania Avenue, on Thursday, 9 A.M., where the family will receive friends at 11:30 A.M., followed by Funeral Services at 12 noon. See www.marchfh.

Mary Ann Rankin, a former longtime administrator at the University of Texas at Austin known for creating the innovative UTeach program to produce math and science teachers, was named provost at the University of Maryland, College Park. Rankin, who will start as College Park's No. 2 academic administrator in October, is currently the CEO of the Dallas-based National Math and Science Initiative. Like UTeach, the public-private partnership was designed to produce more graduates and teachers in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)

On November 16, 2007, ROBERT B., beloved father of Christina Marie Rankin, beloved son of Christina and the late Marvin J. Rankin, brother of Connie Brown and the late Cindy Rowles, uncle of Brittany and Christopher. Also survived by aunts and uncles. Friends may call at the Gonce Funeral Service P.A., 4001 Ritchie Hwy. on Monday and Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9PM. Services on Wednesday at 11:00 AM. Interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Joe Rankin wasn't motivated. He wasn't going to school regularly and when he was there, he was acting out. He was dealing with an unsettled home situation all while regularly moving to different shelters and hotels. He was lost. But one day, Rankin was on the bus preparing to meet with his probation officer when he looked out the window and saw something that would change his life. As the bus passed Seneca Valley High School's football practice field, Rankin glanced at players going through drills - at that moment he decided it was time to make a change.

On July 24, 2007, MATTIE MAE COLEMAN RANKIN, devoted wife of Theodore Rankin. She is also survived by 7 daughters, 7 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, Inc., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Sunday after 10A.M. The family will receive friends at Brown's Memorial Baptist Church, 3215 W. Belvedere Ave, on Monday at 11:00 A.M. Funeral Services will follow at 11:30 A.M.

When Matt Rankin took over as Edgewood's girls basketball coach last November, the outlook wasn't promising."The team we started out with this year was a lot different than I Coach of the Yearhad expected," said Rankin, an assistant coach with last year's team. "My No. 1 player had a bad knee and I lost three girls to work and one to cheerleading."But Rankin, a 24-year-old math teacher at Edgewood High, quickly turned the Rams into contenders for the county title. The Baltimore Sun's Harford County Girls Basketball Coach of the Year, Rankin turned the Rams into a team-oriented squad with a balanced offense and an ever-improving defense.

A Mass of Christian burial for George Thomas Rankin, retired Baltimore teacher and Towson State athletic star, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke's Catholic Church, 100th Street and Coastal Highway in Ocean City.Mr. Rankin died Friday of pulmonary fibrosis at his Ocean Pines ** home. He was 81.Born in Baltimore, Mr. Rankin was educated in the city's parochial schools and graduated from Baltimore City College in 1929. He later attended what was then the Towson State Teacher's College, graduating in 1935.

Dorothy Moulton Rankin, a retired federal worker who taught sewing in Africa and owned a tailoring and fashion shop in Baltimore in the 1970s and '80s, died July 14 at her home in Reisterstown after suffering a heart attack. She was 84. Dorothy Moulton was born in Baltimore and attended St. Barnabas Catholic and Baltimore City public schools. She graduated from Frederick Douglass High School in June 1942 and married William Rankin six years later. Mrs. Rankin became interested in sewing in high school, learning from her mother and making clothes for peers and family members, according to her sister, Lillian Wainwright of Baltimore.

On August 19, 2004, MARY "Cindy" (nee Rankin), beloved wife of Milton Rowles; devoted daughter of Christina Rankin and the late Marvin J. Rankin; sister of Connie and Bobby; daughter-in-law of Myrtle Rowles and the late Milton Rowles; aunt of Christina, Brittany and Christopher; and a host of aunts, uncles and cousins. Visiting at the Lassahn Funeral Home, Inc., 7401 Belair Road (Overlea) on Saturday and Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral Services will be held on Monday at 11 A.M. Interment Gardens of Faith Cemetery.

On March 30, 2004, MARION RUBY SWAIN ELDER, beloved wife of the late Roy Preston Elder, Sr., devoted mother of Sharon Elder Rankin and Roy Preston Elder, Jr., mother-in-law of Brent Rankin and Joyce Elder, sister of Jean Gentry and Wayne Swain, niece of Robert and Patricia List, dear grandmother of Tanya Barnett, Roy Preston, III, and Elizabeth Elder, and David and Traci Rankin. Also survived by four great-grandchildren. Visiting at Lassahn Funeral Home, Inc., 7401 Belair Road (Overlea)

Man, 25, gets life sentence for killing teenager in 2007 A 25-year-old man was sentenced yesterday to life in prison in the August 2007 killing of a teenager whose burning body was found in a Baltimore County park. Prosecutors said Christopher D. Johnson, of the 4000 block of W. Garrison Ave., and several accomplices believed that Glen Michael Stewart, 17, intended to provide police with incriminating evidence about a robbery. Stewart was shot and his body set afire in a wooded area of Villa Nova Park.

Louis Rankin, the retired manager of a well-known neighborhood supermarket, died of cancer Sunday at a nursing home near his St. Andrew's Estates home in Boca Raton, Fla. He was 96. For more than three decades, Mr. Rankin stood at the door of the Eddie's of Roland Park market and greeted his customers by name. "He was a standard-bearer for our industry," said Jerry Gordon, owner of the Eddie's of Charles Village market. "He was impeccably dressed and was a refined man. When you thought of that store, you thought of him."

Dorothy Moulton Rankin, a retired federal worker who taught sewing in Africa and owned a tailoring and fashion shop in Baltimore in the 1970s and '80s, died July 14 at her home in Reisterstown after suffering a heart attack. She was 84. Dorothy Moulton was born in Baltimore and attended St. Barnabas Catholic and Baltimore City public schools. She graduated from Frederick Douglass High School in June 1942 and married William Rankin six years later. Mrs. Rankin became interested in sewing in high school, learning from her mother and making clothes for peers and family members, according to her sister, Lillian Wainwright of Baltimore.

On July 14, 2008, DOROTHY (nee Moulton); beloved mother of Beverly James and Dianne Epps; loving sister of Pearl Moulton, Lillian Wainwright and Thelma Harris. Also survived by 13 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends. Memorial Service on Saturday 1 p.m. at 2140 N. Fulton Avenue.

Delaware State Police arrested a 28-year-old man on probation for a 2004 fatal drunken driving accident and charged him yesterday with vehicular homicide in the death of a Maryland teen last weekend. Andrew R. Rankin was taken into custody immediately after he was released from the hospital yesterday afternoon. He was sent to the Delaware Corrections Center in Smyrna, with bail set at $11,000. As a condition of bail, he has been ordered not to drive. In addition to vehicular homicide, Rankin, a New Castle, Del., resident, was charged with two counts of vehicular assault and driving under the influence in the crash near Dover, Del., that claimed the life of 17-year-old Brian A. Wilson of Havre de Grace.

Less than two weeks ago, Brian A. Wilson's family proudly watched as the outstanding scholar and varsity athlete walked across the stage to receive his diploma with honors from Havre de Grace High School. Now the family is planning a funeral service for their 17-year-old son in the same school auditorium. Wilson died at Christiana Trauma Center in Newark, Del., early Sunday after an accident on Route 1 near Dover. He was riding home with a friend at the end of the traditional senior week at the beach in Ocean City when a drunken driver rear-ended their car, police said.

On January 30, 2004, CHARLOTTE J. MACGILL, wife of the late Richard G. Macgill; former Chairman of New Jersey National Bank. Survived by her sons Richard G. Macgill Jr. and Hugh C. Macgill; her grandchildren, Tacy Biggs, Willis Macgill, Mary-Ragan Macgill, Alexandra Rankin Macgill, Charles Rankin Macgill and two great-grandchildren, Samuel and Charlotte Biggs.Services will be private. IN lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Planned Parenthood of Maryland, 610 N. Howard St., Baltimore, MD 21201.

THE PROBLEM -- The cornice near the roof of an abandoned rowhouse was loose and threatening to fall off. THE BACKSTORY -- Nora Giles says she couldn't walk on her own street. For three decades, she has lived on Rankin Place in the Poppleton community of West Baltimore. A rowhouse on the end of the three-house group, 1228 Rankin, has sat empty for about 15 years, said Giles and her brother, James Smith. The previous owner took care of it, Giles said. But after he died, people began dumping trash in the backyard and drug dealers used it to hide their stash.

On March 23, 2008. On Friday, friends may call at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services (EAST), 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 4-8 P.M. On Saturday, services will be held at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Chapel, 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 9:30-10 A.M., with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-433-7500.