Royston

On April 20, 2005 DONALD C. ROYSTON; beloved husband of the late Lucille K. Royston (nee Hedrick); devoted father of David D. Royston and his fiancee Judy Mc Neil and his late wife Trish and Kay L. Purdum and her husband Lee; dear grandfather of Scott and Philip Royston, Amy Martin and Keith Purdum; beloved friend of Orie Green; brother of Gilbert Royston of Hanover, MD. Friends may call at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home Inc., 1050 York Rd.,...

Edwin F. Royston, who played two years as a guard for the New York Giants in the late 1940s and was a shipbuilding executive, died of cancer Saturday at his home in Seaside Park, N.J. He was 87 and had lived in Highlandtown. Born in Baltimore and raised on Macon Street, he was a 1941 graduate of Patterson Park High School, where he played football. He was nominated for the 1940 Unsung Hero Award. While at the school, he met his future wife, the former Virginia Garner. He served in the Navy during World War II and then earned a physics degree from Wake Forest University, where he was named All Southern guard in 1947 and co-captain of the team.

On November 25, 2005, ROYSTON R. SMITHSON, of Norrisville, MD, devoted husband of Gloria A. (nee Grein) Smithson, beloved father of Ricky L. Smithson, Larry R. Smithson, Garry G. Smithson and Judy A. Sommer, dear brother of Mary E. Petty, Robert Bruce "Pat" Smithson, B. Marie De Ran and Robert Dunnick. Also survived by ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday November 29 at 11:00 A.M. from St. Paul United Methodist Church, St. Paul & Telegraph Roads, Pylesville, MD. Burial is in the church cemetery.

On May 23, 2009, CHARMAINE "SUSIE" GREEN, beloved wife of the late Royston Green, the late Sylvester Hartgen, and the late Robert Benjamin, devoted mother of Tom Benjamin and his wife Janet, and Cindy Lanzi and her husband Neil, loving grandmother of Allison, Angela, Michael and Mary Beth, also survived by five great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26A) Friday 4 to 7 P.M. A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 30, at 10:30 A.M at Carrolls Gills United Methodist Church, 11525 Greenspring Avenue, Lutherville, MD, 21093.

They say that when racing gets in your blood, it never leaves. Mark Royston is proof of that. After a long absence from racing, the 32-year old Hampstead native jumped at the chance to get back in the sport six years ago.Royston races four-wheel ATVs in the outlaw quad division. The division is a fairly new class that does not have a lot of rules, hence the outlaw label. They race at Trail-Way once a month and are racing at other tracks including Challenger Speedway in Indiana, Pa. The quads, another name for four-wheelers, race on the same oval as the cars, but there is a difference -- the cars have roll cages and the quads don't.

Carroll W. Royston, a lawyer and former state legislator, died at his Lutherville home of complications due to circulatory and kidney failure. He was 77.Services for Mr. Royston will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Towson United Methodist Church Chapel, 501 Hampton Lane.The Sparrows Point native attended Gettysburg College and the University of Baltimore Law School, where he received his degree in 1938.Mr. Royston worked as a trial magistrate in Dundalk between 1947 and 1950. He was a member of the House of Delegates from 1950 to 1953.

A memorial service for James R. Royston, a tool and die JTC maker, will be held at 4 p.m. today at the Ebenezer United Methodist Church in Fallston.Mr. Royston, who was 45 and lived in St. Michaels, died Wednesday at the Memorial Hospital at Easton after a heart attack.He worked nearly 20 years for the Black and Decker Manufacturing Co., the last two years at its Easton plant and earlier in Hampstead.He had also worked for the M. S. Willetts Co. in Cockeysville.A native of Bad Axe, Mich., who came to Maryland as a young man, he was a former member of the Maryland National Guard.

The Rev. Lindley Ginn Royston, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Edgewater, combined his love for God and motorcycles for the last 20 years.Yesterday afternoon, the minister, 56, and his wife, Sharon Ruth, 55, were killed when the 1982 BMW motorcycle Mr. Royston was operating went out of control on a ramp leading to U.S. 50 in Arnold and hit a guardrail shortly before 4 p.m.Police said the couple, of the 3700 block of 8th Ave. in Edgewater, were pronounced...

RAYMOND G. SIPE, 90, of Kingsport, TN, formerly of Towson, MD, was welcomed by his Lord and Savior into his heavenly home on Tuesday, October 4, 2005. He was the son of the late Flavious and Alda Sipe. He was preceded in death by a sister, Ethel Mellon and her husband, Louis, and brother-in-law, Robert Mundis. Surviving are his wife of 64 years, Inez Sipe of Kingsport; sister, Eleanor Mundis of New Oxford, PA; daughter, Vicki S. Royston and husband, Don; granddaughters, Audrey Royston Hein and husband, Jeremiah and Rachael Emily Royston, all of Kingsport; son Craig L. Sipe and wife, Doreen M.; and five step-grandchildren all of Conroe, TX. He is also survived by a dear friend, Ms. Julie Pinto of Australia.

On January 26, 2005, PERICLES "NICK" GOULAKOS, beloved long term companion of Mary A. Royston and her son Scott B. Royston; loving son of the late Peter and Mary (nee Deligianis) Goulakos. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at St. Joseph-Fullerton Catholic Church on Thursday, 11 A.M. Interment private. Memorial contributions may be made to the Bubel/Aiken Foundation, P.O. Box 90307, Raleigh, NC 27675 or St. Joseph-Fullerton Catholic Church, 8420 Belair Road, Baltimore, MD 21236-3098, would be greatly appreciated.

Sunshine Royston chose Sept. 20, the day of her late father's birthday, as the day of her wedding. She was a year old when Chet Royston died in a motorcycle accident in Baltimore. Now the relatives who had helped arrange her wedding are preparing for her funeral. Royston and six of her friends had arranged to use a stretch limousine for her bachelorette party, which included time at the Power Plant in the Inner Harbor, said her maternal grandfather, Fred Thiess. About 4:30 a.m. yesterday, a tractor-trailer collided with the limousine in the 4000 block of E. Monument St., killing Royston.

Suddenly on June 20, 2007 P atti Family and friends may call at THE JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME, P.A. 8521 Loch Raven Blvd. (Beltway exit 29-B) on Sunday from 2-4 and 6-8 PM at which all are invited to attend a Memorial Prayer Service. Interment Private. In lieu of flowers please make donation in her memory to the family, c/o of Sharon Connelly, 3104 Royston Ave., Baltimore, MD 21214.

ON Tuesday, October 31, 2006, WILLIAM E. LEIGHT, JR., husband of the late Virginia B. Leight, father of Mark E. Leight and the late Stephen E. Leight, brother of Eva Leight, Laura L. Leight, Ruth E. Isabel and the late Ralph Leight, Royston Leight and Evelyn Comegna. Also survived by three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends may call on Thursday and Friday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., at Stallings Funeral Home, P.A., where funeral services will be held on Saturday 10 A.M. Interment Dulaney Valley Cemetery.

On November 25, 2005, ROYSTON R. SMITHSON, of Norrisville, MD, devoted husband of Gloria A. (nee Grein) Smithson, beloved father of Ricky L. Smithson, Larry R. Smithson, Garry G. Smithson and Judy A. Sommer, dear brother of Mary E. Petty, Robert Bruce "Pat" Smithson, B. Marie De Ran and Robert Dunnick. Also survived by ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday November 29 at 11:00 A.M. from St. Paul United Methodist Church, St. Paul & Telegraph Roads, Pylesville, MD. Burial is in the church cemetery.

RAYMOND G. SIPE, 90, of Kingsport, TN, formerly of Towson, MD, was welcomed by his Lord and Savior into his heavenly home on Tuesday, October 4, 2005. He was the son of the late Flavious and Alda Sipe. He was preceded in death by a sister, Ethel Mellon and her husband, Louis, and brother-in-law, Robert Mundis. Surviving are his wife of 64 years, Inez Sipe of Kingsport; sister, Eleanor Mundis of New Oxford, PA; daughter, Vicki S. Royston and husband, Don; granddaughters, Audrey Royston Hein and husband, Jeremiah and Rachael Emily Royston, all of Kingsport; son Craig L. Sipe and wife, Doreen M.; and five step-grandchildren all of Conroe, TX. He is also survived by a dear friend, Ms. Julie Pinto of Australia.

On September 23, 2005, THOMASROYSTON WILSON, beloved husband of Janice H. Wilson of Annapolis, MD. Loving father of Ricky Wilson, David Wilson, Kelly Wilson, Kimberly Wright and Kim Rildoft. Stepfather of Kurt Geisinger, Kenneth Geisinger and James Geisinger. Grandfather of 15 and great-grandfather of 2. Visitation will be Sunday, September 25, from 7 to 9 at the Hardesty Funeral Home, 12 Ridgely Avenue, Annapolis, MD. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, September 26 at 11 A.M. preceded by a visiting time at 10 A.M. at the Asbury Methodist Church, 78 Church Road, Arnold, MD 21012.

On July 17, 2005 FRANCES STUART GREEN; beloved daughter of the late Dr. J. Royston and Mary Chew Grason Green; loving sister of the late J. Royston Green Jr.; dear sister-in-law of Susie Green and dear cousin of Margaret Hill Medeiros; Ridgeley Britton, Diana Skiba, Cynthia Medeiros and Cheryl Hille; and dear friend of Steve De Castellane. A graveside service will be held on Friday, August 12, at 3 P.M. at the Prospect Hill Cemetery, Towson. Arrangements by the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc.

The Rev. Lindley Ginn Royston loved motorcycles so much that he twice blessed groups of cycle enthusiasts at an Edgewater church.He rode all over the country, logging hundreds of thousands of miles, and always preached how wearing a helmet could be the difference between life and death.Crash at U.S. 50 rampBut Thursday evening, the popular 56-year-old pastor of First Baptist Church in Edgewater ran his BMW motorcycle into a guardrail along an entrance ramp to U.S. 50. Apparently he wasn't wearing his helmet.

On Friday August 12, 2005, JEAN D. PRYOR (nee Smith), a former Towson resident died at Heart Homes in Lutherville, she was 85. Born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, Jean met her husband of 56 years, the late James A. Pryor during WWII. Surviving are two children, a son Douglas J. Pryor and his wife Sylvia of Lutherville, MD, a daughter Denise Pryor Royston of Norfolk, Virginia and a sister Eileen Mc Dermitt of Glasgow, Scotland. Funeral services will be private.