Supervisor

Earl S. Riley Jr., a retired Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. construction supervisor, died Aug. 28 from complications of Alzheimer's disease at Citizens Care and Rehabilitation Center in Havre de Grace. He was 78. Mr. Riley was born in Baltimore and raised on the old Selsed Farm on Seminary Avenue in Lutherville, where his father managed the farm's dairy herd. He attended Towson High School and enlisted in the Air Force, where he earned his General Educational Development diploma and was stationed as a fighter plane mechanic on Okinawa during the Korean War. Mr. Riley joined BGE in 1960 and later supervised the company's installations at the Golden Ring and White Marsh malls.

Elizabeth D. "Bette" Ermer, a registered nurse and former operating room supervisor, died Tuesday from complications of a brain tumor at Sinai Hospital. The Lochearn resident was 88. Elizabeth Davis, the daughter of a sheet metal worker and a registered nurse, was born and raised in Scranton, Pa. She was a 1938 graduate of Central High School and earned her nursing degree in 1943 from the Moses Taylor Hospital School of Nursing in Scranton. She moved to Baltimore during World War II after marrying Jack Morgan, who was an ensign in the Navy.

Rose Marie Edwards, a retired Baltimore City Department of Social Services worker who established a tea company, died June 21 of arrhythmia at Northwest Hospital Center. She was 59. Rose Marie Mackall, the daughter of a sheet metal worker and a seamstress, was born in Baltimore and raised on Pennsylvania Avenue. She was a 1969 Forest Park High School graduate and earned a degree in public assistance staff training in 1992 from Baltimore City Community College. Mrs. Edwards worked for 35 years as an income maintenance supervisor for the city Department of Social Services, retiring last year.

Joy Tarter-Smith, a retired city housing relocation official, died of cancer July 1 at Season's Hospice in Randallstown. The Howard Park resident was 74. Born Joy Newsome in Washington, she moved to Baltimore and was a 1953 St. Frances Academy graduate. She attended Hampton Institute and earned a bachelor's degree at Morgan State University in 1958. She worked as a substitute teacher in Baltimore schools before joining the Department of Recreation and Parks in 1961. She was a recreation leader and later became a center director.

John H. "Jack" Meyers Sr., a retired Domino Sugar supervisor and decorated World War II veteran who was commander of a state ex-prisoner of war group, died of cancer Thursday at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center. The Glen Burnie resident was 86. Born in Baltimore and raised in Ferndale, he was a 1942 graduate of Glen Burnie High School and played football for the Linthicum Heights Athletic Association. He joined the Army during World War II and trained with an infantry unit in Africa.

Charles Wilbur "Stretch" Crisp, a retired distillery supervisor and collector of vintage Jaguars, was pronounced dead Saturday at Chester County Hospital in West Chester, Pa. The Woodlawn resident was 66. Mr. Crisp was attending a Cars of England at Oakbourne Mansion classic automobile meet in Westtown, Pa., when, while accepting an award for one of his Jaguars with his wife, he was stricken with the massive heart attack that took his life,...

A former BB&T Bank teller supervisor who prosecutors say stole more than $200,000 for online gambling, lottery tickets and trips to casinos and resorts in Atlantic City pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling over an 18-month period. Quiana Dantelle Ruffin, 34, of the 4400 block of Norfen Road in Halethorpe, pleaded guilty to theft of more than $500 in Howard County Circuit Court. She is to be sentenced April 9. Senior Assistant State's Attorney Colleen McGuinn told Judge Timothy J. McCrone that she would seek a sentence of 10 years in prison, but McCrone said he would countenance no more than 18 months of incarceration.