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On March 13, 2009, ELVERA NICKENS RICHARDSON. On Thursday, friends may call VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 4101 Edmondson Avenue from 4 to 8 P.M. On Friday, Mrs. Richardson will lie in state at Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Avenue, where the family will receive friends from 10 to 11 A.M with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 233-2400.

On May 30, 2007 CHARLES EDWARD GAITHER beloved husband of Brenda J. Gaither. On Wednesday, friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Balto. Nat'l Pike, from 4:00-8:00 p.m. On Thursday, Mr. Gaither will lie in state at New Union Baptist Church, 510 N. Monroe Street, where the family will receive friends from 10:30-11:00 a.m. with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-233-2400.

On May 28, 2007, JAMES SAMUEL WILLIAMS, 78, of Baltimore, Maryland, passed away while vacationing with his son in Tucson, Arizona. He is survived by his only child, Brian J. Williams of Decatur, Georgia; sister, Ruth Saunders of Baltimore; brothers-in-law Albert Saunders of Baltimore, J. Allen Ball of Kilmarnock, Virginia and the Rev. John H. Cross of Decatur, Georgia; sisters-in-law Gladys Ball of Baltimore and Ruth Ball of Kilmarnock, Virginia; and...

On April 28, 2007, MARLENE (nee Tilghman) devoted mother of H. Maureen Godsey. She is also survived by son-in-law; Joseph, daughter-in-law; Cynthia; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; sister, Sandra Faust; mother-in-law. Edith Johnson; one aunt, one brother-in-law; four sisters-in-law; nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the Carlton C. Douglass Funeral Service, P.A., 1701 McCulloh Street on Thursday 4 to 9 P.M., and Friday 10 A.M., to 1 P.M., when Mrs. Seivers will lie in state at the Union Baptist Church, 105 Main Street, Turners Station, Dundalk, from 2 to 8 P.M. Family will receive friends Saturday 11 to 11:30 A.M., with services following.

On April 3, 2007 BERTHA, devoted mother of Earl B. Jordan. Friends may call at 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 6 P.M. The family will receive friends on Monday at the New Union Baptist Church, 510 N. Monroe Street at 11:00 A.M., followed by Funeral Service at 11:30 A.M.

Catherine Williams Adams, 97, teacher and counselorCatherine Williams Adams, a retired Baltimore school teacher and guidance counselor, died of heart failure Friday at Keswick Multi-Care Center in North Baltimore. She was 97.Born in Ocala, Fla., she graduated in 1929 from what is now Hampton University, in Virginia. She earned her master's degree from New York University in 1957.She began her career in 1929, teaching home economics at Baltimore's Booker T. Washington Junior High. She later transferred to the old Fairmount Hills Vocational School, where she was a guidance counselor until 1966.

As a grand jury began subpoenaing records as part of a criminal probe into Sen. Larry Young and the FBI announced plans to examine the case yesterday, the lawmaker defiantly told his supporters he will take his "people's seat" in the Senate at the start of the legislative session today.In his first public comments since a state ethics committee recommended that he face an expulsion vote for using his office for personal gain, Young told hundreds of supporters last night that he changed his decision after a heartfelt conversation with his mother, Mable Payne.

An article yesterday erred in saying that Baltimore Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke was present at a rally for state Sen. Larry Young at Union Baptist Church. The mayor attended a portion of the rally at a nearby office building on Division Street yesterday, but did not accompany Young supporters to the church.The Sun regrets the error.Pub Date: 1/15/98

Edna Romaine Jones, 96, Baltimore educatorEdna Romaine Jones, a retired educator, died Sunday of a respiratory ailment at her Ashburton home. She was 96.Beginning in 1928, Mrs. Jones spent her career in the Baltimore public school system and rose through the ranks to become divisional superintendent for East Baltimore in 1954. She retired in 1968.In the 1940s, she was principal of William Alexander Elementary School No. 112 at Calhoun and Laurens streets in West Baltimore."She was a joy to work with.

Prosecutors charged a West Baltimore church deacon with first-degree murder yesterday after he allegedly shot an irate man in the head during a quarrel in the church's coffee shop as customers watched in horror, police said.Ernest Arnold Jones, 49, a deacon for more than five years at Union Baptist Church and who had once given the victim a job in the church-run coin-operated laundry, is alleged to have shot Frank Harrell with a .380-caliber pistol he kept behind the coffee shop counter."Frank was a man who had experienced problems in his life and we had tried to help him out by employing him," said Michael Dobson, the son of the Rev. Vernon Dobson, pastor of Union Baptist Church.

On October 13, 2009, DEMETRICK; survived by mother and father; grandmother and grandfather; five sisters; three brothers; aunts; uncles; nieces; nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the Carlton C. Douglass Funeral Services P.A., 1701 McCulloh Street, on Tuesday 3 to 9 P.M. Family will receive friends Wednesday 11:30 to 12 noon at the Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Avenue with services immediately following. Interment King Memorial Park.

On September 1, 2009, JESSYE M. COLEMAN. Today, friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Baltimore National Pike, from 4 to 8 PM. On Tuesday, Mrs. Coleman will lie in state at Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Avenue, where the family will receive friends from 11:30 to 12 PM with services to follow. Inquiries to (410)233-2400.

On July 27, 2009, ROBERT L. COLEMAN. Survived by lifetime companion, Sarah L. Perkins; brother James E. Coleman (Dorothy); two sisters, Willie Rose Snipes (GA), Juanita Coleman-Tyler and a host of other family and friends. Family will receive friends at the WYLIE FUNERAL HOMES, P.A., OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, 9200 Liberty Road on Friday from 5 to 7 P.M. On Saturday, Mr. Coleman will lie in state at the Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Avenue, 11 A.M Wake, 12 P.M Funeral. Entombment following.

On July 24, 2009, Effie S. James. Mrs. James will be on view Thursday July 30, 2009 at 9:30 at Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Avenue where family will also receive friends at 11:15 A.M. funeral services 12:00 P.M. Interment Arbutus Cemetery. www.williamcbrownfh.com

On July 14, 2009, ELIZABETH FLORENCE. She is survived by one son Emmanuel; two daughters, Elease and Terry; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two brothers and a host of other relatives and friends. Mrs. Moore may be viewed Monday at the Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Avenue from 4 to 7 P.M., during which time family members will be present. On Tuesday family officially will receive friends 11 A.M. Funeral services 11:30 A.M. In

On July 10, 2009, TIANA MONE' HINES. Friends may call the WILLIAM C. BROWN COMMUNITY FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 1206 West North Avenue, today from 3 to 7 P.M. On Thursday Tiana will lie in state at Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Avenue, where family will receive friends at 11:30 A.M. Funeral services to follow at 12 noon. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. www.williamcbrownfh.com

On June 25, 2009, CURLEY; devoted mother of Angela Pryor Mondie, Donna Pryor and Horace Jr.; special grandchild Tracie Alston; two sons-in-law; two sisters; four brothers; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three sisters-in-law; nieces; nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the Union Baptist Church, 105 Main Street, Turner Station, MD, on Wednesday 3 to 8 P.M. Family will receive friends Thursday 10 to 10:30 A.M at the above church with services following.

On April 29, 2009, ANNIE PATTERSON MORELAND; beloved sister of James Patterson. Friends may visit the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue, on May 1, 2009 after 8:30 a.m. The family will receive friends on Saturday at 11 a.m. Funeral Service will follow at 11:30 a.m. at Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Avenue. Interment Arlington National Cemetery on May 13, 2009.

On April 12, 2009, JAMES HENRY MOORE, survived by five children Eugene, Wayne, Karen, Sonya, and Janet Moore, and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the WILLIAM C. BROWN COMMUNITY FUNERAL HOME P.A., 1206 W. North Avenue, on Thursday from 3 to 7 PM. Family will receive friends Friday 11:30 AM at Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Avenue. Funeral services 12 noon.

On March 13, 2009, ELVERA NICKENS RICHARDSON. On Thursday, friends may call VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 4101 Edmondson Avenue from 4 to 8 P.M. On Friday, Mrs. Richardson will lie in state at Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Avenue, where the family will receive friends from 10 to 11 A.M with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 233-2400.