Unitarian Universalist Church

"How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night, like softest music to attending ears," says Romeo in Act II of Shakespeare's ultimate love tragedy. That silver sweetness will reverberate in the lofty space of Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis this weekend when coloratura soprano Kathleen Kinhan, tenor Vincent Tulli Chambers and baritone Joseph Specter visit the lovely church for a program of vocal music, "Love Songs Through the Ages." "Music in general touches people on a visceral level," says Tulli Chambers, who has sung with New York's Dicapo, Amato and Regina opera companies.

Viera de G. Williamson, a volunteer and longtime active member of Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, died Oct. 10 from complications of dementia at Emeritus Towson Assisted Living. She was 86. The daughter of Russian Count Alef de Ghize and Eleanor May Jencks de Ghize, a Baltimore artist, Viera de Ghize was born in Mount Kisco, N.Y., and moved with her parents in the late 1920s to a Cockeysville farm. After graduating from the George School in Newtown, Pa., she was studying journalism at Antioch College in 1945 when she married Richard Williamson, who was an Army Air Forces officer.

On September 25, 2003, JOHN T. "JACK" GORSUCH; beloved husband of Carolyn Talbott Gorsuch; devoted father of Wayne T., Carol D. and Craig H. Gorsuch; dear grandfather of Jillian Gorsuch, Thomas, Devin, Kathryn and Rachel Powers. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, October 4, at 2 P.M. at Towson Unitarian Universalist Church. Please omit flowers, contributions may be made to the Endowment Fund of Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, 1710 Dulaney Valley Road, Timonium 21093. Arrangements by the family owned Mitchell-Wiedfeld Funeral Home, Inc.

James Dowling "Jay" Cherry Jr., a former associate professor and chairman of the department of speech at the old Mount St. Agnes College who also gave one-man performances of historic Unitarians, died Aug. 24 of congestive heart failure at Timothy House in Towson. He was 89. The son of a traveling salesman and a homemaker, Mr. Cherry was born in Cleveland and raised in Bay Village, Ohio, where he graduated in 1940 from Parkview High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in speech and drama in 1944 from Ohio Wesleyan University and a master's degree in speech pathology in 1945 from what is now Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

Coffeehouse -- The 333 Coffeehouse will present Mad Agnes at 8 p.m. April 20 at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 333 Dubois Road, Annapolis. The trio mixes the elements of classic and folk music. Admission is $10 for adults and $8 for students and senior adults. 443-786-0463, or www.fsgw.org/333.

"Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation" will be held 8:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. every Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, 333 Dubois Road. A beginner session is open to all to learn the basics of meditation. Call 410-268-9639 for more information.

"Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation" will be held 8:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. every Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, 333 Dubois Road. A beginner session is open to all to learn the basics of meditation. Information: 410-268-9639.

Edwin M. Talbott Jr., who held a variety of occupations during his lifetime and was a founder of the Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, died Sunday from complications of dementia at the Edenwald retirement community in Towson. He was 86. Mr. Talbott was born in Baltimore and raised in Hamilton. He was a 1941 graduate of Polytechnic Institute and earned a degree in electrical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in 1944. From 1944 until being discharged with the rank of lieutenant junior grade in 1945, he served in the Navy aboard submarines in the Atlantic Theater of operations.