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On May 21, 2005 TANYA WINCHESTER Friends may call at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Avenue, on Thursday, after 1 P.M., where Funeral Services will take place on Friday at 10 A.M. See www.marchfh.com

Baltimore police are investigating the death of a young child in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood. Police spokeswoman Detective Angela Carter-Watson said police responded to the 1600 block of Mountmor Court at 10:01 a.m. to investigate the death. She said she didn't know the age of the child or any details about the death. Police will release more details as they become available. jgeorge@baltsun.com Twitter.com/justingeorge

On August 15, 2005, JAMES ROBERT; devoted father of Beverly Winchester and James E. Winchester; loving father of Maryann Zink and the late Eileen Oliver; dear grandfather of Brandy Priest, Amber and Autumn Winchester; cherished son of the late James and Yolanda Winchester. Friends may call at the CONNELLY FUNERAL HOME OF DUNDALK, P.A., 7110 Sollers Point Road, on Wednesday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Mass will be held at St. Rita Catholic Church on Thursday 11 A.M. Entombment Holly Hill Memorial Gardens.

When passersby drive through West Baltimore's Sandtown-Winchester community, they won't see flags symbolizing unity or notice traces of an affluent town. What they will see is a neighborhood once riddled with drug trade and prostitution, now being transformed with the help of activists like Pastor C.W. Harris. A native of Sandtown-Winchester, Harris is one of 15 BMe Leadership Award recipients being recognized as black men doing their part to better Baltimore. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Open Society Foundations, BMe (Black Male Engagement)

Joan Winchester shot 1-over par on the back nine to separate herself from the rest of the field, and her 38-37--75 won the inaugural Baltimore Women's Amateur championship yesterday at Mount Pleasant Golf Course.Winchester, from Rolling Road Golf Club, included three birdies in her 2-over-par tour of the 5,294-yard course. Earlier this summer, she had won the Women's Metropolitan and Elkridge Seniors titles.Shirley Williams, the Spring Publinx champion, shot 38-38--76 on her home course to take second place.

On November 9, 2003, ELIZABETH J. "Betty"; loving wife of the late Robert J. Winchester III; devoted mother of Barbara Seabrease and her husband Bill and Beverly Krantz and her husband Jeff; beloved sister of Gertrude O'Brien, Sophia Schmidt, George Spalding and the late Charles Spalding; cherished grandmother of Kara Krantz; devoted friend of Frank Fielding. The family will receive friends in the LEMMON FUNERAL HOME OF DULANEY VALLEY INC., 10 W. Padonia Rd.,(at York Rd) Timonium-Cockeyville on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM. A celebration of Betty's life will be held in the Timonium United Methodist Church, 2300 Pot Springs Rd., Timonium, MD 21093 on Wednesday November 12, at 11 AM. Interment private.

On November 21, 2003, EDMUND W., JR. "Ned"; dear husband of the late Helen W.; beloved father of Stephanie Klien, Peggy Moody and Clinton Winchester; devoted grandfather of four grandsons and two great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at FINK FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 426 Crain Hwy, S.W., at 5th Ave., on Monday, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral Services will be held at St. Martins in the Field, on Tuesday, 11:00 A.M. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to St. Martins in the Field Church, 375 Benfield Road, Severna Park, 21146.

Three men were shot in separate incidents Wednesday night across Baltimore, and they were expected to survive their injuries, police said. The first man was found lying in the street in the 1300 block of North Carey Street in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood. Police said the man suffered from a gunshot wound to his buttocks, and paramedics transported him to an area hospital. Detectives do not have a motive or suspect, police said. At 6:44 p.m., police responded to a shooting in the 500 block of North Glover St. in McElderry Park, where they found a man on the ground suffering from gunshot wounds to his lower back and hand.

Amelia J. Brooks, a retired store manager and active church member, died Feb. 16 from heart failure at a daughter's home in Buford, Ga. The former longtime West Baltimore resident was 90. The daughter of a cobbler and a housekeeper, the former Amelia Juanita Soden was born in Baltimore and raised near Harlem Park. Mrs. Brooks was a 1941 graduate of Frederick Douglass High School and at an early age began attending church at Union Baptist Church and Douglas Memorial Baptist Church.

Responding to a 4 a.m. emergency call, police found a 24-year-old man stabbed multiple times in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood of Baltimore. Thomas Rawlings, whose last known address was the 1800 block of N. Fulton Ave. where he was found, was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead at 4:36 a.m., Baltimore police Det. Vernon Davis said. Police have no motives or suspect in the slaying.

The empty lot in West Baltimore is usually a desolate spot, the sort of place people visit to leave an old mattress in the bushes or sneak a drink at night. But this week, chain saws buzzed, trucks rumbled and residents shoveled compost at North Fulton and Lorman streets in Sandtown-Winchester as workers set up a 3,300-square-foot organic greenhouse, breaking ground on one of the city's biggest entries in the fast-growing national movement known as urban farming. The farm, now called Strength to Love Farms, will eventually be able to grow more than 150,000 pounds of fresh produce a year, all to be sold and distributed locally, according to Alex Persful, president and chief horticulturist of the urban agriculture firm Big City Farms.

A man killed Saturday in Baltimore's Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood is the 200th homicide victim in Baltimore this year, according to records maintained by the Baltimore Sun. Police identified the victim as James Johnson, 22, of the 6800 block of Harlem Avenue in West Baltimore. He had been found in the 1300 block of Laurens Street just after 1:30 p.m. with multiple gunshot wounds to the upper torso and head, according to police, who responded to reports of a shooting. He was taken to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 2 p.m. The shooting happened at the intersection of Laurens and North Carey streets.