Obituaries

Jun 20, 2006

CLAUDIA MERLE MABE HAWKINS, age 78, of Aberdeen, MD, met the Lord on June 20, 2006 at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville , VA. Born in Bristol, VA, she was the daughter of the late Robert Bruce and Mary Virginia Wilson Phillips. She lived in Harford County most of her life and worked at Bata Shoe Company. She...

Jun 17, 2006

ANDREW ORES JACKSON, JR., age 84, of Bel Air, MD, died on June 17, 2006 at the Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson, MD after a short illness. He was born in Searight, AL on December 5, 1921, the son of the late Andrew Ores Jackson, Sr. and Mattie Miltida Pope Jackson. He was a WWII veteran serving as...

Jun 17, 2006

WALTER LEROY ROTH, age 82, of Fallston, MD, died on June 17, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Essex, MD, he was the son of the late Edward and Emma Hartline Roth. He served his country in the US Navy and was a Harford County resident for 40 years. He worked as a line worker at a...

Jun 16, 2006

Jun 16, 2006

TOMMY L. SAYLOR, age 59, of Edgewood, MD, died on June 16, 2006 at his home. Born in York, PA, he was the son of the late Thorton Jerome and Juanita Smith Saylor. For the past four years, he was a security guard for the Harford County Government. Earlier, he worked as a flagman for many years and for the...

Jun 15, 2006

DEBORAH G. HAMMOND, age 43, of Bel Air, MD, died on June 15, 2006 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Born in Mt. Holly, NJ, she was the daughter of Carole Ann Borden Harrison and William Harrison of Dover, DE. She worked as a Retail Service Manager in the Retail Food Service industry. She graduated from...

Jun 14, 2006

AMANDA E. JACKSON, age 75, of Abingdon, MD, died on June 14, 2006 at the Stella Maris home in Timonium, MD. Born in Sparta, NC, she was the daughter of the late Marvin Spurlin and the late Sallie Victoria Williams Smith. She was a homemaker.Ms. Jackson is survived by two sons, Charles E. Jackson of Belcamp, MD and James E....

Jun 14, 2006

BENJAMIN JOSEPH SMITH, age 46, of Whiteford, MD, died on June 14, 2006 at the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Robert Kenneth Smith and Connie Smith of Edgewood, MD. He was a carpenter who worked in the family firm of Robert K. Smith & Sons. According to his family, he was said...

Jun 13, 2006

BARBARA ANN CROUSE, age 41, of Bel Air, died at Mariner Health of Bel Air on June 13, 2006. Born in Havre de Grace, she was the daughter of Ruth Lillie Whitaker Crouse of Bel Air and the late Wade Tyre Crouse. She was a graduate of John Archer School and attended the Harford Center in Havre de Grace. In...

Jun 12, 2006

RUTH M. SHARROCK, age 85, of Bel Air, MD, died on June 12, 2006 at Harford Memorial Hospital. Born in Bryan, OH, she was the daughter of the late Howard S. and Pearl Marie Jones Maneval, and the wife of the late Robert E. Sharrock. She was a homemaker who was a recipient of Maryland’s “Geri” Award as a Maryland...

Jun 11, 2006

DEBORAH A. HAUCK, age 42, of Abingdon, MD, died on June 11, 2006 at her home. Born in Williamsport, PA, she was the daughter of Suzanne Jane Otto Hartsock of Williamsport, PA and Paul Edward Hartsock of Montoursville, PA. She was dedicated to her job as the executive director of the part-time engineering programs at the Whiting School of Engineering...

Jun 10, 2006

TALLULAH PERRY OWENS died on June 10, 2006 at her home in Abingdon, MD at the age of 74. Born on November 15, 1931, she was the third of four children born to the late Lonnie and Jessie Perry. She graduated from Tuskegee High School in 1950. Mrs. Owens then attended Tuskegee University where she met her future husband, Dr....

Jun 9, 2006

HELEN KIRK BREEDEN, age 103, recently of Wooster, OH, formerly of Fallston, MD, died on June 9, 2006 at West View Manor in Wooster, OH. Born in Fallston, MD, she was the daughter of the late Henry Columbus and Annie Bailey Kirk. She began the first grade at Youth’s Benefit School when it first opened in 1910. Her mother died...

Jun 9, 2006

LAWRENCE “LARRY” KLINE, age 87, OF Essex, MD, died on June 9, 2006 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Charles Edward and Leona Mary Staelen Kline. He was a carpenter who enjoyed gardening and watching the Orioles.Mr. Kline is survived by one daughter, Carol Ann Day-Meadows,...

Jun 8, 2006

WILLIAM “BILL” WHITE GALLION, III, age 51, of Havre de Grace, MD, died on June 8, 2006 at the Harbor Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of Charlotte Mae Chenowith Gallion of Linthicum, MD and the late William White Gallion, Jr. He was a Commercial Refrigeration Service Technician who worked for Multi Marine Services...

Jun 7, 2006

MARIA “MARI” LUISA MERCADO, age 63, of Manchester, MD, formerly of Churchville, MD, died on June 7, 2006 at her home. Born in Manila, The Philippines, she was the daughter of Julia D. Barretto of Havre de Grace, MD and the late Jose Ramos Barretto. She was office manager for Orthopedic Associates in Havre de Grace, MD until recently. She...

Jun 5, 2006

THOMAS BERNARD RYAN, age 64, of Havre de Grace, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on June 5, 2006.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 16, 1942, he was the son of Lillian Kiemer Ryan of Abingdon, MD and the late Richard C. Ryan. A resident of Harford County for 60 years, Mr. Ryan graduated from Edgewood High School in 1960,...

Jun 4, 2006

JUSTUS S. LETTS, age 88, of Bel Air, MD died on June 4, 2006 at Manor Care in Rossville, MD. Born in Jamaica, NY, he was the son of the late Samuel J. and Clara Hipperling Letts. He retired as the Plant Superintendent after 40 years with Grumman Aerospace in Glen Arm, MD. He was one of the founding members...

Jun 4, 2006

BOBBY L. OVERBAY, age 70, of Street, MD, died on June 4, 2006 at his home. Born in Marion, VA, he was the son of the late David Sylvannis and Gertrude Carter Overbay. He was a body and fender mechanic. His family said that he loved to play shuffleboard and sing karaoke. They also said that he enjoyed spending time...

Jun 3, 2006

HELEN ANN SOBOLEWSKI, age 91, of Palm Bay Florida, died at Palm Bay Community Hospital on June 3, 2006. Born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the John Joseph and Catherine Anna Pluto Byorick and the wife of the late William Claude Sobolewski. A resident of Joppatowne most of her life, she also lived overseas as a wife...