Obituaries

Jul 7, 2003

MARY VIRGINIA MINOR, age 85, of Bel Air, died at her son¡¦s home in Whiteford on July 7, 2003. Born in Piney Creek, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Rudolph and Rebecca Ann Moxley McMillan and the wife of the late Robert Edmund Minor. She relocated to Bel Air in the mid 1940¡¦s. She worked as a...

Jul 7, 2003

SARAH MABLE CRAIG, 69, of Abingdon, died at Harford Memorial Hospital, July 7, 2003. Born in Shandakein, New York, she was the daughter of the late Russell Bennett, Sr and Myrtle Bush Frasier. A huge Oriole fan, she also was an avid bowler and enjoyed her grandchildren.Mrs. Craig is survived by her husband of 49 years, Stanley J. Craig; four...

Jul 6, 2003

ROBERT ¡§BOB¡¨ ¡§R.J.¡¨ JOSEPH TOMPKINS, age 77, of Edgewood, died at his home on July 6, 2003. Born in New York City, New York, he was the son of the late Isaac Joseph and Margaret Huller Tompkins. He had retired as a U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 from Edgewood Arsenal in 1971 where he worked as an Intelligence Liaison...

Jul 6, 2003

VIRGINIA I. TURNER, age 91, of Havre de Grace, formerly of Catonsville, died in Copper Ridge-Baltimore House on July 6, 2003. Born on March 1, 1912 in Catonsville, she was the daughter of the late George Frederick and Irene Elizabeth Rose Turner. She had retired from Edgewood Arsenal many years ago where she worked as a secretary.Ms. Turner is survived...

Jul 6, 2003

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Jul 5, 2003

LEOTA VIRGINIA MALOYED, age 78, of Bel Air, died at her daughter’s home in Bel Air surrounded by her loving family on July 5, 2003. Born in Saltville, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Charles Finley Talbert and Lula Alice Miller Davis. She had retired from Bata Shoe Company after 30 years of service where she was as...

Jul 3, 2003

NORMAN JOSEPH (JOE) LEE, JR., of Perryman died suddenly on July 3, 2003 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace. He was 80. Born in August 24, 1922 in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Norman Joseph Lee and Ruth Walsh Lee. He was the loving husband for 55 years to Eleanor Grier Lee and spent his...

Jul 2, 2003

RICHARD ROBERT PEARSON, age 65, of Aberdeen, Maryland died in Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore on July 2, 2003. Born in Lewiston, Maine, he was the son of Florence Gagnon Pearson of Aberdeen and the late Howard Pearson. A Harford County resident for 27 years, he had retired from the U.S. Navy as a naval airtraffic controller after 21...

Jul 1, 2003

ELIZABETH KNIGHT LOUDIN. age 92, of Carney, Maryland, died in Lorien Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Belcamp, Maryland on July 1, 2003. Born in Burnsville, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Silas L. and Minora Childress Beall, and the wife of the late Ralph Knight and the late Ray Loudin. A resident of West Virginia for 87...

Jun 29, 2003

Jun 28, 2003

DOROTHY JANE MINNICK, age 65, of Bel Air, died in Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on June 28, 2003. Born in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Albert LeRoy and Laura Kathryn Long Herr. A resident of Harford County for 43 years, she worked at Fallston General Hospital in environmental services for 15 years. Her number one priority...

Jun 27, 2003

NORAH ELIZABETH WILLHITE, 52, of Huntsville, Alabama, died at her home on June 27, 2003. Born in Glade Springs, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late William Harvey and Ruth Ellen Brown Gregory. Formerly of Harford County, Maryland, she moved to Washington state in 1983 and then to Alabama in 1990. She enjoyed designing, making and selling crafts throughout...

Jun 25, 2003

ERIKA R. YOUNGBLOOD, 79, of Abingdon, died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on June 25, 2003. Born in East Prussia, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Ella Gorlish. She was a former member of the German Radio Club, the Edelweiss German Club and the Fidelitas Club.Mrs. Youngblood is survived by her husband of 49 years, John C....

Jun 23, 2003

FRANK MIKE ESKRA, age 84, of Bel Air, Maryland died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, Maryland on June 23, 2003. Born in Holich, Czechoslovakia, he was the son of the late Ignace and Mary Eskra, and the husband of the late Agnes Kordula Eskra. He had retired in 1981 from the Bata Shoe Company where he worked as...

Jun 22, 2003

EDGAR HAROLD SMITH, age 73, of Edgewood since 1964, died at his home on June 22, 2003. Born in High Point, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Edgar Percy and Lucille Mattie Newby Smith. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict and for 20 years of duty as a Chief Warrent Officer....

Jun 21, 2003

MARY E. BELL HANNA, of Essex, died on June 21, 2003 after a long illness, Mary Hanna, known as “Queen Mary”, a four year resident of Ivy Hall Geriatric Center. Born in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late John August Schollian and the late Elizabeth Meehan DeVage. She worked as a bookkeeper at Cagney’s Restaurant. “Queen Mary” will...

Jun 21, 2003

LIONEL LAFAYETTE WAGONER, JR., age 63, of Edgewood, Maryland died at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, Maryland on June 21, 2003. Born in Springfield, West Virginia, he was the son of Lillian Mae Heavner Wagoner of Virginia and the late Lionel Lafayette Wagoner, Sr. He worked as a truck driver. In his younger years he enjoyed restoring older cars,...

Jun 20, 2003

KAY ANN RIERSON, age 59, of Edgewood, died at her home on June 20, 2003. Born in Dundalk, she was the daughter of the late Fred Henry and Helen Margaret Cox Diegelman. She worked as a clerical secretary for the U.S. Government.Mrs. Rierson is survived by two sons, Jeff Rierson of Abingdon; Steve Rierson of Idaho Falls, Idaho; one daughter,...

Jun 19, 2003

TED KENDRICK SIMMONS, age 79, of Bel Air, died in Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium on June 19, 2003. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Ira Jackson and Edith Marie Sproul Simmons. During WW II, he worked in the Budd Ammunition Plant in Philadelphia. After the war he attended TriState University, Indiana where he studied...

Jun 19, 2003