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Deputies Searching for Suspects Drivers Feel the Pinch at the in Racist Graffiti Spree
By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Investigators are following up leads and looking for suspects in connection with a spate of racist graffiti found early Monday morning at Leonardtown Elementary School and in the surrounding neighborhood. Police and construction workers at the site said as many as 10 to 12 racist slurs against Mexicans and African Americans were spray painted inside the school, which is currently undergoing a total renovation project. Schools Superintendent Michael Martirano was shocked at the incident. Im absolutely appalled and disturbed that this would happen, Martirano told The County Times. These kinds of activities are hurtful to our community. Thank goodness these incidents are few and far between. Maryland State Police patrols were the first to respond to the discovery of the graffiti by construction workers but police say that the vandals could have hit the school sometime between Saturday, May See Graffiti page A-5
Derick Brown, a utilities assistant for Leonardtown, takes down a stop sign spray painted with a swastika by vandals who also hit Leonardtown Elementary School with at least 10 separate racial slurs or symbols in the first spree of its kind at a school in recent memory. His supervisor, Jay Johnson, also helped in the clean up graffiti throughout the neighborhood next to the school.
County Ridge Rescue Index Homeownership President Rescued Out of the by Blood Banks Blood Drive Held in his Realm for Honor to Replenish Supply Working Class
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By Adam Ross Staff Writer Homeownership in St. Marys County is out of reach for 61 percent of the countys two-earner households, according to a report given to the Board of County Commissioners Tuesday from the Workforce Housing Task Force. The task force reported that of the $337,501 average purchase price of a single-family home in St. Marys, two earners would have to make over $80,000 collectively to be approved for such a mortgage. Without access to affordable housing, the county will continue to fall behind in hiring and retaining skilled workers. Pax River, the countys current economic engine, is already feeling the pinch as it attempts to hire highly technical personnel most often found outside of the county. We came to one conclusion after all this, said Christopher Longmore, co-chair of the task force, of the two-year process the group went through. That our concerns were confirmed. Quite simply, earning our countys median income can no longer afford a median income house. As of February there were only 200 homes in the county available for $325,000 or less. The task force targeted teachers and law enforcement officials as those who work in the county, but do not make enough to afford the available starting price for homes, usually in the $350,000 to $400,000 level. A starting salary for a sheriff or schoolteacher is approximately $34,000, according to human resources department job postings. Families that make more than $83,270 a year would not be eligible for workforce initiatives. The American dream is to have your own home, said Commissioner Larry Jarboe (R- Golden Beach), and generally speaking a single family home. The task force developed four recommendations to address the workforce housing needs of the county. The first, introduced by Robin Finnacom of By Guy Leonard Staff Writer
Joseph Titus, president of the Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad and volunteer firefighter at the Ridge station, has endured his share of torment these past few weeks. On April 23, severe internal bleeding from an ulcer forced him into St. Marys Hospital for five days and then Georgetown University Hospital until May 12.
The only thing that kept him alive was more than 50 units of blood, by his familys count. Following his ordeal, Titus fellow emergency personnel, as well as friends and community members, turned out for a blood drive to honor their friend and replace the life-giving substance he had used up. Once I found out about it I was overSee Blood Drive page A-
Clyde Tennyson, of Scotland helps to replenish the blood supply used by Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad President Joe Titus as Sean Connelly, a Red Cross phlebotomist from Temple Hills watches over him.
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damage following Ernesto. It would also have been useful for surveying the damage to shallow waterways and marshlands after the Chalk Point power plant oil spill of 2000. DeMattia said that rupture caused 111,000 gallons of oil to leak out into the Patuxent River and its tributaries, killing wildlife and soiling beaches. The boat, which cost about $12,500, was purchased with a matching grant from the Maryland Department of Natural resources.
Danny OFlaherty plays the guitar, harp, fiddle, bagpipe, accordion and tin whistle for kids around the world.
By Adam Ross Staff Writer World-renowned Celtic Balladeer Danny OFlaherty enchanted the students of Father Andrew White Friday with an array of ballads, sing alongs and dance moves. Using the guitar, accordion and tin whistle, OFlaherty took the students on a journey across the Atlantic Ocean into the traditions of his native Ireland. From his knees, he shared songs of leprechauns and fairies. The students clapped along nodding their heads to the rhythm and anxiously awaiting the words of the next verse. Ireland is a magical country, OFlaherty said to the children just before he began strumming his guitar. In recent years Ireland has become number three in education and the seventh richest, yet we still believe in fairies. So much so, OFlaherty said, if a fairy tree is spotted in Ireland, the government does whatever is necessary to maintain and preserve it, even redirecting the construction of a highway once to maintain a trees natural location. Yet unlike his fellow countrymens stronghold on certain traditions, OFlaherty has repeatedly reinvented himself, first after migrating to the United States when he was 16, and again when Hurricane Katrina destroyed his New Orleans home and his family business. I dont want to play the
Katrina card all over the country, but its still there for all of us, said OFlaherty a halfhour before he put his game face on for the kids. My wife and I went into bankruptcy, we had to. He uses his plight even in his performances, where he educates students on the reality of hurricanes and the wetlands of which are affected. OFlaherty has since moved from his New Orleans home to Jasper Texas, a far cry from the urban landscape of the big easy. And although he lost OFlaherty Irish Channel, the pub and cultural center he built with his brother Patrick to kick-start the Celtic revival in Louisiana, he is now back on his feet with a new website and polished musical program. Ive been blessed in many ways, he said, my wifes brother gave us a house in Jasper for six free months, which enabled us to fix our home in New Orleans and sell it. But the past is just that for OFlaherty, and he knows it quite well, drawing on more than 3000 years of Celtic history to inspire his lyrics. Wearing khaki pants, soft looking brown shoes and an off-gray shirt, OFlaherty opened his program pointing to central Europe on a world map just behind his left shoulder. He explained to the roughly 60 students spanning over five grades that the Celtic people once lived in what is todays modern Austria. Im not going to bore you
to tears with all the stories of the Celtic, he said now walking towards the students lined in disproportional rows sitting Indian style on the floor, Im going to sing some songs. As he sang, as is the case with many musicians, facial lines jump out at the audience as muscles continuously reshape to create the sounds and lyrics of what felt like OFlahertys revival back from the lows of natural disaster. And behind OFlahertys long face, which is anchored by a sharp chin, were two friends, Father James Myers who set the school gig up for him, and Daniel Rebarchick who hired him for another show at his restaurant in California Md. The two venues were far different from the high profile events OFlaherty has played in the past, including an Inaugural Ball, a Worlds Fair and numerous conventions. Father Myers has married both he and his brother Michael, and Rebarchick was a chef at a D.C. restaurant that OFlaherty once played. Im still having trouble getting gigs, added OFlaherty, appreciative of his two old chums helping him to fly out and perform. But hes not having trouble getting applause, which was apparent by the students reactions as they laughed, sang and danced their way through OFlahertys performance Friday, a one-of-a-kind adventure.
Sheriffs deputies pack up after ending a barricade situation peacefully on Baptist Church Road in Mechanicsville May 16. Negotiators worked to get the suspect, charged with assaulting a woman who dove out his homes front window, to come out after a two-hour standoff.
The crowd goes wild as Celtic Balladeer Danny OFlaherty rocks the house at the Father Andrew White School in Leonardtown.
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led MWR through its largest growth period when Pax River expanded as a result of base realignment and closure (BRAC) decisions. Her tenure is marked by the numerous construction and renovation projects which include the golf course, marina, the Energy Zone fitness center, Goat Locker, Patuxent Landing restaurant, waterfront pavilions and playgrounds, Rassieur Youth Center and Child Development Center.
In Your Community
Golf Tournament
The Bay District Volunteer Fire Department is hosting its 11th annual golf tournament Monday July 9 at the Wicomico Shores Golf Course. Shotgun starts at 9 a.m., in scramble captains choice format. Cost is $65.00 per player, which includes fees, cart, lunch, beverages and prizes. Open to the general public. For more information call Joe Cooper at 301-863-5362.
Bluegrass Concert
The Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department is hosting Sunday Bluegrass on May 27 from 1 to 5 p.m. Tickets $15 each, children 12 and under for free. The event is featuring the bands, Phoenix and Gold Heart. Food and refreshments will be available by the Ladies Auxiliary. Event includes 50/50 raffle. For more infor-
Memorial Day
County Government Offices will be closed on Monday, May 28, 2007, in observance of Memorial Day. Offices will reopen on Tuesday, May 29, 2007. The St. Andrews Landfill and six (6) Convenience Centers will
be closed and the St. Marys Transit System (STS) will not be operating on Monday, May 28, 2007. The Landfill, Convenience Centers and STS bus service will be open for regular business hours during the weekend prior to the holiday and following the holiday on Tuesday, May 29, 2007. The three St. Marys County libraries will also be closed on
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Alana Petett, a fifth grader from Green Holly Elementary School had had her artwork chosen by The Baltimore Washington International Airport to be hung up on the 6th floor/observation level. The theme was taking flight, where Petetts crayon resist painting of an owl was chosen as the only representative of St. Marys County. Congratulations to Alana from the students and faculty of Green Holly Elementary School!
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Yard Sale
A community yard sale at Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum in Waldorf Maryland is being held June 2nd, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The house is located at 3725 Dr. Samuel Mudd Road. He cost is $15 a space, and sellers must provide their own tables and chairs. Proceeds will benefit the Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Society. For more information call 301-274-9358.
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Parade
The Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department and Ladies Auxiliary is having its 50th Anniversary parade June 30 starting at 3:30 p.m. Music and fireworks will accompany the parade. Music provide by the kings of classic rock, Great Train Robbery. Fireworks at dusk on the fire department grounds, food and refreshments available throughout. Fire related vendor space contact John Gatton, Jr., at 301-373-3602.
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Hurricane Season officially starts June 1, but local officials are urging St. Marys County residents to take measures now to plan and prepare for the upcoming season.
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Art Reception
The Lexington Park Library Art Gallery will be holding an opening reception for the members of the Calvert Art Guild who have their artwork on display at library during the month of June. Reception is free, call 301-8638188 for more information.
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By Adam Ross Staff Writer Moving is an expensive feat, even to the seasoned U-haul renter, master boxer, speed cleaner and weightlifting champion. For the rest of us, who have no such skills, the cost of moving becomes increasingly difficult to bear. Being that Im relatively young, and can still carry a 150-pound box (I think), and
mobile home residents, especially those with those extra wide campers. At the Board of County Commissioners meeting last week, the soon-to-be displaced mobile home residents pleaded for assistance, citing costs of nearly $12,000 to physically relocate their trailers. In most cases, theyre hard working, blue-collar people who have never been handed anything for free, and they most certainly dont have $12,000 to move. Well, unless they sell a couple kidneys on my threshold for pain is enSure enough, I was right. the black market. The commissioners retirely too high, moving for all But it turns out theres more; intents and purposes is man- moving a trailer home, and ceived approval from the resiageable. But I hate it, and so not just the contents inside it, dents to apply for $360,000 in is a lot like moving any home grant money from the state, do most of you. So when I heard the except, you dont get a chance which will go towards helping residents of the National and to throw out everything but them relocate. But even if the White Oak mobile home parks the kitchen sink that too is money is allocated, with 160 were being forced from their along for the ride. Moving an misplaced households from plots of land, I listened close- entire house is rarely practiced both parks, that only averages ly, mainly because I knew the by the everyday cross-county to $2,250 per unit far less costs were high while time movers, one can only imagine than what would be needed. Now dont get me wrong, and availability of new land to the cost associated with such transfer to was low. a venture. Its no different for prices arent set in stone. Its
possible the costs cited by several of the parks residents were inflated or misquoted, but neither the commissioners or one of the parks owners spoke out against the quoted prices. In fact, an owner of White Oak Park is already chipping in $3100 to each of the displaced residents. That brings the total of relief money to $5,350, if the grant money is received, still a shortfall. And part of the problem is all the question marks. Just how much should the county be responsible, if at all? Or how responsible are the management companies, who have sold the land for what one can only assume is a hefty profit. In many cases these residents have nowhere to go, citing other mobile home parks as full, or unsafe. Commissioner Daniel H. Raley sympathized with the residents last week, and offered support. Just what that support is, beyond the $360,000 in grant cash is still
unclear. Part of me expected a collaboration of minds last week, a brainstorm of different ideas the county could come up with to foster a solution for this unique quandary. But it never happened. Assistance is never guaranteed, especially when this sort of transaction is commonplace in our capitalistic society. But we owe it to these people to at least have the discussion. Simply frowning and playing public psychologist doesnt do these residents any good. And the $360,000 doesnt do them enough good. So, is the problem a lost cause or an opportunity? The commissioners again appear to be caught in the middle, a stance that is becoming commonplace for this newly elected board only this time its costing peoples livelihoods.
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who died at Point Lookout from 1864 to 1865 when it served as a Civil War prison camp. The group Dunbar represents will fly the Confederate flag there daily.
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you dont need the volcano to help, it can be accomplished by spreading a thinner layer of mulch, 2 to 4 inches deep, kept back 1 to 2 inches from the trunk. Spread mulch wide but not deep. You wont need to use your weed whacker close to the trunk of tree which is dangerous. Too many oops, I got too close and the odds of your having a sick or dying tree go up. With the correct mulching job, you wont need to get near the trunk with the whacker. You have control over the trees in your yard, of course, but what about the trees in green spaces, etc.? Well, if your neighborhood has a homeowners association that means your HOA fees are probably paying the landscaping service that cuts the grass and over-mulches the trees. So tell them to stop over-mulching. If they dont, fire them when their contract is up and find someone who will do what you want. After all, youre paying them. And if the landscape service that kills the trees also sells and plants new trees, well, you can figure out the rest..
ers who construct workforce housing, which could be in the form of lessened restrictions on meeting school seat allocations, waiving the economic impact fee, or lessening the 50 percent open space requirement. However, some of those issues would require legislative action from Annapolis, said Raley. This is a waste of land, said Denis D. Canavan, director of Land Use and Growth Management of the 50 percent open space requirement. It should be used more efficiently for development. The next objective called to increase community awareness of the issue by dedicating staff to coordinate services and programs. The fourth and final ob-
jective is to establish an ongoing source of funding to sustain workforce housing initiatives. Everything has a price tag to it, added Jack Candela of the Patuxent Partnership, and the only way a program can be successful is with ongoing support for it. Raley called the report timely, because the commissioners are nearing the deadline for finalizing the years operational and capital budgets. The report also springs up at a time where the county is nearing a new transferable development rights (TDR) proposal, which too would add to the costs of buying a home. At $15,000 per TDR, without certain exemptions, developers have less incentive to build workforce housing. The com-
missioners have considered building in TDR exemptions to families giving away land to other family members. If we are going to do that for family heritage, we should do it for the poorer people in the county too, said Jarboe. The taskforce consisted of representatives from county government, the board of education, the teachers association, the sheriffs office, nonprofits, defense contractors and faith-based organizations.
Gas Prices
Continued from page A- would target gasoline suppliers who continually raise gas prices and disseminate false or misleading information with the intent of gaming the wholesale market. The act would empower federal regulators, who at the moment have no such authority, to ensure greater market transparency and go after companies that manipulate oil and gas prices. It would also give the President the authority to declare national energy emergencies during which guilty price-gougers would be subject to new fines and criminal penalties. Just how gas prices reach these devastating levels is a topic of great debate. One explanation is that lower import levels and numerous refinery outages have slowed supply to the ever-increasing demand. The cost of crude oil and refining have a direct impact as well. But theres also growing skepticism that unregulated energy trading allows oil companies to manipulate the market. America needs affordable gas prices in order to keep rolling, said Mikulski. We need to make sure farmers can put fuel in their tractors, that watermen and fisherman can put fuel in their tanks and go out to do their jobs. If the bill is signed into law before the summer driving season begins, it remains to be seen whether it will actually bring prices down. Twenty-eight states have similar laws, but a federal ban is needed to truly prevent harmful market manipulation, according to Mikulski. In random sampling of 26 county gas stations from Friday to Monday, The County Times found the average county gas price for regular unleaded to be $3.056. The cheapest gas was located in the northern area of the county, near Charlotte Hall and Mechanicsville, where gas prices frequently dipped under $3. However, from Hollywood to Lexington Park, gas prices were consistently, if not always over $3. Commissioner Larry Jarboe represents the Northern district of St. Marys and said that the buying habits of different stations translate into different deals. However Jarboe acknowledged that there is no valid explanation to his districts low prices, which at times during the sample dipped as much as 26 cents lower than in Southern parts of the county. Commission President Francis Jack Russell and Jarboe are both strong advocates of alternative fuel methods. Russell even drives a car fueled in part by vegetable oil. My wife gets mad and says that it smells like a bowl of french fries driving down the road, Russell joked. The highest price noted was $3.16 at the Shell Gas Station just before Gate 1 of Pax River off Three Notch Road; however, prices fluctuated, in some cases by the hour.
of any graffiti spree, Clements said. Clements said that the physical impact of the graffiti spree was minimal and that construction was proceeding ahead as planned on the $17.5 million project. This was the first incident of racist graffiti in recent memory at a county public school, he said. Its somewhat of a surprise but the graffiti was spray painted on walls that had not been painted; if it were in the finishing stages it could have hampered the completion of the project.
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Memorial
Continued from page A- phase two and itll be a lot different in about a month. Currently a monument with unfinished walkway and surrounding flag poles stands at the at the corner of Route 5 as visitors turn to go to the park and after the second phase is finished the organization hopes to have a bronze statue of an anonymous Confederate soldier, starving, ragged and dressed in tatters sans shoes, standing at the pedestal-like monument. The subject of Confederate soldiers at the prison camp has been controversial for the past several years, with members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, an another group that celebrates Confederate heritage, engaging in federal court battles with the VA over federal government censorship of remarks from speeches about what they claimed were lackluster upkeep at the federal monument and the governments refusal to let the Confederate flag fly there year-round. Those attempts to reinstate the Confederate banner failed and the PLPOW decided it needed its own avenue of expression. Patricia Buck, of Newport News, Va, and the founding member of the PLPOW, said that the VA continues to demand that she and others like her submit their speeches for review before speaking at any memorials at the federal cemetery. The PLPOW still attends these federally sponsored ceremonies but members are looking forward to having their own place to speak and fly the Confederate battle flag as they wish. You dont have freedom of speech there, Buck said. Martin Sendek, an attorney in the Office of General Counsel for the VA, said that speakers are not required to turn in their speeches, but they are required to tell VA officials basically what they will say. He said any censorship of remarks was designed to retain the decorum one would expect in a cemetery and avoid personal viewpoints or partisan speech. There are plenty of venues for that but a cemetery is not one of them, Sendek said. We require the decorum of shrines to be maintained and we like to know whats going on in our own backyard. When the group first dedicated their private park in 2005, about two years after they purchased it, one prominent county official said he caught a great deal of flak from the public for coming out and attending the ceremony. County Commissioner Larry Jarboe (D-Golden Beach) said that soon after he made comments in support of PLPOW remembering their heritage messages came flooding in slamming him for being a racist. It was like an organized E-mail event directed at me, Jarboe told The County Times. That always bothered me that people would consider it [honoring the Confederacy] a racist endeavor. Jarboe had relatives who fought on the Union side of The Civil War with distinction but he agrees that those with confederate relatives who fought and died in that conflict have as much right to memorialize their history. I hope they can get it completed, Jarboe said of the Confederate monument. Theyre trying to recognize people who suffered a great deal. They want to remember history and thats important.
The County Times would like to Congratulate Judy MacWilliams on being named Maryland State Republican Woman of the Year by the State Republican Central Committee. Ms. MacWilliams is a former resident of St. Marys County whos
parents and in-laws were also residents of St. Marys County. In addition at the LincolnRegan Dinner held on May 19th Doug Ritchie of Mechanicsville, MD was named Republican Man of the Year for St. Marys County. Elizabeth Lewis, a graduate of
St. Marys College was named Republican Woman of The Year for St. Marys County. Ms. Lewis documentary will air on Maryland Public Television June 15, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
Blood Drive
Continued from page A- whelmed. Overwhelmed and excited, Titus, 56, said when he came out to witness the blood drive in his honor at the Ridge Volunteer Fire Department May 17. About 128 donors arrived out of more than 140 who signed up, and phlebotomists from the American Red Cross drew 77 units of blood from the donors. Janet Brundage, of California, knew Titus while working with him for 15 years at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, where he was in the federal fire service. When she heard about his plight she wanted to find a way to help. Ive known Joe for years and I wanted to do something for him, Brundage said, who was shocked to hear he had fallen ill so quickly. I just saw him two days before [his internal bleeding started] and he looked fine to me. But Titus, who has diabetes and other ailments, was anything but fine. When he went to the hospital, doctors could not immediately find the rupture in his lower intestine and had to keep blood flowing into him to keep him alive. Marsha Evans, Titus daughter who is also a rescue squad member, said that the past few weeks for the family have been harrowing and they were glad to be through it. Its been an interesting
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few weeks, Evans said sarcastically with a smile. Oh, yeah. Its been a great time. We just keep on trucking, thats all we can do. Doctors at Georgetown were finally able to locate the rupture and seal it with medication during an endoscopic procedure because Titus other conditions made it too risky to perform major surgery. Titus can only recall pieces of his stay in the hospital in which he lost about 30 pounds, he said, from his large frame. Im just a shadow of my former self, Titus said. But Im here and Im walking. Some of the time Titus was in the hospital was a blank to him. I lost some days, Titus said. All I knew was that it scared me I didnt know what to think. Titus said he may have had solid food three days of his stay and the rest was ice water. But there was the constant reminder of his condition when he saw orderlies hanging more blood for him. Every time I turned around they were hanging a unit of blood, Titus said. I lost track. Anne Raley, an American Red Cross volunteer for the Southern Maryland region and friend of Titus said the amount of blood he used up was staggering and the blood drive was critical to help replenish blood stores that always seem depleated. In the course of two
weeks, Titus had his nine-unit blood supply replaced about four or five times, Raley said. This is probably the biggest blood drive weve had in St. Marys County since 9/11, that caused a huge hole in the blood supply, Raley said. We were having a blood drive the day the ambulance arrived [for Titus]. The first 24 hours he was in St. Marys Hospital he used more than we collected that day. Raley said blood banks in the Southern Maryland region were almost always critically low. According to information from the chapter Web site, supplies of O positive, O negative and B positive blood were in the shortest supply. All three of those blood types had one day or less of supplies on hand. Five to seven days worth is considered a safe supply and the Red Cross encourages donors to give blood even if their type is plentiful in blood banks. The blood banks are virtually empty, Raley said. If you have a rare blood type you had better know who in your family who has that type. While Titus did not need the blood that was being donated that day, Raley said, emergency conditions and the countrys being at war meant that blood was always in high demand. It could go to a soldier in the next 30 days, Raley said of where the blood taken in Titus honor could go. Its wherever the need is.
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Joe Titus, president of the Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad, talks with Red Cross volunteer and friend Ann Raley who helped organize the blood drive in his honor.
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H. Dowdney, and Kathleen Jackson, and two great-grandchildren, Ashley Dowdney and Jackson H. Dowdney. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife, Kathleen Zeller, whom he married on Sep. 6, 1939, and two brothers, Kenneth Jackson and James Jackson. The family received friends Thursday, May 17 from 5-8 p.m. in the Brinsfield Funeral Home Chapel, Leonardtown, Md. Prayers were recited at 7:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Friday, May 18 at 10 a.m. in St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Leonardtown, Md. Father Thomas LaHood was the celebrant. Interment followed in St. Aloysius Catholic Cemetery, Leonardtown, Md. Condolences to the family may be left at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com. Kennedy, Thomas Thompson, Francis Nelson, Claude Medley, Howard Kennedy, and Andre Jordan. Memorial contributions may be made to HOSPICE House c/o HOSPICE of St. Marys, Inc., P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, Md. 20650 and/ or American Cancer Society, St. Marys County - Unit 350, P.O. Box 1032, Lexington Park, Md. 20653. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A. in Leonardtown, Md.
Obituaries
Dorothy Ann BarberLowe
Dorothy Ann BarberLowe, 68, of Califor nia, Md., died May 12, 2007 in St. Marys Hospital, Leonardtown, Md. Born Aug. 11, 1938 in Great Mills, Md., she was the daughter of the late John Francis Barber and Mary Katherine Barber. She went to school at St. Peter Claver. Dorothy was a dedicated homemaker and she babysat for many of the local neighbors kids. She worked in Annapolis, Md. for a while, doing laundry work. Dorothy loved to go shopping and her hobbies where gardening in the front yard, where she always managed to grow luscious plants and beautiful flowers. Anyone who came by the house would always find her in the garden or sitting in one of her kitchen chairs in front of the TV set. She loved talking to her children and being able to see her grandchildren everyday. Dorothy was the type of woman who would help anyone in need to the best of her ability. This generosity she had endeared her to many. She will be truly missed by all who knew her. Dorothy leaves behind her cherished husband, William Lowe, Sr. and her lovely children, Delores Carter of Lexington Park, Md., William Lowe, Jr. of California, Md., brother, Joseph A. Barber of Lexington Park, Md., sisterin-law, Lola Smith, daughter-in-law, Audonna Bonds Lowe, son-in-law, Francis Carter, 11 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and a host of nephews and nieces, relatives and friends. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by three children, Joyce E. Brent, Charles Cutchember, and Steven W. Lowe, siblings, Mary F. Barber-Biscoe, Agnes M. Barber (Ferbie), Lucille Barber-Nolan, Jeannette Barber Brooks, John Barber, Herman Barber, Leonard Barber, and Paul Barber. The family received friends on Saturday, May 19 in Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Lexington Park, Md., where a Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated. Father Jack Kennealy was the celebrant. Interment followed in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, Md. Serving as pallbearers were Francis Carter, Rodney Carter, Wayne Carter, Thomas Scriber and Lloyd I. Jones, Jr. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be James K. Biscoe, Myron Woodland, Carnell Biscoe, and Leroy Biscoe. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, Md. 20650. seph Carter III, Ronald Carter, Virgil Carter and Francis Carter, 28 grandchildren, 67 great-grandchildren and 48 great-great-grandchildren. He was the fifth of 13 children: Richard Barnes, John Frances Barnes, Aloysius Butler, Sylvester Butler, Henry Butler, Bernard Carter, Lucille Cooper, Sophia Thomas, Marie Bowman, Mary Carter, Grace Carter and Cecelia Carter all whom preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by his children: James Carter and Joseph Carter, Jr. He was a lifelong St. Marys County resident. He was baptized at an early age and truly believed in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. From childhood to adult life, he enjoyed farming, gardening and caring for those around him. Joseph received an extremely rich education through life experiences, human nature, natural talents and abilities and was a master at many trades. He worked at the Naval Ordinance Center for 10 years, The Oakville Day Care Center for 10 years, for Commander Frank Lofton for 11 years and then Maple Wood Park, Inc. until he retired. He had a sharp mind and a hard working spirit. Work was truly second nature to him and when he no longer worked for a paycheck, he continued to work at home. Joseph loved his family wholeheartedly. The very foundation of his life was his family and friends. He was a strong family man and took much pride in providing for his family. He was a father in the true sense of the word. So much so, throughout his life he took care of his children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and anyone else that needed a place to stay. Everyone knew that they were more than welcomed at Kavanaugh Road. Many have enjoyed his fellowship and continue to enjoy the love, food and fun at Pluckers house. The family received friends on Thursday, May 10 in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, where Prayers were said. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Friday, May 11 in St. Josephs Catholic Church, Morganza, Md. with Fr. Keith Woods officiating. Interment followed in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Bushwood, Md. Pallbearers were his grandsons; Brian Carter, Kelvin Fuller, Ronald Carter, Joseph Carter, Jared Jameson, Jr. and Rodney Carter. Honorary Pallbearers were his granddaughters; Carmelita Brown, Debra Somerville, Francine Miller, Sharon Chase, Cheryl Tisdale and Yolanda Sharpe. Contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, St. Marys County Unit, P.O. Box 1032, Lexington Park, Md. 20653. Arrangements provided by the MattingleyGardiner Funeral Home, P.A.
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