News-Post columnist Holmes Alexander dies at 78
Holmes Alexander a long time Washington Baltimore writer and author died Thursday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center after two heart attacks in recent weeks He published 20 books including biographies and wrote a syndicated column from 1947 to 1981 He taught at McDonogh served in World War II and held various club memberships He is survived by a large family and funeral arrangements are incomplete
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Frederick
Poa
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
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Baltimore
Washington
Gilman
Princeton
Cambridge University
England
Salem
W. Va
West Hamilton Street
Society of the Lees of Virginia
Society of Cincinnati
F Street Club of
Metropolitan Club of Washington
National Press Club
Mary Barksdale
Rosalind Griswold Harris Alexander
Hunter Holmes Alexander
Alexandria
Peter B. Alexander
Pequea
Mary Madge A. Dufor
Hot Springs
Barbara Cromwell Lobson
Delmar
Del
Linda W. Milligan
Charles Ridgely White Jr
William B. Alexander
Obituary notices for Burriss Sowell Corun and kin in Maryland
Obituaries note the death of Harry Burriss at 71 in Frederick on December 6, his survivor list including wife Eva Burriss and four sons, two daughters, and 13 grandchildren. Services set for December 9 at Etchison Memorial Chapel with interment at Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Dorothy Sowell, 64, of Frederick, dies December 5. survivors include husband Leroy Sowell, three daughters, four sisters, six grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements at Simin Keeney & Basford Funeral Home with services December 9 and interment Mount Olive Cemetery. Susie Cleo Corun, 83, of Mount Airy, dies December 7 after four months illness. survived by husband Alonza Corun, two daughters, one son, siblings, and several grandchildren. funeral December 10 at Etchison Memorial Chapel with interment Mount Olivet Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions to Jefferson United Church of Christ Memorial Fund.
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Harry Hillis Burriss
East Patrick St
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Eva June Wiles Burriss
Howard County
Burriss
William Henry
Annabelle Johnson Burriss
Thomas Harry Burriss
Libertytown
Robert LeRoy Burriss
Frederick
Jesse Lee Burriss
Walkersville
James Michael Burriss
Brunswick
Barbara Ann Harley
Daisy Mae Burriss
Smith, Keeney & Basford
B. Church St
Etchison Memorial Chapel
Maurice D. Ashbury
Ken
Resthaven Memorial Gardens
Dorothy Margaret Lowell
Dorothy Margaret Sowell
16Th St
Leroy L. Sowell
Harry B
Ethel G. Blank Morgan
Sowell
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Mogse
College of Regents
Academy of Friendship
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Norman L. Sowell
Patti L. Sowell
Christina L. Sowell
Dorothy C. Shethorse
Estero
Fla
Harriet Weddle
Pauline Hammaker
Eva Twenty
Betty Bohrer
Dundalk
Noreen L. Schultz
Tami Walton
Kristi Rice
Kelli Murphy
Jay Shelhorse
Deu
Lhe Simin
Keeney & Basiora
E. Church St
Etchison Memorial
W. Phillip Fogarty
Mount Olive Cemetery
Susie Cleo Corun
Penn Shop Road
Mount Airy
Colton Villa
Hagerstown
Alonza William Corun
Jefferson
Corun
Johan Calvin
Emma Boyer Crampton
Frederick Tailoring Company
Keefer R. Crampton Sr
Emma Angleberger
Sharon Ann Giorgio
William M. Corun Jr
Alicia Buxton Friend
Mark B. Buxton
Etchison
Wendell M. Taylor
Jefferson United Church of Christ
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Jefferson, Md
Edward Selckmann
Fingerboard Road
SAI
LCL
Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Church
Urbana
Ronald W. Beischner
Saint Joseph's Catholic Church
Carrollton Manor
Stephen D. Melycher
Brooklawn Park
John L. Manley
William A. Kennedy Sr
Saint Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
Gene E. Bolling
Bela
Pine Grove
Ralph Bort
Wildwood Baptist Church
Bethesda
Damascus Post No. 171
American Legion
Olin L. Molesworth
Damascus
Mr. Bolling
Barbara J. Bolling
Funeral Notices for Selckmann Bolling Renner and Blizzard Definition
Funeral services are listed for August Edward Selckmann of Frederick and Gene E. Bolling of Mount Airy, with honors and military tributes noted, plus details on interments and church services. Also cites National Weather Service blizzard criteria including wind 35 mph and visibility under half a mile.
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Alizzard
National Weather Service
Memorial service honors Dr Virginia Emerson Lewis
Senator Paul S Sarbanes offers condolences to Robert Lewis brother of Hood College professor emerita Virginia Emerson Lewis The memorial service took place in Coffman Chapel Hood College on Friday afternoon and noted her active Democratic political work.
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Virginia Emerson Lewis
Paul S. Sarbanes
Robert Lewis
Lewis
Defectors confirm Cuban combat role in Nicaragua
Newly declassified statements by Nicaraguan defectors are cited by the State Department as proof of broad Cuban involvement in combat roles in Nicaragua. The release follows Secretary Shultz signaling possible renewed aid to Contras, who currently receive 27 million in nonlethal assistance.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bey
State Department
Nicaragua
George Shultz
Shultz
United States
Victor Hugo Tinoco
EPS
Popular Sandinista Army
FDN
Jalapa
Corinto
Cordon Island
la Trinidad
Ministry of Interior
Interior Ministry
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