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Ida Kelley - October 7, 2016
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Ida Kelley, 97, the widow of the late Pastor Wesley Kelley, died Oct. 7, 2016. A service was held under the direction of the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Baltimore. Little is known about her. She was born April 30, 1919. Her husband served as a Local Pastor from 1969-1983. His pastorates included...

Richard C. Dyson, Sr. - September 27, 2016
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Richard C. Dyson Sr., 83, husband of the late Erma A. Dyson, a Local Pastor, died Sept. 27, 2016. Pastor Rex Bowens Sr. officiated at a funeral service at Jackson Chapel UMC in Bartonsville Oct. 8. Richard Clement Dyson was born July 8, 1933, to the late John Clement and Mary Pearl Butler Dyson...

Robert Hubert Weller
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Robert Hubert “Bob” Weller, 77, the husband of the Pastor Jean Weller, a retired Provisional Member of the BWC, died Sept 16, 2016. The Rev. Matt Poole officiated at a Celebration of Life and Resurrection at Glen Mar UMC Sept. 24.  Bob Weller was born May 7, 1939.  Pastor...

George A. Stansbury - September 4, 2016
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The Rev. George A. Stansbury, 82, a retired Elder, died Sept 4, 2016. Homegoing services were held Sept. 13 at First Christian Community Church in Annapolis, officiated by the Rev. Karen V. Johnson, senior pastor. The Revs. Stephen Tillett I and Douglas Sands Sr. participated. George Alvin...

Pastor Wesley Cornelius Callahan
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Pastor Wesley Cornelius Callahan died Aug. 27, 2016, two weeks after his 97th birthday. A funeral service was held at Asbury UMC in Annapolis Sept. 3. Wesley Cornelius Callahan was born Aug. 9, 1919, in Galax, Va., and later moved to Gary, W.V. He served in the U.S. Army during World War...

Andrew K. Meeder - June 29, 2016
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The Rev. Andrew K. Meeder, 84, a retired Elder, died June 29, 2016, at the Brighton Gardens Assisted Living Center, where he’d lived the past five years. He died from Parkinson’s Disease. A Memorial Service was held Aug. 8 at Mt. Zion UMC in Fulton, officiated by the Rev. Kenneth...

Lois Hamilton - June 25, 2016
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Lois Hamilton, 81, the wife of the late Rev. John G. Hamilton, died June 25, 2016, in Elkridge. There was no memorial service. Lois Morrow was born Dec. 21, 1934. She and John Hamilton married in 1954 while he was in the Navy constructing the Alaska Pipeline. They had two children. She...

Rev. Adrienne Terry
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Rev. Adrienne Terry, 65, an active Elder serving Christ UMC in Southwest Washington, D.C., died suddenly June 24, 2016. Her Celebration of Life service was July 9 at Asbury UMC in Washington.

Nancy Jane Weber
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Nancy Jane Weber, 87, the wife of the late Rev. Charles B. Weber, died June 21, 2016, at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The Rev. Tom E. Young officiated at a funeral service June 24 at the Minnich Funeral Home in Boonsboro, where she lived. Nancy Jane Lutz Weber was born May 6...

Harry Campbell Kiely - June 11, 2016
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The Rev. Harry Campbell Kiely, 80, a retired Elder in the Baltimore-Washington Conference, died June 11, 2016. A memorial service was held July 9, at Riderwood, the retirement home where he lived in Silver Spring.  He was born Jan. 23, 1936, in Waco, Texas, to the late Edward Douglas and...