All Obituaries

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On January 22, 2022 at 12:20 p.m. JINGBI (JAMES) TAN passed away. He was the loving and beloved husband of Ya Meng, father of Aaron, Bruce and Carl, son of Ziwei Yue, and brother of Huiqiong Tan and Youfu Tan. Born on June 9, 1972 in Hunan, China, he graduated from The First High School of Changsha in 1991. Afterwards, he attended Central South University, where he met his wife, Ya. After graduating from CSU in 1995, he went to Shenzhen to pursue his startup software company. He came to the...

Rosemarie Carter Bell, 89, passed away on January 20, 2022. She was born in 1932 to Clarence Dalton Carter and Eva Marie Carter. Rosemarie was a member of St. Louis Church in Clarksville Maryland. She worked for the American Trucking Association upon her graduation from high school and after having 5 daughters she became a devoted homemaker. Rosemarie was an avid sewer and made her own clothes as well as her children’s.  Later in life she began making quilts for all her...

Carolyn Elizabeth Word Mother                Grandmother                          Sister                           Friend to Many   Carolyn E. Word, a...

Ann Catherine Alexander, age 83, of Laurel, MD passed away on January 17, 2022.  Born on October 30, 1938 in St. Lucia. Daughter of the late Venice Z. Bernard. She worked as a seamstress for a tailoring company until she retired in 2004. She was a member of the 7th Day Adventist. She was a devoted Christian who enjoyed participating in church activities and sharing her faith with others. Ma Catherine, as she was known, was very generous and charitable. She liked to sew, cook, nursing...

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Edward Leo McHugh "Ed", age 85, passed away in Laurel, MD on January 16, 2022.  Born March 10, 1936 in Baltimore City, Maryland, son of Edward McHugh and Phoebe (McMullen) McHugh. Ed lived in Washington, DC and attending college at Mt. St. Mary's College.  Ed was a prolific tennis player instructor. He enjoyed sharing his lifelong love of tennis with students young and old. He worked as a tennis instructor at a tennis school in Annapolis, MD until...