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Fired nurses fight for


rehiring Washington Hospital Center has reinstated 9 of 18 workers it let go


by Lena H. Sun Nine of the 18 nurses fired by


Washington Hospital Center af- ter they failed to show up for work during February’s crip- pling snowstorms are still fight- ing to get their jobs back, some of the nurses said Monday in a teleconference with reporters. The hospital said it has rein-


stated nine nurses. But “the hos- pital has not been convinced of the error of their actions” re- garding the remaining nine, said Stephen Frum, chief shop steward for Nurses United of the National Capital Region, which represents the hospital’s approximately 1,600 nurses. Of the nine not reinstated, five have found other jobs, he said. Washington Hospital Center was the only area hospital to take disciplinary action against employees who were unable to make their shifts during the his- toric snowstorms, Frum said. The union says that during the storms, the hospital issued contradictory attendance infor- mation to employees. The union contract expires June 19, and a new one is being negotiated.


“The hospital has not been convinced of the error of their


actions.” — Stephen Frum, chief shop steward for Nurses United of the National Capital Region, on Washington Hospital Center’s failure to reinstate nine nurses.


In a statement Monday, the hospital said that it was review- ing “employee actions” during the snowstorms and that more reinstatements were possible. The hospital also said “numer- ous communications” were sent to employees in anticipation of the storms that “set forth clear expectations to ensure uninter- rupted patient care.” The com- munications “stressed the need for all employees to plan ahead to relieve overworked staff.” Nurses Geri Lee and Linda Buckman, each with 31 years of experience at the hospital, were terminated after they were un- able to make it to work Feb. 5. They said the streets where they live were impassable. A third nurse, Lurianne Raymond, said she had a stomach flu and told supervisors Feb. 3 that she would not be able to work Feb. 4 or Feb. 5 because she would still be contagious. Lee, 54, said she had an exem-


plary record. She said she has found temporary nursing shifts and is getting paid as a member of the union’s negotiating team, but she wants her job back. “I have a mortgage and a son in college,” she said. “This has been devastating.” Lee said she called supervi-


sors several times after she tried — and failed — to get from her Silver Spring neighborhood to the hospital for her 7 p.m. shift Feb. 5. The hospital accused her of jeopardizing patient care, even though day-shift nurses were allowed to leave work at 7:30 p.m., Lee said. She was placed on indefinite suspension that night, and six days later, she received a termination let- ter. Termination is not mentioned as a consequence of failing to get to work in the hospital’s weather-emergency policy. The policy states that “unscheduled absences and late arrivals oc- curring during a declared weather emergency are not counted when addressing at- tendance issues, nor are author- ized early departures.” But just before noon Feb. 5, the hospital issued a memo to staff that said if employees re- fused to report to work as sched- uled, they could be terminated, Frum said. “If I’m Linda Buckman, am I


refusing to come to work be- cause I can’t get my car out of the garage?” Frum asked. Union officials say manage- ment does not appear to be tar- geting seniority or union activ- ism, except in Lee’s case. sunl@washpost.com


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KLMNO OBITUARIES JIMMY DEAN, 81


Television personality went from singer to sausage-maker


by Terence McArdle Jimmy Dean, 81, a country


singer and television personality who parlayed his show-business fame into a successful second ca- reer marketing breakfast sausag- es that bore his name, died June 13 at his Henrico County, Va., home. The cause of death was not reported. Mr. Dean, a Texas native, came to the Washington area during an Air Force hitch in the 1940s and soon became a local country mu- sic star through his radio shows. By the late 1950s, he was a na- tional television personality with his CBS program “Country Style,” which began in the District at WTOP-TV. His first hit as a singer came in the early 1950s with “Bummin’ Around,” but his signature song was “Big Bad John,” a tear-jerking recitation about a heroic coal miner who stood “6-foot-6 and weighed 245, kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip.” That record, which made country and pop charts, garnered Mr. Dean a Grammy award in 1961 for best country and western song. But he is perhaps best known for his brand of sausages, which made their way onto American breakfast tables through a series of folksy advertisements in which Mr. Dean starred. His sausage business began in the 1960s with the purchase of a failing Texas hog farm owned by the husband of one of his cousins. Mr. Dean’s attorneys suggested he view the business as tax write- off. Instead, with brothers Troy and Don as partners, he decided to make sausage out of swine. “I was losing about 20 dollars an animal every time I sold one,” Mr. Dean told Esquire magazine. “I was having breakfast in a little old diner in my hometown. I pulled some gristle from between my teeth about the size of the end of your little finger and I said, ‘Man, there’s got to be room for quality sausage in this country.’ ” As a television personality, Mr. Dean sold himself as the quintes- sential country bumpkin, an im- age that belied his shrewd busi- ness acumen. The Jimmy Dean Meat Co., which the brothers started in 1969, was profitable within six months. It was sold to Sara Lee Corp. in 1984 for $15million. By the 1990s, the As- sociated Press estimated Mr. Dean’s wealth from investments, music royalties and other busi- ness interests at $75 million. “Poverty was the greatest moti-


vating factor in my life,” Mr. Dean said in 2001. “I made more money yesterday than I ever thought I’d make in a lifetime. But it’s like somebody’s going to take it all away from me and I’ll be back in Texas, installing them damned ir- rigation wells.” Jimmy Ray Dean was born


Aug. 10, 1928, on a farm near Plainview, Tex. His father aban- doned the family when Mr. Dean was 11. His mother supported the family by running a barber shop


Mercer P. Longino MORTGAGE BANKER


Mercer P. Longino, 92, a retired


Army lieutenant colonel who lat- er worked as a Washington area mortgage banker, died May 16 at his home in Arlington County. He had chronic obstructive pulmo- nary disease. Col. Longino was vice presi- dent of Frank S. Phillips and H.L. Rust for 18 years before retiring in the early 1980s. Mercer Presley Longino, a na- tive of Provencal, La., was a 1941 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He served in Europe during


World War II and participated in the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he studied Japanese and Far East culture at Yale University, and he spent three years based in Japan. He served in Army in- telligence during the Korean War. He was the head of what is now Hofstra University’s ROTC program before retiring in 1964 and starting in the mortgage business. His military decorations in- clude the Silver Star for his serv- ice in France during World War II, the Bronze Star Medal and the Purple Heart. His marriage to Mary Lou Lon- gino ended in divorce. His second wife, Martha Wilkie Longino, to whom he was married for 43 years, died in 1997. Survivors include a daughter from his first marriage, Mary Lou Jordan of San Antonio; three sons from his second marriage, William Longino of Chantilly, Jef- frey Longino of Fort Lewis,


LLOYD D.SMITH 4/27/33 - 6/15/04


Neither time or reason will alter my love for you. Lovingly, MaryAnn


TEMPLER


BURNHAM DONNA BURNHAM


Of Chestertown, Maryland, passed away on May 31, 2010. The daughter of Donald and Cecelia Boyd, she was born in Whiting, Indiana, in 1916, and grew up in Hobart, Indiana. In 1940, she was awarded a government scholarship to attend nurses training at Saint Elizabeth’s hospital in Washington, DC. Upon completion of that program, which included a term of clinical training at Jersey City Medical Center, she graduated as a Registered Nurse with a specialization in psychiatric nursing. While at St. E’s, she met her future husband, Robert C. Burnham, MD, who was completing his medical resi- dency in psychiatry at the same hospi- tal. After graduating, Donna joined the Public Health Service where she walked a “beat” in some of the most impoverished and dilapidated neighborhoods in Wash- ington. Her core assignment was to locate pregnant women and insure that they received appropriate medical care.


November 11, 1946 - June 15, 2009 Forever in our hearts.


We will always love and miss you Bo-yeon, Kimberly and Michael


1964 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO


Grammy winner Jimmy Dean prepares for a taping of “The Jimmy Dean Show,” a variety program he hosted from 1963 to 1966.


and taught Mr. Dean piano. Mr. Dean dropped out of high school to join the U.S. Merchant Marine and spent his 17th birth- day in Lima, Peru. After a brief, unsuccessful career as an irriga- tion engineer in Texas, he enlist- ed in the Air Force. While stationed at Bolling Air


Force Base, he played accordion with Dub Howington and the Tennessee Haymakers at local honky-tonks. In 1949, Mr. Dean started a band, the Texas Wild- cats, with three other airmen, se- curing regular gigs at local clubs. “We played at every dive in


Washington and dives is what they were,” he wrote in his 2004 memoir, “Thirty Years of Sausage, Fifty Years of Ham,” co-authored with his second wife. “One of the worst was the Homestretch with a whorehouse upstairs and the occasional thugs in the parking lot threatening people with knives and guns.” Mr. Dean recorded the song “Bummin’ Around” for 4 Star rec- ords, a California label. When it became a hit, Mr. Dean and his Wildcats signed with the larger Mercury records. Connie Gay, the main promoter of live country music shows and country radio in Washington, heard Mr. Dean and secured him a live radio show at Arlington County station WARL in 1954. The following year, Mr. Dean had a daily half-hour afternoon show on the ABC television affiliate WMAL. In 1957, CBS hired Mr. Dean to host “Country Style,” to compete against NBC’s groundbreaking “Today” show. The show gave ear- ly mainstream exposure to per- formers such as Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash and Ray Price. Although “Country Style” was


short-lived, Mr. Dean went on to guest-host NBC’s “Tonight Show”


Wash., and Mercer P. Longino Jr. of Fairfax County; and six grand- children.


— T. Rees Shapiro


Jefferson W. Lewis Sr. D.C. FIRE CHIEF


Jefferson W. Lewis Sr., 91, who


served as the D.C. fire chief from 1978 until his retirement in 1979, died June 7 at Independence Court, an assisted living resi- dence in Hyattsville. He had con- gestive heart failure. Mr. Lewis joined the D.C. fire


department in 1947 and worked his way through the ranks. In 1965, he was promoted to captain and from 1970 to 1974 was a bat- talion chief. From 1974 to 1978, he was the assistant fire chief of op- erations. Jefferson William Lewis was born in Winchester, Va. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1945 be- fore moving to Washington. From 1945 to 1947, he worked as a bar- ber, a trade he learned from his father. He received a distinguished


service award from the American Legion and a distinguished pub- lic service award from the Dis- trict of Columbia. His was a member of Shepherd


Park Christian Church in Wash- ington, a past president of the Ki- wanis Club of Washington and a former board member of the Met- ropolitan Police Boys and Girls Club. His wife of 58 years, Alice


Jones Lewis, died in 2000. Survivors include a son, Jef- ferson W. Lewis Jr. of Washing- ton; two sisters, Velma Stewart of


for a week in 1962, and from 1963 to 1966, he hosted “The Jimmy Dean Show,” a variety program. It featured his duets with Rowlf the Dog, a piano-playing Muppet, one of the first national television appearances by a creation of pup- peteer Jim Henson. Mr. Dean also acted on televi- sion and in film. He was a reclu- sive Las Vegas millionaire in “Diamonds Are Forever” (1971), starring Sean Connery as James Bond, and played a sidekick dur- ing three seasons of the television series “Daniel Boone” (1967- 1970). Mr. Dean’s first marriage, to Sue Wittauer, ended in divorce. At the time of his death, he was married to Donna Meade, a coun- try singer, with whom he shared a 200-acre estate on the James Riv- er near Richmond. Other survivors include three children and two grandchildren. Although Mr. Dean’s career as a


sausage magnate was profitable, it was not without acrimony. He was sued for libel by Don Dean, his brother and former business partner, in 1978. The suit was set- tled out of court. In 2003, Sara Lee raised Mr.


Dean’s ire by ending his long run as company spokesman. He sold all but one share of his Sara Lee stock, saying the company had pushed him out because he was too old. Throughout his television ca-


reer, Mr. Dean hated scripts and quarreled with producers over his tendency to ad lib.


“If I could give the world any


advice,” he once said. “I’d tell them what my great-granddaddy told me: ‘Jimmy, be yourself.’ ” He added, “In the moments I


haven’t, I’ve gotten into more trouble than a centipede with fallen arches.”


mcardlet@washpost.com


Upper Marlboro and Sarah Shamley of Silver Spring; three grandsons; and four great-grand- children.


— Lauren Wiseman INMEMORIAM


FATHER'S DAY June 20, 2010


Remember your


Loved Ones with an In Memoriam


Text & Photo Deadline: 5 p.m., Friday, June 18


Call 202-334-4122 Fax 202-334-7188 Email


deathnotices@washpost.com JOHN BROOKS HOOKS


MARY ELIZABETH TAYLOR HOOKS November 12, 1925 - June 15, 2009


The angel in our life left us for her place in heaven June 15, 2009. Although we miss her terribly, we know she is with God and her family in heaven at last. Bennie B. Sr., Bennie B. Jr. and Mona Lisa


SIMMONS


In Loving Memory of the Rev. Dr. James E. Simmons


October 29, 1944 – June 15, 2008 “Gone But Not Forgotten”


As we come upon the anniversary of God calling you from labor to reward, we remember your LEGACY and at the same time,


we continue moving to our DESTINY. We Love You and Miss You! The Simmons Family &


First Good Samaritan Baptist Church


On June 8, 2010. Survived by his wife, children, other relatives and friends. Viewing Tuesday, June 15, 6 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday, June 16, 9:30 a.m., Service 10:30 a.m. at J.B. JENKINS FUNERAL HOME,7474 Landover Rd.


BUCKLEY CYNTHIA G. BUCKLEY (Age78)


Of Bryans Road, MD; formerly of Bowie on June 12, 2010 surrounded by her family. Prede- ceased by her husband Dan D. Buckley and brother, Jack and step-brother Jack. Survived by her children David Buckley, Tim (Paula) Buckleyy, Paul (Sue) Buckley, Tom (Barbara) Buckley, Jennifer (Jim) Carpenter; grandchil- dren Jacob, Tyler, Jacqulyn, Colin, Caitlin and Wyatt; sisters Barbara, Betsy(Harvey), Carol, Cora Sue and Nannette. A Life Celebration will be held on Wednesday, June 16 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the AREHART-ECHOLS FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 211 St. Mary's Ave., La Plata, MD. A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, June 17 at the La Plata United Methodist Church, 10 a.m. Memorials may be made to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Donor Services, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA 01202 or Hospice of Charles County, P.O. Box 1703, La Plata,MD20646


FREEMAN


of Owings Mills, MD; loving brother of the late Sylvia Panitz; cherished grandfather of Aliza and Benjamin Epstein, and Leah and Valerie Caplan. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS., INC., 8900 Reisterstown Road, Baltimore, MD on Monday, June 14, at 12 Noon. Interment Forband Cemetery, Rosedale, MD. Please omit flowers. In mourning at the Freeman residence in Baltimore,MD www.sollevinson.com


EMANUEL G.FREEMAN On June 12, 2010, Emanuel G. Free- man, beloved husband of Reta R. Freeman (nee Reisman); devoted father of Marsha and Rob Epstein of Rockville, MD, Paula Freeman of Owings Mills,MD,and Sharon Caplan


FOWLER


Wood FuneralHome,10684 Southern Maryland Blvd. (Rt. 4 South), Dunkirk, MD 20754. Inter- ment Cheltenham at 2 p.m.


Notice # 1361 J.C. Savia, Sr., F.S.T.


LARRY FOWLER (Age 67) It is with regret that we notify the members of Steamfitters Local No. 602 of the death of Brother LARRY FOWLER.Visitation June 17, 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Funeral service to follow at 12:30 p.m. at Raymond


BROOKS EMBREY DONALD "Randy" EMBREY (Age 54)


Passed suddenly on June 7, 2010. He is sur- vived by his mother, Ruth Embrey and his brother, Stephen Embrey. Services previously held Friday, June 11. Interment Washington National Cemetery, Suitland,MD.


THOMPSON


In Loving Memory of EDDIE CALVINTEMPLER


Donna ended her professional career after the birth of her first child in 1944, but worked in a volunteer capacity for numer- ous causes, particularly those focused on expanding educational experiences for the young or bettering the quality of life for her fellow human beings. When her oldest child entered college, she returned to college herself, earning a Bachelor or Science in Nursing in 1966.


As a dedicated wife and mother,she raised her children to believe in the inherent social equality of all people and to join the crusade for social justice. As a child, she spent countless hours exploring the fields and woods of Indiana with her father, an amateur naturalist. As a mother, she passed on to her children a reverence for nature and taught them the proper care and handling of the numerous creatures they encountered on their own explo- rations.


Her generosity of spirit, gracious manner and gentle sense of humor touched every- one she met and comforted her family, even through a prolonged end of life struggle.


She is survived by her children Jeffrey, Timothy and Janet; her daughters-in-law Kathleen Mcquaid and Lucia Barbara; and her granddaughter, Megan.


June 15, 1937 - December 16, 2005 Though your smile is gone forever and your hand we cannot touch,we have so many memories of the one we love and miss so much. Forever in our hearts.


Happy Birthday and Father’s Day! Your Wife, Children & Grands


ULYSSES THOMPSON,SR. "Nute"


Arrangements by Daniels & Hutchison Funeral Home LLC, Middletown, DE. On- line condolences may be sent to www.daniels-hutchison.com 302-378-3410


INMEMORIAM SMITH


TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 2010 DEATHNOTICE BUCK


PIERPONT B. BUCK (Age 88)


Pierpont Blair Buck, of Loudoun County, Vir- ginia died Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Winches- ter Medical Center.


A funeral service will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 26, 2010, at the Church of Apostles in Fairfax, Virginia with Reverend David Harper officiating. Interment will be in Georgetown Cemetery,The Plains, Virginia.


Arrangements are being handled Omps Funer- al Home,Amherst Chapel.


Please view obituaries, tribute wall and guest- book atwww.ompsfuneralhome.com


CONTI AURELIO CONTI (Age 73)


DEATHNOTICE BETHEA


Wednesday, June 16, friends may visit with the family from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m. at MARSHALL'S FUNERAL HOME of MARYLAND, 4308 Suitland Rd., Suitland, MD. Interment Harmony Memorial Park.


DORIA M.BETHEA Suddenly on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Beloved daughter of Alberteen Jenkins; loving mother of Ivan and Marquell Bethea. Also survived by two grandchildren, three brothers, other relatives and friends. On


Passed away on June 12, 2010 at his home in Washington, D.C. Beloved husband of Dolores. Loving father of Cristina and Alessandro. He is also survived by four sisters and two brothers. Friends will be received at ROBERT A. PUMPHREY, BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE FUNER- AL HOME, 7557 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at St. Ann’s Catholic Church, 4400 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20016 on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 12 p.m. Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 3701 Pender Drive, Suite 400, Fairfax, VA 22030. Please view and sign the family guestbook at www.pumphreyfuneralhome.com


CORRELL BRADY JAMES PEYTON BRADY, SR.


On Friday, June 11, 2010 of Arlington, VA. Beloved husband of the late Martha W. Brady; loving father of James P. (Nancy) Brady, Jr. The family will be receiving friends at the MURPHY FUNERAL HOME of ARLINGTON, 4510 Wilson Blvd. on Wednesday June 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held Calvary United Methodist Church, 2315 S. Grant St., Arlington, VA 22202 on Thursday, June 17 at 10 a.m. Interment Columbia Gardens Cemetery.


LOUISE E. CORRELL


Went home to be with the Lord on June 10, 2010. She is survived by son Claude W. Correll; grandchildren Carmen L. Correll, Rise' D. Correll and ClaudeW. Correll, Jr. (Donnesha); five great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends. Viewing Thursday, June 17, from 10 a.m. until time of Service 11 a.m. at FORT LINCOLN FUNERAL HOME, 3401 Bladensburg Rd., Brentwood, MD. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery.


DRURY BREW MARY F.BREW


Also survived by 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard,West, Silver Spring, MD (Valet Park- ing) Wednesday, 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Grace Church, 15661 Norbeck Blvd., Silver Spring,MD on Thursday, June 17 at 10 a.m. Interment at St. John's Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to S.O.M.E, 71 "O" St., NW, Washington,DC 20001. www.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.com


On Monday, June 14, 2010 of Silver Spring, MD. Beloved wife of the late James A. Brew, Sr.; mother of James A., Jr., Michael (Susan), Timothy (Christine), Kevin and Mark Brew; sister of James Feeney.


CWO4 JAMES EVANS DRURY,


Benedict (Amy) Drury III; brother of Ann Angel and the late Bill Drury; son-in-law of Doris L. Gates. Also survived by numerous grand- children, two great-grandchildren, and numer- ous extended family members. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard, West, Silver Spring, MD, (Valet Parking),Wednesday, June 16, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Shrine of St. Jude Church, 12701 Veirs Mill Road, Rockville, MD, on Thursday, June 17, 10 a.m. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Catherine of Alexandria, 7865 Port Tobacco Rd., Port Tobacco,MD 20677. www.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.com


U.S.Army (Ret.) (Age 72) On Sunday, June 13, 2010, of Rockville, MD. Beloved husband of Jo Drury; loving father of Carrie Jo (Harry) Drury, James E. (Bonnie) Drury, Jr., David John (Tania) Drury, Patti Ann (Greg) Matthews, Joseph


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