Samuel B. Redd
Pastor at Mount Ararat
Services for the Rev. Samuel B. Redd, a well-known Baltimore minister, will be held at 11 a.m. today at his former church, Mount Ararat Baptist Church, Gwynns Falls Parkway and Longwood Street.
Mr. Redd, who was 87, died of heart failure Monday at Sinai Hospital.
Born in Baltimore, he graduated from Baltimore High School in 1922. He studied law at LaSalle University in Chicago before studying in Washington at Howard University School of Divinity, where he graduated in 1928. He also received an honorary doctorate of divinity degree from Virginia Theological Seminary and College in 1975.
Mr. Redd served as pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church for )) six years before it became Concord Baptist Church. He took a congregation of only 23 members from South Baltimore to the church's current location, where the membership has grown to 450.
Mr. Redd was pastor of Mount Ararat Baptist Church for 45 years, serving his last year as interim pastor during a search for his replacement. He retired in 1990.
He had been a member of the United Baptist Missionary Convention since 1944 and served as treasurer for the last eight years. In addition, he was chairman of the foreign mission board. He was a member of the Interdenominational Ministers Alliance and the Baptist Ministers Conference of Baltimore and Vicinity.
Mr. Redd received letters of commendation for his religious and civic work from President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and President Bush in 1990.
In addition, he was recognized for achievement and dedication by the Afro-American newspapers, by Mayor Thomas J. D'Alesandro Jr. in 1969 and by Mayor William Donald Schaefer in 1973, and received citations from Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke in 1990 and 1991.
He enjoyed reading and traveling.
Mr. Redd is survived by his wife of 46 years, the former Ida M.
George; two sons, Bernard Redd of Rahway, N.J., and Randolph Redd of Baltimore; a sister, Louise Holmes of Baltimore; 14 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Pete Guerriero
Food service distributor
A Mass of Christian burial for Pete Guerriero, founder of a Baltimore food business and longtime owner of an inn, will be offered at 9:15 a.m. today at St. Clement's Roman Catholic Church on Chesaco Avenue in Rosedale.
Mr. Guerriero, who was 86, died Thursday of heart failure at St. Joseph Hospital.
He settled in Baltimore in 1930 and opened a grocery store under his own name on Chester Street, across from the Northeast Market.
Mr. Guerriero later moved the business to the 200 block of North Green Street, changing its name to Continental Importing Co.
At this point, the business was expanded to include wholesale Italian food distribution, as well as a ship chandlery. The business subsequently moved to Forrest Street, opposite the Belair Market.
Now known as Continental Foods Inc. and located on Wilmarco Avenue, the business has become a full-line food service distributor operated by a son, John Guerriero.
Mr. Guerriero also opened the Continental Inn at Rossville Boulevard and Pulaski Highway 30 years ago and operated it until his death.
He was born in Sicily in 1905 and came to the United States at the age of 15. He traveled through several states doing odd jobs, ranging from coal miner to railroad waiter before moving to Baltimore.
He was known for being hard-working, family members said, building his successful businesses despite having finished only the sixth grade in formal schooling. In his free time, he enjoyed gardening.
Mr. Guerriero and the former Mary Licata, who died in 1989, were married more than 60 years.
Besides his son John, other survivors include another son, Charles Guerriero of Baltimore; two daughters, Rose Bollino of Baltimore and Joanna Verderamo of Catonsville; a sister, Bettina Bilello of Homestead, Fla; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Theodore Graziano
Physician, athlete
A Mass of Christian burial for Dr. Theodore J. Graziano, who practiced medicine locally for more than 40 years, will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Roman Catholic Immaculate Conception Church, Baltimore and Ware avenues in Towson.
Dr. Graziano, 77, died of cancer Saturday at Stella Maris Hospice.
A Baltimore native and graduate of Forest Park High School, he lived much of his adult life in Towson. He attended the Johns Hopkins University, where he was captain of the football and track teams, a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa honorary society and was listed in "Who's Who in American Universities."
He graduated from the University of Maryland medical school in 1941 and was a member of the Rush Club Medical Society. Dr. Graziano served his internship at Union Memorial, South Baltimore General (now known as Harbor Hospital Center) and Mercy hospitals.
During his career, he was president of the medical staff at the old Doctors Hospital and belonged to the U.S. and state medical associations, the Maryland Academy of Family Physicians and the Johns Hopkins Club.
After retiring in 1981, he was director of the Royal Oak Savings and Loan Association for eight years. He spent his leisure time playing golf at the Country Club of Maryland and fishing at his home in Ocean City.
Dr. Graziano is survived by his wife of 52 years, the former Lauretta Tregoe; two daughters, Theo McCaffray of Baltimore and Katy Martin of Severna Park; a son, Michael Graziano of Richmond, Va.; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
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John W. Wayland
Worked for Army Corps
Graveside services for John Walter Wayland, a retired civilian employee of the Army Corps of Engineers in Washington, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery in Mount Sidney, Va.
Mr. Wayland, who was 82, died Wednesday of cardiovascular disease at his home in the Marylander Apartments.
He was a resident of Baltimore for about five years and a member of the Wilson Memorial United Methodist Church. He retired about 20 years ago after working for the Corps of Engineers for more than two decades.
Born and reared in Virginia, Mr. Wayland attended a business college in Roanoke before receiving his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in 1933.
He did secretarial work in Washington and attended the National University Law School before being admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1936.
He practiced law in Harrisonburg, Va., and served as a United States commissioner before going to work during World War II for the Douglas Aircraft Co. at a repair base in what was then Eritrea, now part of Ethiopia.
In the late 1940s, he worked for a copper mining company at La Oroya in Peru, where he served as a U.S. consular agent and became secretary of the Roof of the World Lodge of the Masons.
He is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Seaver of Annandale, Va.; a brother, Francis F. Wayland of Bridgewater, Va.; and three grandchildren.
The family suggested donations to Wilson Memorial United Methodist Church.
John W. Morrison
Attorney, consultant
Private services have been conducted for John W. Morrison, a Baltimore attorney and real estate consultant. Mr. Morrison, who was 56, died Tuesday of complications from leukemia at Union Memorial Hospital.
He was involved in real estate in the Baltimore area and was president of Morrison Management Inc., a Baltimore County property management and real estate appraisal firm.
He served as president of the Apartment House Owners Association of Maryland from 1969 to 1970, was director of the Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors from 1971 to 1980 and served on the Governor's Commission to study landlord-tenant laws from 1970 to 1976.
Mr. Morrison taught real estate law at the University of Baltimore for five years. He was a member of the L'Hirondelle Country Club.
He was born in New York but resided in Baltimore most of his life. He was a 1952 graduate of Loyola High School. Mr. Morrison attended Johns Hopkins University and graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1963. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1954 to 1957.
Surviving are his wife of 31 years, the former Lucia Carozza; two daughters, Sally M. Brown of Richmond, Va., and Stephanie W. Morrison of Baltimore; three sisters, Nancy M. Holden, Elizabeth M. Fair and Patricia M. Davis, all of Baltimore; and two grandchildren.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Leukemia Society of America, Maryland Chapter, 200 E. Joppa Road, Towson, Md., 21204.