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Kenwood High Hall of Fame Induction: Brown, Crocken, Merrifield, Weir Jr.

Kenwood High's Hall of Fame now has more than 100 members.

A mortician, a musician/music educator, a retired firefighter and a Baltimore County Public Schools pupil personnel worker are the four newest members of Kenwood High School's Hall of Fame.

William C. "Charlie" Brown Sr. and John D. Crocken, both members of the Class of 1962; Michael H. Weir Jr. (class of 1966); and Pamela "Sherry" Merrifield (Class of 1981) joined the elite group of Kenwood alumni during a ceremony Oct. 5 at the school, according to Joyce Gray, Kenwood's Good News Ambassador.

While at Kenwood, Brown was a member of the track and wrestling teams and served as senior class president. He served in the National Guard from 1965 to 1971 and became a licensed mortician in 1975.

With his wife, he started William C. Brown Mortuary Services, which is today known as William C. Brown Community Funeral Homes. The business provides financial assistance to community students wishing to further their post-secondary education.

Crocken received his bachelor's degree in music education from the Peabody Conservatory, now affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, and his master's degree in music from the University of Indiana.

As a musical performer, he has appeared at the Kennedy Center in the District of Columbia and the Meyerhoff Hall and the Lyric opera House in Baltimore.

The versatile music performer, composer and educator has taught at Cardinal Gibbons School, the Baltimore High School for the Performing Arts, the Maryland School for the Blind, Catonsville Community College (now a campus of the Community College of Baltimore County) and Baltimore County and Baltimore city public schools.

While a Kenwood student, Merrifield participated in Student Council, the pom-pom squad and Senior Follies.

Now a pupil personnel worker for Baltimore County Public Schools, Merrifield taught physical education and dance for the system from 1996 to 2006. She was once honored as Dance Teacher of the Year by the Maryland Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

Weir served in the Maryland Air National Guard from 1969 to 1975 and again from 1980 to 2007. He worked for the Baltimore County Fire Department from 1981 to 2009 and achieved the rank of captain before retiring.

Since 2003, Weir has represented the Sixth District in the Maryland House of Delegates, occupying the eat formerly held by his father, Michael H. Weir Sr.

The Kenwood High Hall of Fame was founded in 1990 and now has more than 100 members. according to Gray.


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