Roxie Ann Nolen

Roxie Ann Stout Nolen, the widow of former Aberdeen mayor and town commissioner Jerry A. Nolen, Sr., died March 11 at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace. She was 90. Born in Oklahoma, Mrs. Nolen, known to her friends simply as "Roxie", was the daughter of the late Samuel S. and Barbara E. Clay Stout. Mrs. Nolen, who had been living in North East, was a longtime Aberdeen residents. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Aberdeen and one of the "Gray Ladies" volunteers at the former Kirk Army Hospital at Aberdeen Proving Ground and at Harford Memorial Hospital. She also enjoyed college basketball, especially the U. of MD Terps and the U. of Arkansas Razorbacks, and the Baltimore Orioles. Mrs. Nolen was also an avid seamstress and quilter who over the years gave many quilts to family and friends. "To know Roxie Nolen was to loved her," family members said. She was a homemaker who devoted her life to her family, her late husband who died in 1993, her two sons, her daughter, her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren. Mrs. nolen is survived by her sons, Jerry A. Nolen Jr. and his wife, Geraldine of Chicago, and James C. Nolen and his wife, Bonnie, of Punta Gorda, Fl. her daughter, Joyce, and Joyce's friend, Donna Keefer, who was described as Mrs. Nolen's second daughter, of North East; her 5 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. A graveside service was March 14 at Harford Memorial Gardens on Aldino Road near Level with Rev. Dr. Paul L. Grant officiating. Funeral Home: Tarring-Cargo Funeral Home 333 South Parke Street Aberdeen, MD US 21001