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*****Feb. 8, 2001*****

Ruth Ann Breakfield
  Ruth Ann Breakfield, 56 of Frederick, died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2001, at 
Frederick Memorial Hospital.
  Born April 13, 1944 in Gaithersburg, she was a daughter of the late Darrell H. 
and Mary Elizabeth Magers Law.
  Surviving her are four children: Carl Breakfield, Anna Marie Breakfield, Kenny 
Breakfield and Nathan Breakfield, all of South Carolina; seven grandchildren; 
two sisters: Barbara Jean Law and Virginia Prichard, both of Boyds; two 
brothers: David H. Law of Mount Airy and Robert Law of Florida; and a number of 
nieces and nephews.
  Services were held on Wednesday, Feb. 7 at Olin L. Molesworth P.A. Funeral 
Home. Interment was at Resthaven Memorial Gardens. 


*****Feb. 23, 2001*****

James Willis Adcock
  Mr. James Willis Adcock Sr., 64, died Feb. 12, 2001, at his home in Woodfield.
  Born Jan. 4, 1937 in Charlottesville, Va., he was son of the late Willis L. 
and Sara Adcock.
  Surviving him are four children: James Willis Adcock Jr. and his wife Joanna 
of Damascus; Jeffrey Stafford Adcock and his wife Barbara Lee of Frederick; 
Pamela Jean Emmett and her husband Thomas D. of Louisville, K.Y., and Kimberly 
Sue Johnson and her husband, David, of New Market; a former wife Shelby Butcher 
of Frederick; and 14 grandchildren.
  Services were held Feb. 15 at the Olin L. Molesworth P.A., Funeral Home in 
Damascus. 

Jessie N. Grigsby
  Mrs. Jessie N. Grigsby, 80, of Frederick and formerly of Mount Airy, died 
after a brief illness on Feb. 5, 2001, at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
  She was wife of the late Don E. Grigsby, who died in 1977.
  Born Jan. 29, 1921 in Mount Airy, she was a daughter of the late Asa Hull and 
Jessie Fay Brandenburg Watkins. She attended Ohio Wesleyan University and Vassar 
College. She served as Past Worthy Matron of Mount Airy Lodge Order of Eastern 
Star, Past President of the Mount Airy Garden Club, served as civic 
beautification chairman of District V. She was also a member of Federated Garden 
Club and served as Frederick County District Chairman for the American Red 
Cross. She was an accomplished organist.
  Surviving are one son, Don E. Grigsby Sr. and his wife, Beverly, of Frederick, 
four grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
  Mrs. Grigsby is preceded in death by her son Christopher Hull Grigsby and by a 
brother, Bradley Ellsworth Watkins.
  Graveside services and inurment were held Feb. 8 at Pine Grove Cemetery, South 
Main Street, Mount Airy. Arrangements by Olin L. Molesworth P.A., Funeral Home 
in Damascus.