Hilah T. (Brown) Glaze
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july 26, 1927 - August 21, 2010
Hilah Theresa (Brown) Glaze was born on July 26, 1927 in Baltimore, Maryland. She was the sixth of ten children born to the late George A. Brown, Sr. and Sarah Jane Brown. Hilah attended St. Frances Academy High School where she graduated in 1946. She went on to attend Morgan State College. While at Morgan State she joined the majorettes, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and was even crowned "Miss Morgan" in 1950. Hilah graduated with a Bachelors of Art in English.
Hilah met Jackson Gusveller Glaze when he moved to Baltimore from FarmVille, Virginia. The two would later marry on August 18, 1951. Their union was blessed with five children, Jackie, Renee, Mark, Lisa and Marty. On August 18, 2001, Hilah and Jack had the privilege of renewing their vows on their 50th anniversary. This occurred just two weeks before Jack was called home to heaven.
Hilah was affectionately known as ma, grandma, Aunt Hilah, Hilah, and even "Radio Reds." She was a fantastic homemaker and cook. No one entered her home hungry and left without having had a delicious home-cooked meal. Holidays were an exceptionally delightful time complete with the smells of sugar cookies, pies and home-made bread baking. Hilah loved fashion and was known to be a stylish dresser. As you can imagine, with five children, the house was always bustling with activity, but Hilah managed to keep an immaculate home. Her Living Room was often referred to as "the museum." Her home became the gathering place for friends and family to eat, drink, and be merry. Hilah had a tremendous love for family and instilled that value in her kids. Of her many accomplishments, she was probably proudest of having raised five children who successfully completed institutions of higher learning.
Hilah left to cherish her memory, daughters Jackie, Renee and Lisa; sons Mark and Marty; two daughters-in-law Debbie and Tracey; two sons-in-law Jeff and Jerome; sisters Dorothy, Juliette, Augustine and Bette; brothers Elroy and Earl; thirteen grandchildren, Troy, Todd, Jarrett, Terry, Adrian, Alanna, Ashley, Morgan, Alex, Jaye, Justin, Marcus, Marshall; three great grandchildren, Tyren, Sabrina and Ty'sun, as well as a host of other relatives and friends.
Services were held on Saturday, August 28, 2010 at the Church of Saint Cecilia with Rev. Sylvester Peterka, Pastor, officiating. Pallbearers were Troy Wallace, Terry Wallace, Todd Wallace, Adrian Ingram, Jarrett Ingram, and Alex Glaze.
The family also acknowledged the various caregivers from Trinidad and Tobago who each did 6-month stints (with several making several trips) to care for Hilah during the years that she suffered from dementia. They were Shanti, June, Patsy, Judy, Jenny, Liz, Erril, Vickie, Antonia, Clara, Donna, Alice, Chris, and Janet.
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tbl newsletter story special edition 2009
In this issue of The Brown Legacy the spotlight is on Hilah, affectionately known as ma, grandma, great grandma, Aunt Hilah, Hilah, and even "Radio Reds." Born on July 26, 1927, Hilah is the sixth child of the late Sarah and George A. Brown, Sr.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Hilah and her siblings were raised in a spacious row home on Myrtle Avenue. Although there were ten children, the family did quite well. Sarah stayed home and cared for the children while George worked to provide for the family. the Brown's were known for their hospitality, Sarah's great cooking, her gin and orange juice, fierce pinochle game, and her warm giving heart. If you were in need of a meal, Sarah made sure you were fed. I mention this bit of family history because Hilah possesses many of her mother's qualities.
Hilah attended St. Frances Academy, and to this day often speaks fondly of Father Lenahan. After graduating from St. Frances in 1946, Hilah went on to attend Morgan State College. While attending Morgan, Hilah joined the majorettes, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and was crowned "Miss Morgan" in 1950. Clearly possessing beauty as well as brains, she graduated from Morgan State in 1950 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She cold have had a successful professional career; however, she met and married the love of her life, Jackson Gusveller Glaze, on August 18, 1951. Jointly, they decided that Hilah would support the family by staying home and caring for the children. A fantastic homemaker and cook, no one entered Hilah's home hungry and left without having had a delicious home-cooked meal.
Hilah loved fashion and was known to be a stylish dresser. together Hilah and Jack raised 5 children; Jackie, Renee, Mark, Lisa and Marty. As you could imagine, with 5 children, the house was always bustling with activity, but Hilah managed to keep an immaculate home. We often referred to our Living Room as "the museum." Heaven forbid you should make a mess (which often meant something was moved from it's designated place), you would be escorted out and even banished for a period of time. Even still, our home became the gathering place for friends and relatives to eat, during and be merry!
Although Jack worked two jobs to provide for his family, he worked equally hard to keep his marriage fresh. Every Wednesday evening jack and Hilah went out on a "date," usually to the movies. Jack always made it a priority to come home and have dinner with his family prior to going off to Precision Clinical Laboratory that he owned and operated. Another practice that helped keep the two together for 50 years, was worshiping together. Many times in the evening before going to bed, Hilah and Jack could be seen kneeling and praying together. Hilah enjoyed the company of her family and became especially close to her baby sister, Bette and Bette's husband Sputs. Together they would vacation and travel, which was one of her favorite things to do. Also on her list of favorite things are music and dance. hilary could be heard singing as she cleaned her home, usually to the melodic sounds of Johnny Mathis. At family parties and gatherings, Hilah and Jack were a fixture on the dance floor. Hilah is still very much a music and dance lover. Just listen to her whistle an entire song, in tune, or observe her watch a performance of Chris Botti and Friends Live, or Dancing with the Stars, and you can see just how important a part of her life both music and dance still are. In fact, both are in heavy rotation in her home!
Hilah's greatest love was her devoted husband Jack, sho she had the privilege of renewing her wedding vows with on their 50th wedding anniversary, just two weeks before Jack was called home to heaven.
Hilah and Jack both instilled in their children the value of a good education. As a result, all five children successfully earned college degrees.
Hilah continues to live in her home of 52 years and enjoys the on-going love and support of her family and caregivers.
Spouse: Jackson Gusveller Glaze
june 10, 1929 - September 2, 2001
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On the night of September 1st, there was a full moon that lit up the night like a beacon of light. As the night turned to the morning of the Sabbath, September 2, 2001, surrounded by his family, God called home one of His noble servants, Jackson Gusveller Glaze.
Jack was born in FarmVille, Virginia on June 10, 1929, to the late Lottie Glaze Stokes and Jackson Gusweller Glaze. He was the youngest of four children, and was preceded in passing by his brother Paige Laconia Glaze, and a sister Mary Glaze Porter. He was survived by his sister Hazel Glaze of Dumfries, Virginia when he transitioned.
Having moved to Baltimore from FarmVille, Virginia, Jack met the former Hilah Theresa Brown. He later moved back to Virginia where he lived until entering Lincoln University. It was during that time that he and Hilah renewed their friendship and fell deeply in love. While attending Lincoln he was a member of the Lincolnian staff, band, glee club, choir, Baltimore Club, and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He graduated with a B.S. degree in Biology in 1950, and later joined the United States Army, serving in the Korean Conflict.
On August 18, 1951, Jack and Hilah married. In addition to being a devoted husband and exemplary provider, Jack was an excellent father. This union was blessed with five children, Jackie, Renee, Mark, Lisa and Marty.
Jack was employed by the U.S. Federal Government as a Medical Technologist at Kirk Army Hospital for thirty-three years. He was also the first African-American to own and operate a clinical laboratory in Maryland, after opening Precision Clinical Laboratory in 1965.
Upon retirement he gave unselfishly of his time and became involved in volunteer work at St. Cecilia's. Having served on several committees, including, but not limited to, the Finance and Maintenance Committees, he was recognized with the Black Heroes Award in 1994, and the Mother Mary Lange, O.S.P. Service Award in 2001. Jack was often referred to as a " modern-day St. Joseph." He was a lover of God, knowledge, family, people, jazz and life. A true role model that will be missed.
He left to cherish in his memory, his devoted wife of fifty years, Hilah; daughters, Jackie , Renee and Lisa; sons Mark and Marty; two daughters-in-law, Debbie and Tracey; two sons-in-law, James and Jeff; his sister, Hazel; three granddaughters, Alanna, Ashley and Morgan; ten grandsons, Troy, Todd, Terry, Jarrett, Adrian, Alex, Justin, Jaye, Marcus and Marshall; a great grandson, Tyren; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.
Jack donated his body to science, and a Memorial Service was held on Friday, September 7, 2001 in the Sanctuary of St. Cecilia Catholic Church. Father Sylvester Peterka officiated.
The family gave special thanks to the Certified Nursing Assistants, Helen, Patricia, and Barbara, who helped to care for Jack while he remained home.
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Corporal Jackson G. Glaze was awarded the Soldier of the Month in April 1953. He was stationed at 21st Station Hospital in Korea. When receiving the award he had been stationed there for eleven (11) months and had never seen his eight (8) month old daughter, Jacqueline.
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He keeps your doctor from guessing Baltimore Afro American
July 28, 1962 Written by: George Collins
He unlocks secrets of the blood.
On his findings often hang the key to life - and death.
This is the story of Jackson Gusveller Glaze, hematologist and young man on the move - UP!
Hematology, says Webster, is the science which deals with the blood.
Mr. Glaze, a practitioner of that science - a medical detective - stalks evidence of diseases as relentlessly as the Trench-coat Brigade.
His findings, in many cases, turn up foes as deadly, if not deadlier, than a loaded gun.
This week in his Precision Clinical Laboratory, 1380 W. North Avenue, the Lincoln University graduate (Class of '50) described the nature and objective of his work as:
"Aiding doctors in their diagnosis of diseases. The purpose of the tests is to help stop human suffering as soon as possible."
The 33 year-old technician, who lightly refers to himself as the doctor's "little helper," runs countless tests for city physicians.
In his spotless, well-equipped and modern laboratory, Mr. Glaze either "confirms or rules out" the presence of disease.
While the familiar detectives are on the prowl for thieves, robbers, etc. the scientific detective looks for such dreaded maladies as diabetes, anemia, tuberculosis, cell deficiencies, cancer and "anything else that shows up in the tests," Mr. Glaze said.
Typical of the young man on the move, the laboratory is only a part of the FarmVille, Virginia native's 18-hour day.
He is Chief Technician of Laboratory Services at Aberdeen Proving Grounds Army Hospital, where he supervises the work of staff technicians.
The Korea veteran has held this post since 1955 when he left Sinai Hospital where he headed the Hematology Department for two years.
During his two-year military career, 14 months of it in Korea,Mr. Glazewon a commendation from the commanding General for his work in the laboratory.
According to General Richard S. Whitcomb, the technician was commended "In recognition of exceptionally faithful and meritorious performance of military duty."
Only enough, the "sidetracked doctor" was attracted to hematology as a result of his military service. He explained:
"I finished Lincoln, majoring in biology and chemistry. While I was waiting to be admitted to Meharry I was inducted."
"Another month and I would have been in medical school," he said, "but after Korea, I knew the laboratory was for me."
Has he regretted his choice? "No, in fact I'm glad I switched. I can think of nothing that could give me greater satisfaction than knowing that a person has been made well because I was able to find the secret to his illness through tests," he declares.
Sadness, as it does in other areas of life, also touches Mr. Glaze.
"I feel sorry when one of my tests reveals that the patient is afflicted with a disease which means certain death," he said, adding:
"But in this day of medical miracles, the life of a patient suffering one of these dreaded diseases can be prolonged if it is detected in time. And that makes me glad."
In Korea, Mr. Glaze said, he got the bulk of his experience "because of the high number of war casualties and the incredible number of mysterious and deadly diseases in that far corner of the world.
"For instance it was hard for us in America to have an appreciation of parasitology. Koreans with four and five different types of parasites are commonplace."
"Ironically, they are so accustomed to parasites, when they are free of them, they feel worse than they felt with them," the technologist recalled.
So challenging was the war against diseases in Korea, Mr. Glaze said, he voluntarily gave his service after duty hours to the Mary Knoll Sisters Clinic.
"We should be grateful for the advancement of medical research here," Mr. Glaze said in commenting on his Korea experience.
"We have medicine here like no other place in the world."
One of the chief benefits of medical research, Mr. Glaze feels, is the laboratory.
"It takes the guesswork out of diagnosing diseases and prevents delays that could, and did in the old days cause needless death."
In contrast to days when doctors had to find an ailment through the process of elimination, the laboratory pinpoints it immediately," he said.
When physicians of past decades had ti wait until a given disease became more pronounced before they could recognize and treat it, the lab technician can detect it immediately in the blood, he said.
The "detective" said he comes from a family of teachers.
Mr. Glaze said his father, Jackson Gusweller Glaze, died when he (the technician) was five years old.
His mother, Mrs. Lottie Glaze Stokes, a retired teacher, now remarried, raised four children, all of whom "but me" are teachers. They are Mrs. Mary Porter, Miss Hazel Glaze and Paige Glaze.
Mr. Glaze said he was robbed of the title "junior" when whoever prepared his birth certificate mixed up the spelling of his middle name.
My father's middle name is spelled with a "w" but they put a "v" in mine, so I can't call myself junior, he joked.
The man in motion is married to the former Miss Hilah Brown, Morgan State College graduate (Class of '50). She was homecoming queen a year before graduation.
They have four children -Jacqueline M. 9, Renee 7, Mark G. 5, and Lisa Ann, 16 months. They live at 3700 Chesholm Rd.
As other men on the move, Mr. Glaze, an honor student throughout school (valedictorian both his junior and high school graduating classes0, can not be accused of single-mindedness. He is aware and concerned about vital issues of the day.
Of his hometown, FarmVille, where schools have been closed to thwart integration, he said:
"It's a tragedy. The place is now a ghost town, but it had to happen somewhere. They tried to hold on to the status quo by building a million and a half dollar "colored" school, but it backfired.
"They thought they could bring pressure on the colored teachers to insure segregation, that didn't work.
"All the displaced teachers are working elsewhere and the town is dying - dead in fact.
"The price of segregation comes high!"
Another sore spot that agitates the technologist is the lack of cooperation between business and professional leaders in baltimore.
We can demonstrate, make demands and protest all we want, but unless we join hands to create economic and political power, our voices will go unheard. "We talk a lot about cooperation, unity and presenting a solid front, but it's mostly talk," the young man went on.
"A case in point is this laboratory. Although I've been here two and a half years, you know only about 10 percent of our doctors bring their work here."
"I seek their patronage on one basis alone - competence. I couldn't want it otherwise.
"But I'm competent and it only seems logical that they would come here.
"Is there any reason why they shouldn't?"
"What group of citizens supports our doctors? it's obvious," he said.
"We (young businessmen) came up with a plan for a medical building. Only needed $40,000 to make it a reality. To date, our doctors who are able to do it are not interested."
Detailing the effects of this lack of cooperation, Mr. Glaze continued.
"We have students being trained in all types of professions. Who are going to hire them if we don't?"
"You can have all the business administration graduates you want, but it does no good if there is no business to administrate." he declared.
"If the leaders could just see the need to work together, economically and politically, there'd be no need to ask for what we are entitled to.
"We could demand it......and get it!"
Mr. Glaze employs two apprentices - Golden Roche and Earl Brown - in his laboratory. he plans to hire more.
the laboratory is open from 6 p.m. until "we leave," Mr. glaze said because "it's an oddity of this business for the workload to reach it's peak in late evening and night."
the fact that most persons work at day and visit their doctors in the evening accounts for it, he said.
When he decides to devote full-time in the laboratory. Mr. Glaze said his operation will still be center around late evening hours.
Meanwhile, he is "here to stay." said the young man on the move - UP!
