Longtime Stoney Point resident dies
A Sandspur report
Cecil Lewelling, who worked tirelessly to make residents in the Stoney Point area feel safer, died Sunday following complications from surgery. He was 72.
Lewelling lived in the Stoney Point area from 1987 until last September, when he moved to Taneytown, Md., to be close to family.
"I'll get there just in time for football season," he said at the time.
Football, and helping youngsters learn to play the game, were among his greatest loves. He co-founded the Francis Scott Key Junior Eagles in Taneytown in 1969. When the program celebrated its 40th anniversary, they named the field in honor or Lewelling and co-founder Lee Berry.
But while he had ties to Maryland, he also made quite a name for himself in Stopney Point. When he decided to move away, after 22 years, a tearful, yet grateful, community threw him a farewell party at the monthly Neighborhood Watch meeting. Lewelling was the one who started the group in 1998, in coordination with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office Crime Prevention Unit. When he retired from Black and Decker, at 62, he devoted his efforts full-time to the safety of the neighborhood.
Lt. Robert Dickie of the Cumberland County Sheriffs' Office knew Lewelling well. "You have worn my telephone out," he said, at Lewelling's farewell party, "but your problems are gone now."
Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday at the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home in Taneytown. The family is scheduled to receive friends today from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Flowers may be sent to the funeral home or memorial contributions may be made to the FSK Jr. Eagles Football and Cheerleading, P.O. Box 90, Taneytown, MD 21787.