Rev. Ricky Spain, pastor and activist

The Rev. Ricky Spain, pastor of East Baltimore's Waters African Methodist Episcopal Church who had also been a community activist in his years as an Annapolis-area pastor, died of cancer Nov. 16 at the Tate Chesapeake Hospice House in Linthicum. The Severn resident was 63.

By Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun

November 23, 2012