A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 10:00 AM at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Morganza, MD, with Fr. Keith Woods officiating.

A viewing and visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 from 5:00-8:00 PM at Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Chapel, with prayers being said at 7:00 PM.

Frederick Edmund Guy, 81, of the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home in Charlotte Hall, Maryland died March 23, 2007 after a lengthy illness. Born November 16, 1925 he was the son of the late Claude Eugene Guy and Mary Agnes Abell Guy.

He is survived by his brothers, George Aloysius Guy of Leonardtown, MD, and Albert Francis Guy of Clements, MD, and his sisters, Dorothy Elizabeth Emig and Anna Gertrude Haden both of Leonardtown, MD. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Joseph Stanton Guy, Claude Byron Guy and Charles Perry Guy, and his sisters Mary Agnes Hammett, Laura Cecelia Gass, Nellie Evangeline Patrick and Claudia Abell Yates. He is also survived by his God-children, Sarah Jean Pingleton, Karen Guy and Raymond Guy. Mr. Guy was also predeceased by a God-daughter, Lynn Merson Burroughs.

A Southern Maryland native, "Freddie" graduated from high school from the Charlotte Hall Military Academy in June 1943. He served in the military in the US Marines, 1944-1946. As part of his time in military service, Freddie attended Dartmouth College, being one of two persons chosen from the Pacific Theater to participate in the College V-12 training program. After serving his duty, Freddie graduated in Washington, DC, June 1948 from the Georgetown University. Upon graduation from college he returned home to Clements and assisted and managed the family store "Guy Brothers Store" 1948/1962. He later sold the store business and went to work at the National Institutes of Health, then in 1967 he was reassigned as a Staff Assistant in the Office of the Surgeon General. Later he became a Grants Management Officer until his retirement in 1980. He later returned to what he called "Home" Charlotte Hall Military Academy which is now known as the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home in 1986. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Council #1470. His very special "Love" of life was his MUSIC.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 from 5:00-8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, where prayers will be said at 7:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 10:00 AM in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Morganza, MD with Fr. Keith Woods officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be: Howard "Butch" Hammett, Al Guy, Raymond Guy, Glenn Guy, Perry Guy, Frankie Merson, Francis Guy and Bill Guy.

Contributions may be made to Hospice House of St. Mary's, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD, and/or charity of your choice.