Frank M. Conaway Sr., the long-time clerk of Baltimore City Circuit Court who has held public office for more than four decades, died last night in his sleep at his Northwest Baltimore home. He was 81.
Conaway, who dubbed himself “the godfather of black politics in Baltimore,” was the patriarch of a family of public servants. His wife, Mary Conaway, was Baltimore City Register of Wills from 1982 until her retirement in 2012; his daughter, Belinda Conaway, was elected to that position in 2014; and son, Frank Conaway Jr., is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates.
