Claude Kirk Topp, Jr., son of Rosalee Jones and Claude Kirk Topp, Sr., born on June 15, 1954 in Baltimore, Maryland was called home on November 6, 2006. ''Topp'', as he was affectionately known, was educated in the Baltimore City Public School System. He received his diploma upon graduating from Samuel Gompers Senior High School. At Samuel Gompers he took a strong interest in several mechanical arts courses. Topp started working at an early age. As he said ''It was money in my pocket'' but it was mostly because he had a great eye for fashion and music. It was not unusual for him to break out into a Temptations song at any given moment. Topp loved the entire Motown Music Movement. Being the oldest of 7 children he had a knack for taking charge, not so much because he had to, but because he wanted to. He was gainfully employed early on with The Superior Insulation Company. A few years later, after getting his driver's license, he was immediately promoted to On-Site Supervisor. Topp mase sure that if he was in a supervisory position, a family member or friend or 2 had a job as wrll. Topp was a self-motivated man, who later decided to open his own business while continuing to work. In the early 1980's he opened his own handy man business. In the late 1980's he started his own ''Topp Notch Cleaning Service''. In the 90's he started a vending business ''Topp Vending Inc.''. It was about this time that Topp was able to land the job that defined him. He went to work at the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital in Howard County. There he was able to help and protect those who could not do so for themselves. He always considered that a perfect fit for him. He also worke at Revision's and was a private duty care provider for Timothy Miller and Manuel Bkurnett. Topp's jovial personality could not be missed when he attended a family gathering. When he entered the room, yard or banquet hall, he lit it up, or you'd heard his voice, and then you'd look up and see...That ''Jr. is here'' and you just jnew everything would be all right. On August 17, 2002, Topp made Evonne Freeman ''The Love of his Life'' his Queen, and in doing so he made himself ''Her King''. Those who wre fortunate enough to witness this union also witnessed one of the greatest days of Topp's life, not to mention the unmistakable devotion and commitment that these two people had for one another. He leaves to mourn: his wife, Evonne Patricia Freeman Topp; four daughters, Claudette, Chantel, Lenetra, and Ebony; a loving mother, Rosalee Jones; six sisters, Darlene, Patricia, Pandora, Roxann, Shante, and Sandra; five brothers, Duane, James, Joseph, Jeffrey, and the late Louis; one son-in-law, Shawn Bates; his mother-in-law, Marian Golder Freeman Fletcher; and his father-in-law, Avon Walter Freeman, Sr.; four brothers-in-lsw, two sisters-in-law, and a host of other reatives and friends.