502. BAKER – Robert H. – 1886 – 1944
[Married Daisy MANNING April 21, 1910 (License Date)]
HUNTSVILLE TIMES
Wednesday, July 5, 1944
Robert H. Baker Taken By Death
Long Illness Is Fatal To Resident Of Owens Cross Roads
This A.M.
Robert Houston (Bob) BAKER, 58, died at his home in the
Owens Cross Roads community this morning at 2:30 o’clock, after a long
illness. He had been in failing health
about a year, and had been unable to be present at the funeral of his father,
A. T. BAKER, who died last May 18.
Funeral services will be held at the residence Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, and rites are to be conducted by the Revs. H. M.
HUDSON, of Pell City, H. M. BRANUM and M. MANDERSON. Burial will be in the Moon Cemetery with Laughlin-Service
directing.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Daisy M. BAKER; two
daughters, Mrs. Mildred CHILDERS, Huntsville, and Mrs. Louise MORRISON, of
Biloxi, Miss.; one son, Robert H. BAKER Jr., of the Army, stationed at Fort
Knox, Ky.; three sisters, Miss Grace BAKER of Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. Richard
BRANNUM of Owens Cross Roads, and Mrs. N. B. HALL, of Chattanooga; two
brothers, W. G. BAKER, of Huntsville, and Gordon BAKER, of Miami, Fla.; and
three grandchildren.
Active pallbearers at the funeral will be L. K. KENNEDY,
Charles HINDMAN, E. B. BAKER, W. W. MAPLES, C. O. BAKER, Billy HAMER, Wilson
MANN and Jesse WALLS.
Honorary pallbearers will be Judge S. H. RICHARDSON, Dr.
J. E. WHITAKER, Dr. J. L. CARPENTER, Robert MURPHREE, Ed HUMPHREY, George
DARWIN, A. H. ELLETT, J. J. ELLETT, M. F. MAPLES, A. W. COBB, Moses CRAFT, Z.
R. MAPLES, W. T. McDONALD, R. W. MOON, J. H. KENT, T. E. McKINNEY and Charles
WILLIAMS.