505. BAKER – Avis T.
– 1921 – 1958 [Died December 17, 1958]
HUNTSVILLE TIMES
Thursday, December 18, 1958
Mrs. Baker Dies of Heart Attack
Husband Is Member of Airport Authority
Funeral Services for Mrs. Avis Truitt BAKER, 37, of
Owens Cross Roads, will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. from Laughlin-Service
Chapel, with the Rev. Jack CAIN and the Rev. Harry MULLINS Officiating.
Burial will be in Moon Cemetery at Owens Cross Roads.
Mrs. Baker died last night at Huntsville Hospital following
a heart attack. She was active in civic
affairs in Owens Cross Roads, and was a member of the Owens Cross Roads
Methodist Church.
Her husband, Robert BAKER, operates a store and gin in
Owens Cross Roads, and is a member of the Huntsville-Madison County Airport
Authority.
Other survivors include two sons, Bob BAKER and Steven
BAKER; a daughter, Anna Louise BAKER; her parents, Mr. And Mrs. C. J. TRUITT; a
brother, Delton TRUITT; and two sisters, Mrs. J. O. KIDD and Mrs. Jim THOMAS.
Active pallbearers will be Bruce MAPLES, Albert H. WOODY,
A. G. OSBORNE, Albert BUTLER Jr., James R. SPIVEY and J. B. BURLESON.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. J. L. CARPENTER, Dr. Robert
AUSTIN, J. E. HUMPHREY, Dean MURPHEE and members of the Huntsville-Madison
County Airport Authority.