Married, age 62 yrs, 3 mos, 10 days, birthplace Hazelhurst, Miss, Lawyer
Father, Cuenard Baker, born in Mississippi
Mother, Unknown
Burial, Garden of Memories, Kerrville, Texas
per Texas Death Certificate
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 5:00 o'clock in the Stephens Mortuary for Judge William C. Baker, 62, who died early Monday morning in his home on Fredericksburg Rpad after an illness of several months. Interment will be in the Garden of Memories.
Rev. F.M. Brasier, rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, will the burial rites and the pallbearers will be E.B. Carruth, Jr., O.B. Schwethelm, Bernard Kuhlmann, Max Reinbach, R.M. Mickle, and L.A. Wilson. Judge A.N. Moursund of San Antonio, an intimate friend of Judge Baker's will give the oration.
Judge Baker was born in Hazelhurst, Miss., and at the age of 13 years moved to Louisiana. When he was 18 he was made manager of a plantation in Morgan City, and had the opportunity to read the law library of a friend. He became interested and applied himself diligently to the task, so that after a few years he was elected county attorney. Later he moved to Franklin, La., where he served as district attorney and later as district judge.
He came to Kerrville in 1919 and established the practice of law and served two terms as district attorney. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, Masonic Lodge, and of numerous civic organizations. He was generous with his time and talents in any enterprise which was for the progress or the upbuilding of the community.
The survivors are his widow, Mrs. Claire Baker; one daughter, Miss Virginia, both of this city; two sons, James and Everard, of Houston; four grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Allen Marsh, New Orleans, La.; Mrs. W.B. Alford, Hazelhurst, Miss.; Miss Quintard Baker, Jackson, Miss.; and Mrs. Wade Lowe of Hazelhurst,, all of whom were here for the last sad rites.
Kerrville Mountain Sun
Kerrville, Texas
Thursday, September 1940
Father, Cuenard Baker, born in Mississippi
Mother, Unknown
Burial, Garden of Memories, Kerrville, Texas
per Texas Death Certificate
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 5:00 o'clock in the Stephens Mortuary for Judge William C. Baker, 62, who died early Monday morning in his home on Fredericksburg Rpad after an illness of several months. Interment will be in the Garden of Memories.
Rev. F.M. Brasier, rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, will the burial rites and the pallbearers will be E.B. Carruth, Jr., O.B. Schwethelm, Bernard Kuhlmann, Max Reinbach, R.M. Mickle, and L.A. Wilson. Judge A.N. Moursund of San Antonio, an intimate friend of Judge Baker's will give the oration.
Judge Baker was born in Hazelhurst, Miss., and at the age of 13 years moved to Louisiana. When he was 18 he was made manager of a plantation in Morgan City, and had the opportunity to read the law library of a friend. He became interested and applied himself diligently to the task, so that after a few years he was elected county attorney. Later he moved to Franklin, La., where he served as district attorney and later as district judge.
He came to Kerrville in 1919 and established the practice of law and served two terms as district attorney. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, Masonic Lodge, and of numerous civic organizations. He was generous with his time and talents in any enterprise which was for the progress or the upbuilding of the community.
The survivors are his widow, Mrs. Claire Baker; one daughter, Miss Virginia, both of this city; two sons, James and Everard, of Houston; four grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Allen Marsh, New Orleans, La.; Mrs. W.B. Alford, Hazelhurst, Miss.; Miss Quintard Baker, Jackson, Miss.; and Mrs. Wade Lowe of Hazelhurst,, all of whom were here for the last sad rites.
Kerrville Mountain Sun
Kerrville, Texas
Thursday, September 1940
Married, age 62 yrs, 3 mos, 10 days, birthplace Hazelhurst, Miss, Lawyer
Father, Cuenard Baker, born in Mississippi
Mother, Unknown
Burial, Garden of Memories, Kerrville, Texas
per Texas Death Certificate
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 5:00 o'clock in the Stephens Mortuary for Judge William C. Baker, 62, who died early Monday morning in his home on Fredericksburg Rpad after an illness of several months. Interment will be in the Garden of Memories.
Rev. F.M. Brasier, rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, will the burial rites and the pallbearers will be E.B. Carruth, Jr., O.B. Schwethelm, Bernard Kuhlmann, Max Reinbach, R.M. Mickle, and L.A. Wilson. Judge A.N. Moursund of San Antonio, an intimate friend of Judge Baker's will give the oration.
Judge Baker was born in Hazelhurst, Miss., and at the age of 13 years moved to Louisiana. When he was 18 he was made manager of a plantation in Morgan City, and had the opportunity to read the law library of a friend. He became interested and applied himself diligently to the task, so that after a few years he was elected county attorney. Later he moved to Franklin, La., where he served as district attorney and later as district judge.
He came to Kerrville in 1919 and established the practice of law and served two terms as district attorney. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, Masonic Lodge, and of numerous civic organizations. He was generous with his time and talents in any enterprise which was for the progress or the upbuilding of the community.
The survivors are his widow, Mrs. Claire Baker; one daughter, Miss Virginia, both of this city; two sons, James and Everard, of Houston; four grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Allen Marsh, New Orleans, La.; Mrs. W.B. Alford, Hazelhurst, Miss.; Miss Quintard Baker, Jackson, Miss.; and Mrs. Wade Lowe of Hazelhurst,, all of whom were here for the last sad rites.
Kerrville Mountain Sun
Kerrville, Texas
Thursday, September 1940
Father, Cuenard Baker, born in Mississippi
Mother, Unknown
Burial, Garden of Memories, Kerrville, Texas
per Texas Death Certificate
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 5:00 o'clock in the Stephens Mortuary for Judge William C. Baker, 62, who died early Monday morning in his home on Fredericksburg Rpad after an illness of several months. Interment will be in the Garden of Memories.
Rev. F.M. Brasier, rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, will the burial rites and the pallbearers will be E.B. Carruth, Jr., O.B. Schwethelm, Bernard Kuhlmann, Max Reinbach, R.M. Mickle, and L.A. Wilson. Judge A.N. Moursund of San Antonio, an intimate friend of Judge Baker's will give the oration.
Judge Baker was born in Hazelhurst, Miss., and at the age of 13 years moved to Louisiana. When he was 18 he was made manager of a plantation in Morgan City, and had the opportunity to read the law library of a friend. He became interested and applied himself diligently to the task, so that after a few years he was elected county attorney. Later he moved to Franklin, La., where he served as district attorney and later as district judge.
He came to Kerrville in 1919 and established the practice of law and served two terms as district attorney. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, Masonic Lodge, and of numerous civic organizations. He was generous with his time and talents in any enterprise which was for the progress or the upbuilding of the community.
The survivors are his widow, Mrs. Claire Baker; one daughter, Miss Virginia, both of this city; two sons, James and Everard, of Houston; four grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Allen Marsh, New Orleans, La.; Mrs. W.B. Alford, Hazelhurst, Miss.; Miss Quintard Baker, Jackson, Miss.; and Mrs. Wade Lowe of Hazelhurst,, all of whom were here for the last sad rites.
Kerrville Mountain Sun
Kerrville, Texas
Thursday, September 1940
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