Charles M. Baker
NORTH TAZEWELL, Va. – Mr. Charles Monroe "Casey" (Holcomb) Baker, age 62 , died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004, at a Richlands hospital following a lengthy illness.
He was born in McDowell County, W.Va., and was a son of the late Rev. Frank Holcomb* and Mary Magdalena Hicks Holcomb, both McDowell County natives.
He had made his home in North Tazewell for the past two years, but had lived most of his life in McDowell County. He had attended the Big Creek High School at War, W.Va., and was a retired coal miner and carpenter. He was a disabled Vietnam veteran. He had served three tours in the Army during the Vietnam conflict and he had been stationed at the Berlin Wall and Okinawa. Casey was a member of the American Legion Post 175 of Bradshaw, W.Va., and the Barns-Beavers VFW Post 7136 of Tazewell, Va. He was a member of the Living Spring Pentecostal Holiness Church of North Tazewell.
Survivors include: his wife, Phyllis Ann McCoy Baker; daughter, Mrs. Bret (Melinda) Blankenship of Tazewell; sons, Charles M. Baker Jr. and wife Yvonna of Tazewell and Thomas Spohr of Columbus, Ga.; sisters, Mrs. Ewing (Mary Frances) Begley of Tazewell and Mrs. Patricia Donovan of Beckley, W.Va.; brother, Robert Edward "Blue" Holcomb of Wise; half-sisters, Mrs. Anna Cooper of North Carolina, and Mrs. Ada Woody of Bartley, W.Va.; half brother, Roger Baker of Bartley; grandson, John Patrick Casley Blankenship; eight nephews; five nieces; five great- nephews; and many friends also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004, at 1:00 p.m. at Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Tazewell, with Rev. Lacy Griffith, Rev. Bill Keen and Rev. Mary Frances Begley, pastor of Living Spring Pentecostal Holiness Church officiating. Interment will follow at Grandview Memory Gardens, Bluefield, Va. Pallbearers will be Allen Underwood, Robbie Brewster, Mark Collins, Johnny Hicks, John Casley Blankenship, Michael Donovan, Dale Chapman and Charles Baker Jr. Members of the Barns-Beavers VFW Post 7136 of Tazewell will conduct military graveside rites. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday evening from 6-9:00 p.m.
Hurst-Scott Funeral Homes of Tazewell is in charge of arrangements.
Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at www.hurstscottfuneralhomes.com.
* Step-father. His father was Charles Edward Baker.
NORTH TAZEWELL, Va. – Mr. Charles Monroe "Casey" (Holcomb) Baker, age 62 , died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004, at a Richlands hospital following a lengthy illness.
He was born in McDowell County, W.Va., and was a son of the late Rev. Frank Holcomb* and Mary Magdalena Hicks Holcomb, both McDowell County natives.
He had made his home in North Tazewell for the past two years, but had lived most of his life in McDowell County. He had attended the Big Creek High School at War, W.Va., and was a retired coal miner and carpenter. He was a disabled Vietnam veteran. He had served three tours in the Army during the Vietnam conflict and he had been stationed at the Berlin Wall and Okinawa. Casey was a member of the American Legion Post 175 of Bradshaw, W.Va., and the Barns-Beavers VFW Post 7136 of Tazewell, Va. He was a member of the Living Spring Pentecostal Holiness Church of North Tazewell.
Survivors include: his wife, Phyllis Ann McCoy Baker; daughter, Mrs. Bret (Melinda) Blankenship of Tazewell; sons, Charles M. Baker Jr. and wife Yvonna of Tazewell and Thomas Spohr of Columbus, Ga.; sisters, Mrs. Ewing (Mary Frances) Begley of Tazewell and Mrs. Patricia Donovan of Beckley, W.Va.; brother, Robert Edward "Blue" Holcomb of Wise; half-sisters, Mrs. Anna Cooper of North Carolina, and Mrs. Ada Woody of Bartley, W.Va.; half brother, Roger Baker of Bartley; grandson, John Patrick Casley Blankenship; eight nephews; five nieces; five great- nephews; and many friends also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004, at 1:00 p.m. at Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Tazewell, with Rev. Lacy Griffith, Rev. Bill Keen and Rev. Mary Frances Begley, pastor of Living Spring Pentecostal Holiness Church officiating. Interment will follow at Grandview Memory Gardens, Bluefield, Va. Pallbearers will be Allen Underwood, Robbie Brewster, Mark Collins, Johnny Hicks, John Casley Blankenship, Michael Donovan, Dale Chapman and Charles Baker Jr. Members of the Barns-Beavers VFW Post 7136 of Tazewell will conduct military graveside rites. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday evening from 6-9:00 p.m.
Hurst-Scott Funeral Homes of Tazewell is in charge of arrangements.
Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at www.hurstscottfuneralhomes.com.
* Step-father. His father was Charles Edward Baker.
Charles M. Baker
NORTH TAZEWELL, Va. – Mr. Charles Monroe "Casey" (Holcomb) Baker, age 62 , died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004, at a Richlands hospital following a lengthy illness.
He was born in McDowell County, W.Va., and was a son of the late Rev. Frank Holcomb* and Mary Magdalena Hicks Holcomb, both McDowell County natives.
He had made his home in North Tazewell for the past two years, but had lived most of his life in McDowell County. He had attended the Big Creek High School at War, W.Va., and was a retired coal miner and carpenter. He was a disabled Vietnam veteran. He had served three tours in the Army during the Vietnam conflict and he had been stationed at the Berlin Wall and Okinawa. Casey was a member of the American Legion Post 175 of Bradshaw, W.Va., and the Barns-Beavers VFW Post 7136 of Tazewell, Va. He was a member of the Living Spring Pentecostal Holiness Church of North Tazewell.
Survivors include: his wife, Phyllis Ann McCoy Baker; daughter, Mrs. Bret (Melinda) Blankenship of Tazewell; sons, Charles M. Baker Jr. and wife Yvonna of Tazewell and Thomas Spohr of Columbus, Ga.; sisters, Mrs. Ewing (Mary Frances) Begley of Tazewell and Mrs. Patricia Donovan of Beckley, W.Va.; brother, Robert Edward "Blue" Holcomb of Wise; half-sisters, Mrs. Anna Cooper of North Carolina, and Mrs. Ada Woody of Bartley, W.Va.; half brother, Roger Baker of Bartley; grandson, John Patrick Casley Blankenship; eight nephews; five nieces; five great- nephews; and many friends also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004, at 1:00 p.m. at Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Tazewell, with Rev. Lacy Griffith, Rev. Bill Keen and Rev. Mary Frances Begley, pastor of Living Spring Pentecostal Holiness Church officiating. Interment will follow at Grandview Memory Gardens, Bluefield, Va. Pallbearers will be Allen Underwood, Robbie Brewster, Mark Collins, Johnny Hicks, John Casley Blankenship, Michael Donovan, Dale Chapman and Charles Baker Jr. Members of the Barns-Beavers VFW Post 7136 of Tazewell will conduct military graveside rites. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday evening from 6-9:00 p.m.
Hurst-Scott Funeral Homes of Tazewell is in charge of arrangements.
Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at www.hurstscottfuneralhomes.com.
* Step-father. His father was Charles Edward Baker.
NORTH TAZEWELL, Va. – Mr. Charles Monroe "Casey" (Holcomb) Baker, age 62 , died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004, at a Richlands hospital following a lengthy illness.
He was born in McDowell County, W.Va., and was a son of the late Rev. Frank Holcomb* and Mary Magdalena Hicks Holcomb, both McDowell County natives.
He had made his home in North Tazewell for the past two years, but had lived most of his life in McDowell County. He had attended the Big Creek High School at War, W.Va., and was a retired coal miner and carpenter. He was a disabled Vietnam veteran. He had served three tours in the Army during the Vietnam conflict and he had been stationed at the Berlin Wall and Okinawa. Casey was a member of the American Legion Post 175 of Bradshaw, W.Va., and the Barns-Beavers VFW Post 7136 of Tazewell, Va. He was a member of the Living Spring Pentecostal Holiness Church of North Tazewell.
Survivors include: his wife, Phyllis Ann McCoy Baker; daughter, Mrs. Bret (Melinda) Blankenship of Tazewell; sons, Charles M. Baker Jr. and wife Yvonna of Tazewell and Thomas Spohr of Columbus, Ga.; sisters, Mrs. Ewing (Mary Frances) Begley of Tazewell and Mrs. Patricia Donovan of Beckley, W.Va.; brother, Robert Edward "Blue" Holcomb of Wise; half-sisters, Mrs. Anna Cooper of North Carolina, and Mrs. Ada Woody of Bartley, W.Va.; half brother, Roger Baker of Bartley; grandson, John Patrick Casley Blankenship; eight nephews; five nieces; five great- nephews; and many friends also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004, at 1:00 p.m. at Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Tazewell, with Rev. Lacy Griffith, Rev. Bill Keen and Rev. Mary Frances Begley, pastor of Living Spring Pentecostal Holiness Church officiating. Interment will follow at Grandview Memory Gardens, Bluefield, Va. Pallbearers will be Allen Underwood, Robbie Brewster, Mark Collins, Johnny Hicks, John Casley Blankenship, Michael Donovan, Dale Chapman and Charles Baker Jr. Members of the Barns-Beavers VFW Post 7136 of Tazewell will conduct military graveside rites. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday evening from 6-9:00 p.m.
Hurst-Scott Funeral Homes of Tazewell is in charge of arrangements.
Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at www.hurstscottfuneralhomes.com.
* Step-father. His father was Charles Edward Baker.
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