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John Rex Baker Jr.

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John Rex Baker Jr.

Birth
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
2000 (aged 78–79)
Burial
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Plot
GM3 East, row 1, tier 1
Memorial ID
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Mr. Baker was born on Thanksgiving Day to John Rex Baker, Sr. and Beatrice Elizabeth "Dixie" Baker.

He was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Frances Ellen Baker and brother, James C. Baker.

He is survived by his wife, Teresa Ellen (Terry) Baker; sons, John Rex, III, and Mark Dixon Baker; a step-grandson, Trent Alcott; and a niece, Sherill Ritter and nephew, Rex A. Baker.

He was an avid reader, especially of history, and was proud of his ancestry. On his father's side, he could trace his ancestry to President Rutherford B. Hayes, and on his mother's side, to Confederate General Jubal A. Early, and great-grandfather, Amos Tuck, a RR financier, who also sat in Congress with Abraham Lincoln, and for whom the Amos Tuck School of Business, at Dartmouth University, was named.

Services: October 3, 2000 at Resurrection Cemetery Chapel.

Source: The Daily Oklahoman, Tuesday, October 3, 2000 page 5-D:
Mr. Baker was born on Thanksgiving Day to John Rex Baker, Sr. and Beatrice Elizabeth "Dixie" Baker.

He was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Frances Ellen Baker and brother, James C. Baker.

He is survived by his wife, Teresa Ellen (Terry) Baker; sons, John Rex, III, and Mark Dixon Baker; a step-grandson, Trent Alcott; and a niece, Sherill Ritter and nephew, Rex A. Baker.

He was an avid reader, especially of history, and was proud of his ancestry. On his father's side, he could trace his ancestry to President Rutherford B. Hayes, and on his mother's side, to Confederate General Jubal A. Early, and great-grandfather, Amos Tuck, a RR financier, who also sat in Congress with Abraham Lincoln, and for whom the Amos Tuck School of Business, at Dartmouth University, was named.

Services: October 3, 2000 at Resurrection Cemetery Chapel.

Source: The Daily Oklahoman, Tuesday, October 3, 2000 page 5-D:


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70971357/john_rex-baker: accessed ), memorial page for John Rex Baker Jr. (24 Nov 1921–2000), Find a Grave Memorial ID 70971357, citing Resurrection Memorial Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Jane (contributor 46787182).