Funeral services for Burl Franklin Baker of Tifton, who died Sunday in Tift General Hospital, will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Funeral Home.
The Revs. W.I. Long and Paul Swafford will officiate, with burial to be held at Leila Cemetery.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Born Sept. 4, 1894, in Colquitt county, Mr. Baker was a retired farmer and the son of the late Pedrick Jackson and Elizabeth Clark Baker. He was a member of Northside Baptist Church in Tifton and had lived in Tift county 30 years, moving here from Colquitt county.
Survivors include the widow Mrs. Florence Anna Lindsey Baker to whom he was married Nov. 27, 1918; two sons, The Rev. P.J. Baker of Cochran and the Rev. J. Frank Baker of Decatur, Ill., two daughters, Mrs. Grace Johnson of Valdosta and Mrs. Helen Swafford of New Orleans, La; one sister Mrs. C.S. Powell of Omega; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The Revs. W.I. Long and Paul Swafford will officiate, with burial to be held at Leila Cemetery.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Born Sept. 4, 1894, in Colquitt county, Mr. Baker was a retired farmer and the son of the late Pedrick Jackson and Elizabeth Clark Baker. He was a member of Northside Baptist Church in Tifton and had lived in Tift county 30 years, moving here from Colquitt county.
Survivors include the widow Mrs. Florence Anna Lindsey Baker to whom he was married Nov. 27, 1918; two sons, The Rev. P.J. Baker of Cochran and the Rev. J. Frank Baker of Decatur, Ill., two daughters, Mrs. Grace Johnson of Valdosta and Mrs. Helen Swafford of New Orleans, La; one sister Mrs. C.S. Powell of Omega; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Burl Franklin Baker of Tifton, who died Sunday in Tift General Hospital, will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Funeral Home.
The Revs. W.I. Long and Paul Swafford will officiate, with burial to be held at Leila Cemetery.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Born Sept. 4, 1894, in Colquitt county, Mr. Baker was a retired farmer and the son of the late Pedrick Jackson and Elizabeth Clark Baker. He was a member of Northside Baptist Church in Tifton and had lived in Tift county 30 years, moving here from Colquitt county.
Survivors include the widow Mrs. Florence Anna Lindsey Baker to whom he was married Nov. 27, 1918; two sons, The Rev. P.J. Baker of Cochran and the Rev. J. Frank Baker of Decatur, Ill., two daughters, Mrs. Grace Johnson of Valdosta and Mrs. Helen Swafford of New Orleans, La; one sister Mrs. C.S. Powell of Omega; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The Revs. W.I. Long and Paul Swafford will officiate, with burial to be held at Leila Cemetery.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Born Sept. 4, 1894, in Colquitt county, Mr. Baker was a retired farmer and the son of the late Pedrick Jackson and Elizabeth Clark Baker. He was a member of Northside Baptist Church in Tifton and had lived in Tift county 30 years, moving here from Colquitt county.
Survivors include the widow Mrs. Florence Anna Lindsey Baker to whom he was married Nov. 27, 1918; two sons, The Rev. P.J. Baker of Cochran and the Rev. J. Frank Baker of Decatur, Ill., two daughters, Mrs. Grace Johnson of Valdosta and Mrs. Helen Swafford of New Orleans, La; one sister Mrs. C.S. Powell of Omega; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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