An Obituary from "Gatesville Messenger & Star Forum," Thursday, January 4, 1979:
Funeral services for Joseph R. (Joe) Baker of Gatesville, a retired city employee, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Gatesville Funeral Home chapel. Rev. W. C. Terrell and Rev. Jim Bolding conducted the services, and burial was in Restland Cemetery.
Mr. Baker, 69, was fatally stricken with an apparent heart attack on Dec. 26.
Born in Fairfield on Dec. 20, 1909, Mr. Baker had lived in Gatesville the last 31 years. He did carpentry work and then was employed by the city for a number of years before retiring in early 1974.
He married Miss Clellie Bynum on April 22, 1944, at Pearl. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Pentecostal Church of God.
Surviving are his wife; one sister, Mrs. Lois Day of Fairfield; and a brother, James Baker of Fairfield.
Pallbearers for Mr. Baker's funeral were Ray Featherston, E. J. Jones, I. V. Pate, Curtis Davis, Dr. Oley Beard, Virgil Music, Paul Kirkland and Herman Sims.
From Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982:
Name: Joseph Regean Baker
Birth Date: 20 Dec 1909
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Gatesville, Coryell, Texas
Spouse: Clellie Baker
Father: Fletcher Baker
Age at Death: 69
Death Date: 26 Dec 1978
Death Place: Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, USA
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data:
Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. iArchives, Orem, Utah.
Funeral services for Joseph R. (Joe) Baker of Gatesville, a retired city employee, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Gatesville Funeral Home chapel. Rev. W. C. Terrell and Rev. Jim Bolding conducted the services, and burial was in Restland Cemetery.
Mr. Baker, 69, was fatally stricken with an apparent heart attack on Dec. 26.
Born in Fairfield on Dec. 20, 1909, Mr. Baker had lived in Gatesville the last 31 years. He did carpentry work and then was employed by the city for a number of years before retiring in early 1974.
He married Miss Clellie Bynum on April 22, 1944, at Pearl. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Pentecostal Church of God.
Surviving are his wife; one sister, Mrs. Lois Day of Fairfield; and a brother, James Baker of Fairfield.
Pallbearers for Mr. Baker's funeral were Ray Featherston, E. J. Jones, I. V. Pate, Curtis Davis, Dr. Oley Beard, Virgil Music, Paul Kirkland and Herman Sims.
From Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982:
Name: Joseph Regean Baker
Birth Date: 20 Dec 1909
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Gatesville, Coryell, Texas
Spouse: Clellie Baker
Father: Fletcher Baker
Age at Death: 69
Death Date: 26 Dec 1978
Death Place: Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, USA
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data:
Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. iArchives, Orem, Utah.
An Obituary from "Gatesville Messenger & Star Forum," Thursday, January 4, 1979:
Funeral services for Joseph R. (Joe) Baker of Gatesville, a retired city employee, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Gatesville Funeral Home chapel. Rev. W. C. Terrell and Rev. Jim Bolding conducted the services, and burial was in Restland Cemetery.
Mr. Baker, 69, was fatally stricken with an apparent heart attack on Dec. 26.
Born in Fairfield on Dec. 20, 1909, Mr. Baker had lived in Gatesville the last 31 years. He did carpentry work and then was employed by the city for a number of years before retiring in early 1974.
He married Miss Clellie Bynum on April 22, 1944, at Pearl. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Pentecostal Church of God.
Surviving are his wife; one sister, Mrs. Lois Day of Fairfield; and a brother, James Baker of Fairfield.
Pallbearers for Mr. Baker's funeral were Ray Featherston, E. J. Jones, I. V. Pate, Curtis Davis, Dr. Oley Beard, Virgil Music, Paul Kirkland and Herman Sims.
From Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982:
Name: Joseph Regean Baker
Birth Date: 20 Dec 1909
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Gatesville, Coryell, Texas
Spouse: Clellie Baker
Father: Fletcher Baker
Age at Death: 69
Death Date: 26 Dec 1978
Death Place: Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, USA
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data:
Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. iArchives, Orem, Utah.
Funeral services for Joseph R. (Joe) Baker of Gatesville, a retired city employee, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Gatesville Funeral Home chapel. Rev. W. C. Terrell and Rev. Jim Bolding conducted the services, and burial was in Restland Cemetery.
Mr. Baker, 69, was fatally stricken with an apparent heart attack on Dec. 26.
Born in Fairfield on Dec. 20, 1909, Mr. Baker had lived in Gatesville the last 31 years. He did carpentry work and then was employed by the city for a number of years before retiring in early 1974.
He married Miss Clellie Bynum on April 22, 1944, at Pearl. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Pentecostal Church of God.
Surviving are his wife; one sister, Mrs. Lois Day of Fairfield; and a brother, James Baker of Fairfield.
Pallbearers for Mr. Baker's funeral were Ray Featherston, E. J. Jones, I. V. Pate, Curtis Davis, Dr. Oley Beard, Virgil Music, Paul Kirkland and Herman Sims.
From Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982:
Name: Joseph Regean Baker
Birth Date: 20 Dec 1909
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Gatesville, Coryell, Texas
Spouse: Clellie Baker
Father: Fletcher Baker
Age at Death: 69
Death Date: 26 Dec 1978
Death Place: Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, USA
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data:
Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. iArchives, Orem, Utah.
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