Almeta Lorene Baker, age 91, of Marble Hill, MO; passed away on Friday, January 10, 2014 at the Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born November 18, 1922 in Burfordville, MO; daughter of Marvin Roscoe and Ruby Leadbetter Shanks.
She and Melbern Malachi Baker were united in marriage on June 24, 1941 and he passed away on June 8, 1986.
Almeta had worked in Lutesville, Cape Girardeau and Jackson as a shoe inspector and a homemaker.
She was a member of the Locust Grove General Baptist Church where she served as church Secretary and Treasurer for thirty plus years.
Survivors include her sons Clinton, Howard, and Melbern, Jr. Baker all of Marble Hill, MO; Marvin Baker of Grassy, MO; daughter Joyce James of Marble Hill, MO; brothers Roscoe Shanks, Rev. Franklin Shanks of Marble Hill, MO; L.J. Shanks of North Augusta, S.C.; sisters Verona Wilder of Marble Hill, MO; Lou Mazzarella of Woodriver, IL; Marabeth Banks of Creve Coeur, MO; fourteen grandchildren, twenty-nine great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Weldon Shanks, grandson David Andrew Baker, son-in-law Bill James and daughter-n-law Janey Baker.
Visitation will be Sunday, January 12, 2014 at the Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. Funeral services will be Monday, January 13, 2014 at the Locust Grove General Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Baker Cemetery near Marble Hill.
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She and Melbern Malachi Baker were united in marriage on June 24, 1941 and he passed away on June 8, 1986.
Almeta had worked in Lutesville, Cape Girardeau and Jackson as a shoe inspector and a homemaker.
She was a member of the Locust Grove General Baptist Church where she served as church Secretary and Treasurer for thirty plus years.
Survivors include her sons Clinton, Howard, and Melbern, Jr. Baker all of Marble Hill, MO; Marvin Baker of Grassy, MO; daughter Joyce James of Marble Hill, MO; brothers Roscoe Shanks, Rev. Franklin Shanks of Marble Hill, MO; L.J. Shanks of North Augusta, S.C.; sisters Verona Wilder of Marble Hill, MO; Lou Mazzarella of Woodriver, IL; Marabeth Banks of Creve Coeur, MO; fourteen grandchildren, twenty-nine great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Weldon Shanks, grandson David Andrew Baker, son-in-law Bill James and daughter-n-law Janey Baker.
Visitation will be Sunday, January 12, 2014 at the Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. Funeral services will be Monday, January 13, 2014 at the Locust Grove General Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Baker Cemetery near Marble Hill.
LILEY FUNERAL HOME obituary
Almeta Lorene Baker, age 91, of Marble Hill, MO; passed away on Friday, January 10, 2014 at the Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born November 18, 1922 in Burfordville, MO; daughter of Marvin Roscoe and Ruby Leadbetter Shanks.
She and Melbern Malachi Baker were united in marriage on June 24, 1941 and he passed away on June 8, 1986.
Almeta had worked in Lutesville, Cape Girardeau and Jackson as a shoe inspector and a homemaker.
She was a member of the Locust Grove General Baptist Church where she served as church Secretary and Treasurer for thirty plus years.
Survivors include her sons Clinton, Howard, and Melbern, Jr. Baker all of Marble Hill, MO; Marvin Baker of Grassy, MO; daughter Joyce James of Marble Hill, MO; brothers Roscoe Shanks, Rev. Franklin Shanks of Marble Hill, MO; L.J. Shanks of North Augusta, S.C.; sisters Verona Wilder of Marble Hill, MO; Lou Mazzarella of Woodriver, IL; Marabeth Banks of Creve Coeur, MO; fourteen grandchildren, twenty-nine great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Weldon Shanks, grandson David Andrew Baker, son-in-law Bill James and daughter-n-law Janey Baker.
Visitation will be Sunday, January 12, 2014 at the Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. Funeral services will be Monday, January 13, 2014 at the Locust Grove General Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Baker Cemetery near Marble Hill.
LILEY FUNERAL HOME obituary
She and Melbern Malachi Baker were united in marriage on June 24, 1941 and he passed away on June 8, 1986.
Almeta had worked in Lutesville, Cape Girardeau and Jackson as a shoe inspector and a homemaker.
She was a member of the Locust Grove General Baptist Church where she served as church Secretary and Treasurer for thirty plus years.
Survivors include her sons Clinton, Howard, and Melbern, Jr. Baker all of Marble Hill, MO; Marvin Baker of Grassy, MO; daughter Joyce James of Marble Hill, MO; brothers Roscoe Shanks, Rev. Franklin Shanks of Marble Hill, MO; L.J. Shanks of North Augusta, S.C.; sisters Verona Wilder of Marble Hill, MO; Lou Mazzarella of Woodriver, IL; Marabeth Banks of Creve Coeur, MO; fourteen grandchildren, twenty-nine great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Weldon Shanks, grandson David Andrew Baker, son-in-law Bill James and daughter-n-law Janey Baker.
Visitation will be Sunday, January 12, 2014 at the Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. Funeral services will be Monday, January 13, 2014 at the Locust Grove General Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Baker Cemetery near Marble Hill.
LILEY FUNERAL HOME obituary
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