Perry Bryan Baker, 85, died Monday, May 23, 2005, in Oklahoma City, Okla. He was born May 26, 1920, in Oregon County, Mo., to William Perry and Florence Isabelle (Bryan) Baker. He worked at the Five Mile Spring CCC Camp (Randolph County, Arkansas) until he moved to Oklahoma City in 1937. During World War II, Baker served as a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Corps and served for two and one-half years in New Guinea repairing airplanes. Upon his return to civilian life, he was employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and retired from that firm in July 1982. He and his wife, Mary, who preceded him in death, divided their time between Oklahoma City and the Bakerden Community in Randolph County, AR. He was also preceded in death by his parents and his older brother, Carl Baker. He is survived by a son, Bryan Baker; a daughter, Mary Ellen Copeland; six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and two brothers, Troy Baker of Muskogee, Okla., and Roy Baker of Oklahoma City and the Bakerden Community. Funeral services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Baptist Temple Church in Oklahoma City and burial will follow in Resurrection Cemetery there. Services are under direction of the Poteet Funeral Home of Pawnee, Okla.
Perry Bryan Baker, 85, died Monday, May 23, 2005, in Oklahoma City, Okla. He was born May 26, 1920, in Oregon County, Mo., to William Perry and Florence Isabelle (Bryan) Baker. He worked at the Five Mile Spring CCC Camp (Randolph County, Arkansas) until he moved to Oklahoma City in 1937. During World War II, Baker served as a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Corps and served for two and one-half years in New Guinea repairing airplanes. Upon his return to civilian life, he was employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and retired from that firm in July 1982. He and his wife, Mary, who preceded him in death, divided their time between Oklahoma City and the Bakerden Community in Randolph County, AR. He was also preceded in death by his parents and his older brother, Carl Baker. He is survived by a son, Bryan Baker; a daughter, Mary Ellen Copeland; six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and two brothers, Troy Baker of Muskogee, Okla., and Roy Baker of Oklahoma City and the Bakerden Community. Funeral services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Baptist Temple Church in Oklahoma City and burial will follow in Resurrection Cemetery there. Services are under direction of the Poteet Funeral Home of Pawnee, Okla.
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