IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Elizabeth Marie
Baker
January 1, 1923 – February 24, 2012
Obituary
ELIZABETH MARIE BAKER, age 89, died 12:10 a.m. on Friday February 24, 2012 at the East Prairie Nursing Center.
Born on January 1, 1923, in New Madrid County near East Prairie to the late Clarence A. and Lena Marten Baker, she was a 1941 graduate of East Prairie High School. In 1943 she was employed as a secretary to the Superintendent of East Prairie schools, a position she held for 41 years before retiring. The last 27 years of those years she also served as secretary for the Board of Education. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of East Prairie for 56 years.
She is survived by one brother, Clarence Leonard (Mary) Baker and one sister, Marjorie Lee Baker of East Prairie; also several cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, C.L. Baker who died in infancy.
Visitation will be held at the First Baptist Church in East Prairie on Monday, February 27, 2012, from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm. where the Funeral Service will be conducted at 11:00 am Tuesday, February 28, 2012, with Rev. George White, retired pastor, and Rev. Jim Moore, pastor, officiating.
Interment will follow in the Dogwood Cemetery.
Services conducted under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Steve Douglas, J.W. Grogan, Freddie Portwood, Marty Hutcheson, Joe Sorrells, and Gary Hancock.
Born on January 1, 1923, in New Madrid County near East Prairie to the late Clarence A. and Lena Marten Baker, she was a 1941 graduate of East Prairie High School. In 1943 she was employed as a secretary to the Superintendent of East Prairie schools, a position she held for 41 years before retiring. The last 27 years of those years she also served as secretary for the Board of Education. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of East Prairie for 56 years.
She is survived by one brother, Clarence Leonard (Mary) Baker and one sister, Marjorie Lee Baker of East Prairie; also several cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, C.L. Baker who died in infancy.
Visitation will be held at the First Baptist Church in East Prairie on Monday, February 27, 2012, from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm. where the Funeral Service will be conducted at 11:00 am Tuesday, February 28, 2012, with Rev. George White, retired pastor, and Rev. Jim Moore, pastor, officiating.
Interment will follow in the Dogwood Cemetery.
Services conducted under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Steve Douglas, J.W. Grogan, Freddie Portwood, Marty Hutcheson, Joe Sorrells, and Gary Hancock.
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