NAME: BUENA BETH (HOWES) BAKER, AGE 77, OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: JUNE 20, 1922 AT ORR, NEBRASKA TO DR. P. G. AND LENORE (COOK) HOWES. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 77 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN TULSA AND ATTENDED COLLEGE AT SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT, OK. MARRIED: GILBERT BAKER JR. ON OCTOBER 8, 1949 AT PARIS, TX. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK. BETH WORKED FOR THE U.S. CORPS. OF ENGINEERS DURING WWLL. AFTER COMING TO ATOKA SHE WAS SECRETARY FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY BILL PARKER AND WAS A SUB RURAL MAIL CARRIER SEVERAL YEARS. SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE P.T.A AND THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS WHEN HER DAUGHTER WAS IN SCHOOL. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE YELLOW ROSE GARDEN CLUB IN ATOKA AND THE RED ROSE GARDEN CLUB IN DURANT. SHE WAS AN AVID GARDENER AND LOVED FLOWERS. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND OF OVER 50 YEARS: GILBERT BAKER OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: EDITH ANNE LAMIRAND OF OKLAHOMA CITY GRANDCHILDREN: EMILY AND AMANDA LAMIRAND OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: DR. P. G. AND LENORE HOWES.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2000 AT 4:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: HERMAN COCHRAN, JAMES WILLIAMS, PAUL MULLINS, BUD CARR, CHARLES BOLES, BILL MCNUTT. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: SHUG BLEDSOE, JACK BONNER, SNAKE NORMAN, BOB CATES, LEROY BLACKBURN, STEVE MANSELL.