NAME: ELIJAH GILBERT BAKER, JR, AGE 85, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JULY 24, 1920 AT WICHITA FALLS, TX TO ELIJAH GiLBERT AND MOLLY KATE (SPRELL) BAKER.

PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2006 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK.

AGE: 85 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 0 DAYS.

EDUCATION: GILBERT ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA SCHOOLS.

MARRIED: BETH HOWES ON OCTOBER 8, 1949 AT PARIS, TX.

OCCUPATION: GILBERT WORKED AS A RURAL MAIL CARRIER FOR MANY YEARS IN ATOKA COUNTY, RETIRing in 1980.

HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND RURAL CARRIER UNION C.S.A.

gilbert WAS A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR ii AND SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY.

survived by

DAUGHTER: EDITH LAMIRAND OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

GRANDDAUGHTERS: EMILY LAMIRAND, A STUDENT AT OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

AMANDA LAMIRAND, A STUDENT AT OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY.

NIECES: RITA MAE TOAZ OF KIOWA, OK.

LOU PATTERSON OF HOUSTON, TX.

LUCILLE Banks OF ATOKA, ok.

PAM THOMPSON OF STRINGTOWN, ok.

PRICILLA MAINE OF ATOKA, ok.

NEPHEW: TOMMY BENEFIELD OF ATOKA, ok.

BILL HACKER OF ATOKA, ok.

JAKE BAKER OF STRINGTOWN, ok.

WAYNE BAKER OF FORT GIBSON, OK.

GREAT GRANDSON: NICHOLAS LAMIRAND OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

preceded in death by

PARENTS: ELIJAH AND MOLLY BAKER.

WIFE: BETH BAKER ON JANUARY 16, 2000.

SISTERS: HEALION TOAZ, WILMOTH BENEFIELD, AND KATHRYN HACKER.

BROTHER: JAKE BAKER.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2006 AT 2:00 PM.

PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ atoka, ok.

OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL.

CASKETBEARERS: JAMES WILLIAMS, HERMAN COCHRAN, BILL ROGERS, hARVEY CAPPS, JERRY STEPHENS

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CURTIS LAMBERT, CHARLES BOLLS, THOMAS RAY, JACK BONNER, BUD CARR, SNAKE NORMAN.

FAMILY NIGHT: NONE

FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AT GILBERT'S HOUSE