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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Gilbert Baker Jr
Elijah
July 24, 1920 – February 24, 2006
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
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