NAME: RONNIE DALE BAKER, AGE 54, OF ALLEN, OK AND A FORMER LONGTIME STRINGTOWN RESIDENT.

BORN: MARCH 28, 1946 AT STRINGTOWN TO JAKE BRADFORD AND JESSIE DEAN (ROWELL) BAKER. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MAY 15, 2000 NEAR STRINGTOWN, OK. AGE: 54 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 17 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STRINGTOWN, OK. MARRIED: CAROLYN KAY SMITH. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A LIFELONG RANCHER AND CATTLEMAN. RONNIE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY. HE WAS ACTIVE AND HAD MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH THE OKLAHOMA BRANGUS BREEDER ASSOCIATION. IN 1988 HE HELD THE TITLE OF BREEDER OF THE YEAR AND SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ALSO, IN 1998 HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT FOR THE INDIAN BRANGUS BREEDER ASSOCIATION. IN 1999 HE WAS ON THE SALES MANAGER/SALES AUCTIONEER SEARCH COMMITTEE. HE REPRESENTED THE O.B.A. AT THE SPRING FAIR AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION PREMIUM AUSTION IN 1999 AND 2000. RONNIE WAS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE BRANGUS ASSOCIATION AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF FFA, 4-H, AND THE OKLAHOMA JUNIOR BRANGUS BREEDER'S ASSOCIATION. SURVIVED BY WIFE: CAROLYN KAY BAKER OF ALLEN, OK. SONS: TERRY DON BAKER OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SHANE MATTHEWS OF ALLEN, OK. DAUGHTERS: MARY LOU HUNTER OF STRINGTOWN, OK. JESSICA DALE BAKER OF ALLEN, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: KRISTY HUNTER, MEGAN BAKER, HALLEY HUNTER, TORY BAKER, AND RONNIE DON BAKER WILL BE BORN VERY SOON. BROTHERS: JAKE ANTHONY BAKER AND WIFE SHERRY J. OF STRINGTOWN, OK. WAYNE BRADFORD BAKER AND WIFE SHERRI OF FT. GIBSON, OK. SISTERS: PRISCILLA MAINE AND HUSBAND RUSSELL OF ATOKA, OK. PAMELA THOMPSON AND HUSBAND LESTER OF STRINGTOWN, OK. LUCILLE BENSON AND HUSBAND KURT OF STRINGTOWN, OK. 11 NIECES, 7 NEPHEWS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAKE BRADFORD AND JESSIE DEAN BAKER.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. ASSISTING: SKIP ROWELL. CASKETBEARERS: WAYNE BROWN, JOE CASTEEL, DEAN HAYES, BILLEY HENSLEY, STEVE PRITCHARD, BOB PULLEN, DAVID PERRY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: STEVE WALKER, NORMAN WALKER, HARVEY CAPPS, WILLIE BLAIR, HERMAN COCHRAN, ARNOLD HOPSON, WAYNE REED.