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Submitted: 1/4/15 • Approved: 6/14/21 • Last Updated: 6/17/21 • R80093-G80093-S3
August 31, 1870 - June 1, 1966
Funeral Services for John Allen Baker, 96, of Ruston will
be held at 10 a.m. Friday, June 3, 1966 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel in
Ruston with Rev. J. W. Lipscomb, Rev. Wilson Watson and Rev. Richard Meek
officiating. Burial will be in the Douglas Cemetery in Douglas. Services will
be under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston.
Mr. Baker, a retired farmer died Wednesday, June 1, 1966 in Lincoln General
Hospital in Ruston following a long illness.
He was a native of Summerville, La, and a member of the Douglas Methodist
Church.
He is survived by six sons: Clayton Baker of Jasper, Texas, Clyde Baker of
Port Arthur, Texas, Herbert Baker of Ruston, Louisiana, F. D. Baker of Ruston,
Louisiana, Davis Baker of Choudrant, Louisiana, and Leon Baker of Calhoun,
Louisiana; two daughters: Mrs. Myrtle Raley of Ruston, Louisiana, and Mrs. L.
C. Mayo of Monroe, Louisiana; a brother: W. H. Baker of Jena, Louisiana; two
sisters: Mrs. Mary Hair of Monroe, and Mrs. W. E. Akin of Sibley; twenty-one
grandchildren; and thirty-seven great grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be George Heard, Harold Causey, Robert D. Baker, Roger
Kaughman, Jerry Baker, Larry Baker, William Baker and Hale Walker.
Contributed on 1/4/15 by debbraszymanski
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