Tallapoosa County AlArchives Photo Person.....Baker, Jessie Monroe March 6, 1997
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Source:             Dadeville Record March 6, 1997
Name:               Jessie Monroe Baker

Date Of Photograph: March 6, 1997
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Baker enjoys life as he celebrates 90 years

By SAM WYCKOFF - Staff Writer

Jessie Monroe Baker remembers a bit of advice an elderly gentleman gave to him 
and his wife not long after they married on Oct. 14, 1929. 

"Don't both of you get mad at the same time.  If one of you gets mad, one of 
you hold your tongue."

Baker said he heeded that advice and enjoyed a marriage of 48 years and two 
months with Dona Mae Baker before her life was taken by cancer.

They had three children, and those children's families and family friends will 
honor Baker with a party today, as he turns 90 years old.

Living long enough to see the administrations of 17 presidents, the Roxana 
community resident recalls other sage words he picked up along life's way.  
Baker quotes Proverbs 15:1 from memory.  "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but 
a harsh word stirs up anger."

He has lived a life of hard work, either on the farm, in saw mills or cotton 
mills, and has resided most of his life in his native Tallapoosa County.  The 
house he lives in now has been home for 52 years.

Baker has frequent visitors, chatting with them on his front porch.  When the 
weather is nice, he sits out front in a chair as his loyal dog, Buck, lies 
nearby.  

He still reads and keeps up with the daily news.  Tuesday he talked in detail 
about the trail of the man charged in the Oklahoma City bombing incident and 
about the latest efforts by congressmen to pass or thwart a balanced budget 
amendment.

He said he reads the Bible and tries to do what it says.

"The Bible ain't no good to you if you don't live by it," he said.

"I'm old, but I'm not crazy," he said.   "I know right from wrong, and I'm 
proud that I do."



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