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The Sun-Courier, Thursday, December 1, 1988 
Richard Baker, age 80, a life long resident of Bell County, Ky., died Monday, 
November 28, 1988 at the Pineville Community Hospital. He was born September 22, 
1908 in Bell County, Ky., the son of the late W. M. BAKER and Lucy COLLET BAKER. 
 He was a retired coal miner, a veteran of World War II, was retired form the 
Columbus, Ohio plant of Rockwell International.  He was a member of the House of 
Prayer Tabernacle. He is survived by five sons, Leon BAKER, Indianapolis, Ind., 
Howard BAKER, Largo, Fla., Virgil BAKER, Claude BAKER and Hubert BAKER, all of 
Calvin, Ky.; four daughters, Mrs. Thelma HUGHES and Mrs. Virgie BELL, both of 
Pineville, Ky., Mrs. Gloria TAMPLIN, Corpus Christi, Texas, Miss Ethel BAKER who 
is deceased; two brothers, T.J. BAKER and Matthew BAKER, both of Indianapolis, 
Ind.; two sisters, Mrs. Nora SIZEMORE, Pineville, Ky., and Mrs. Myrtle SPELLMAN, 
Charleston, S. C.; twenty-one grandchildren; seventeen great grandchildren. 
Services were at 3 p.m. Wednesday, November 30, 1988 at the Laurel Hill 
Penecostal Church with Revs. Wayne GRACE and Donald MESSER.  Burial followed in 
the Pinelawn Memorial Cemetery, (Laurel Hill) Pineville, Ky.  Music was provided 
by the Called Out Singers form the Community Penecostal Church.  The pallbearers 
who served were his six grandsons.Durham Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.