DEATH: James Allen Baker, 2002, Boyle & Garrard County, KY ------------------------------- Submitted by Sherri Hall Date: 26 Oct 2002 ------------------------------- *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ********************************************************************** From the Danville Advocate Messenger, 26 Aug 2002: MORELAND -- Services for James Allen Baker, 86, of Moreland, will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at W.L. Pruitt Funeral Home by the Revs. Greg Nimmo and David Smith. Burial will be in Hustonville Cemetery. He died Saturday at his home. Born March 26, 1919, in Moreland, he was the son of the late Willie and Ethel Pearl Merriman Baker. He was co-owner and operator of Baker Brothers Contracting in Danville for 20 years. He was a 1935 graduate of Moreland High School where he played five years on the football, basketball and baseball teams. He was a Kentucky Colonel. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, served as past master of Hustonville Lodge 184, and belonged to the chapter and council of Danville's Masonic Lodge. Survivors include his wife, Lois Jean Sims Baker of Moreland; a daughter, Sue Baker Peek of Moreland; and a great-granddaughter whom he raised, Amy Sharp of Moreland; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Bowen, Bo and Tyler McGuffey, Jim Peek, Willie Sharp, Earl Baker, Glen Chadwell and Otha Atwood. Honorary pallbearers are Charles Brown, Carlos Clem, Elmer Crowe Jr., Robert Reid, Haskel Wesley, Bob and Jesse Wilson, and Jimmy Chelf. Visitation is 5-9 p.m. today with Masonic Rites at 7 p.m. by Rocky Ford Lodge 765.