Obit: Davis M. Baker,  Lincoln Parish, LA  
Submitted by: Dorothy Rinehart Taylor, 111 Racove Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291




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    The News-Star, Monroe, Louisiana, Friday, February 18, 2000
                                                               
                         DAVIS M. BAKER
                    Kilpatrick Funeral Home
                           Ruston, LA

CHOUDRANT, LA - Services for Davis M. Baker, 88, of Choudrant, LA
will be held at 2 PM Friday, February 18, 2000 at Kilpatrick
Funeral Home Chapel with Rev.  Raymond Crofoot officiating,
assisted by Dr. Douglas McGuire.  Interment will be in Douglas
Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston.

Mr. Baker died Wednesday, February 16, 2000 in Ruston, LA following
a lengthy illness.

Mr Baker was a very active member of Douglas United Methodist
Church where he served all church offices and was a Sunday school
teacher for over 50 years.  He was retired from the Soil
Conservation Service.  His hobbies were gardening and fishing.

Mr. Baker was preceded in death by one granddaughter Amy McGuire.

Survivors include his wife of 64 years: Kathleen W. Baker; three
sons: Larry Baker and wife, Mary of Choudrant, LA; Jerry Baker and
wife, Frances of Ruston, LA; Steve Baker and wife, Judy of
Choudrant, LA; one daughter: Dianne McGuire and husband, Samuel of
Minden, LA; grandchildren: Donna Aaron, Debbie Simmons, Tori
McKinney, Dana Baker, Chris Baker, Dusty Baker, Magan Baker, Jodi
Baker, Kasey Baker, Anne-Marie Baker, Brad McGuire; nine great
grandchildren; one sister: Myrtle Raley of Ruston, LA; two
brothers: Fletcher Baker of Ruston, LA; and Leon Baker of Calhoun,
LA.

Active pallbearers will be grandsons.