Obituaries: Julia Myrtle Wise Baker, 1963, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 31, 1963 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. E. O. Baker, Local Resident, Dies On Monday

Funeral services were held Tuesday, October 29, for Mrs. Julia Myrtle Baker,
mother of Winnfield City Councilman Robert E. Baker.  She was the widow of the
late E. O. Baker, former Winnfield deputy marahal and lumberman.

Mrs. Baker died in a hospital here Monday at 9 a.m.  She had been at home
recuperating from surgery and was rushed to the hospital after a heart attack
at 5 a.m. Monday.

Born Oct. 3 at Zion in Winn Parish, Mrs. Baker was the daughter of the late
Isaac E. Wise and Mrs. Eliza Cook Wise, pioneer Winnfield family.  The late
Mrs. Emma Melton Wise was her stepmother.

In addition to her son, she is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Sallye Newcomb
and Mrs. Fanny Berry, both of Lake Providence, Mrs. Lela McBroom, Silsbee,
Texas, and Mrs. Beulah Whitehead, Longview, Texas, and two grandchildren.

The services were conducted in the First Baptist Church at 2 p.m. with the
Rev. W. R. Gage and Rev. C. C. Martin officiating.  Burial was in the Melton
Cemetery under direction of Hixson Funeral Home.

Richard Heard, G. W. Jones, Dean Thornton, Jack Henderson, Hardy Smith, Jr.,
Thomas Whitehead, H. E. Powell, Jr., and Edward McBroom served as pallbearers.