Watauga County NcArchives Obituaries.....Baird, Ralph L. June 4, 1979 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bunny Horton phinhorton@bellsouth.net March 15, 2007, 8:52 pm Watauga Democrat Ralph L. Baird Ralph L. Baird, age 64, of Rt. 1, Sugar Grove, died Monday morning. He was born in Watauga County, November 8, 1914, son of the later Walter L. and Sallie Mast Baird. He was a retired employee of the N.C. State Highway Department and a member of the Valle Crucis United Methodist Church. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Clara Hayes Baird, two sons, W. L. Baird of Charlotte and Kenneth E. Baird of Valdosta, Ga.; two daughters, Mrs. Sue Jones of Boone and Mrs. Mary Cornett of Lenoir; six grandchildren, Teresa and Jonahtan Baird, Christopher and Kimberly Jones, Melissa Eller and Timothy Cornett. He is also survived by two sister-in-law. Services were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Hampton Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating were the Rev. Carl Wilson, the Rev. Arnt Greer and the Rev. Richard Baird. Burial followed in the Baird Cemetery at Valle Crucis. Flowers are accepted or memorials may be made to the Dr. J. B. Hagaman Jr. Coronary Care Unit of the Watauga county Hospital or the Cancer Fund. Hampton Funeral Service was in charge of arrangemets. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/watauga/obits/b/baird525gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb