Canadian Co. - Obit for Ernest H. Baker (b260)

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Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Rector Funeral Home Chapel, 2800 
S. Osage St., with Bill Baldwin, son-in-law and pastor of River of Life 
Foursquare Church in Renton, Wash., officiating. Burial will be in Llano 
Cemetery with military rites by DAV Chapter No. 26.

Mr. Baker was born in Cullman County, Ala., to Will and Renia Baker. He 
was an Army veteran of World War II. He received the EAME medal with two 
bronze stars.

He lived in Oregon from 1946 to 1999. He worked in the lumber industry 35 
years and retired from S.W.F. Lumber Co. in 1981. He married Polly Pruett 
in 1946. He was a loving husband, dedicated father, greatly loved grandpa 
and devout Christian.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Chuck Baker of El Reno, Okla., and 
Ernest H. Baker Jr. of Rogue River, Ore.; two daughters, Rena Baker-Battenfield 
of Amarillo and Rita Baker-Baldwin of Covington, Wash.; two sisters, Dessie 
Graves and Irene Swann, both of Bremen, Ala.; 12 grandchildren; and three 
great-grandchildren.

Amarillo Globe-News, March 22, 2002