Obit of Baker, Edwin - Leflore County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Shelly Lynch 17 Dec 2006 Return to Leflore County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/leflore/leflore.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Oakland Cemetery--Poteau OK Edwin Baker March 16, 1922 - April 05, 2005 Poteau, OK Funeral Service: 2:00 PM April 08, 2005 at Grace Manor Memorial Chapel, Poteau, OK Interment: April 08, 2005 at Oakland Cemetery, Poteau, OK Edwin "Buddy" Baker Edwin "Buddy" Baker, 83, of Poteau, Oklahoma, passed away at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, on Tuesday, April 5, 2005. Buddy was born on March 16, 1922, in Poteau to Murray and Ethel (England) Baker. Buddy worked as a delivery man for Acee Milk Company for many years and was a musician. He played the steel guitar for Oscar Boyd & The Oklahoma Coal Miners and the Sugarloaf Swing. He was proud of the role he played in getting Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys into Poteau recently. Buddy was a veteran of the U. S. Navy and a member of the Mountain View Baptist Church in Glendale. Buddy was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Eunice Baker; and a brother, Orben Baker. He is survived by his wife, Devota, of the home; a son, Larry Allan Baker of Cleveland, Ohio; a daughter, Denise Wilkins of Houston, Texas; a sister, Patsy Saucier of Grapeland, TX; three brothers, Emel Baker and his wife, Phyllis of Wichita, Texas, Dr. Frank Baker and his wife, Phyllis of Norman, Oklahoma, and Murray (JR) Baker of San Antonio, Texas; a granddaughter, Jessica Janeway of Conroe, Texas; special friends Howard & Darlene Daggs of Greenwood, Arkansas, and many other loved ones and friends. Pallbearers will be John Hunt, Ronnie Burgess, Roy Carmack, Morris Elder, Les Odom, Bobby Glover Services will be 2:00 PM Friday, April 8, 2005, at Grace Manor Memorial Chapel in Poteau with the Rev. Tim Trent officiating the services under the direction of Grace Manor Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Oakland Cemetery in Poteau. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to LeFlore County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/leflore/leflore.htm